Why File a Design Application?
Design applications may be a cost effective way to protect a commercialized product from competitors, or supplement other coverage of a utility application. In commercialized products, the design and ...
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Federal Circuit Clarifies Statutory Estoppel in Litigations with Co-Pending IPRs
Section 315(e)(2) states that once a final decision issues in an IPR challenging a claim, the Petitioner “may not assert either in [court or the ITC] that the claim is invalid on any ground that the p...
Misconstrued – The Federal Circuit Vacates the PTAB’s Construction of a Key Claim Term in Intel v. Qualcomm
The Federal Circuit vacated the PTAB’s construction of a claim term, underscoring the principle that proper claim construction may require a close examination of the specification and other available ...
The Top 10 Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Decisions of 2021
In a two-part series on his blog, “The TTABlog®,” John Welch discusses the 10 Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) decisions that he considers to be the most important and/or interesting from 2021....
Commission Finds Violation and Affirms No Indefiniteness Where Previous IPR Declaration Undermined Respondents Indefiniteness Positions
An article written by Libbie DiMarco, “Commission Finds Violation and Affirms No Indefiniteness Where Previous IPR Declaration Undermined Respondents Indefiniteness Positions” was published in the Dec...
Suing a Foreign Patent Infringer
An article written by Michael Albert, Jason Balich and Alex Kim titled “Suing a Foreign Patent Infringer” was published in Today’s General Counsel.
Kite Flies Away With CAR-T Patent Challenge Win Based on Written Description Battle
In Juno Therapeutics v. Kite Pharma, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) reversed a $1.2 billion dollar judgment to Juno, finding that Juno’s asserted claims, which they alleged were i...
Veterans Day Q&A 2021
In honor of Veterans Day, Wolf Greenfield is featuring four veterans who are near and dear to us. Learn about some of the veterans at the firm by clicking below.
Understanding A Company's Duty To Prep For Depositions
An article written by Charlie Steenburg, Jason Balich, and Alex Kim titled “Understanding A Company's Duty To Prep For Depositions” was published in Law360. In this article, the authors discuss the pr...
Boston Patent Law Association Response to USPTO Request for Information on the Current State of Patent Eligibility Jurisprudence in the United States
Jonathan Roses co-authored on behalf of the Boston Patent Law Association's (BPLA’s) Patent Office Practice Committee an October 2021 Response to USPTO Request for Information on the current state of ...
Why Your TTAB Judgment May Fall Flat in Court
An article written by John Welch of Wolf Greenfield and Martin Schwimmer of Leason Ellis titled “Why Your TTAB Judgment May Fall Flat in Court” was published in World Trademark Review (WTR). In this a...
Protecting User Interfaces and Mobile Applications with Design Patents
Many questions have been raised about the patentability of software in the wake of the Alice Corp. decision by the Supreme Court. While the precise scope of the new approach on abstract ideas is being...