On August 28, 2023, the Federal Circuit issued a decision in In re Cellect, LLC, affirming the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) cancellation of claims for obviousness-type double patenting (ODP)...
On June 27, 2023, the Integrity, Notification, and Fairness in Online Retail Marketplaces for Consumers Act – the INFORM Act – went into effect. Congress passed the INFORM Act in an effort to deter th...
Abitron Australia GmbH, et. al., v. Hetronic International, Inc. Limiting the international reach of US trademark law, the Supreme Court held that the Lanham Act is not extraterritorial and extends on...
In an eagerly anticipated decision1 in the “Bad Spaniels” dog toy case, the United States Supreme Court has vacated a decision of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that had deemed the toy,...
On May 18, 2023, the United States Supreme Court ruled that Andy Warhol’s pop rendition of a photograph of the artist Prince was not immunized from a claim of copyright infringement by the fair use de...
On May 18, 2023, the Supreme Court issued a decision in Amgen Inc. et al. v. Sanofi et al., Number 21-757, holding that a patent claiming an entire class of processes, machines, manufactures, or compo...
As you may know, starting April 3, 2023, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will begin assessing a new surcharge for all nonprovisional utility applications filed under 35 U.S.C. § ...
Random Judicial Assignments Will Likely End Judge Albright’s Grip on Patent Cases Yesterday, the Chief Judge of the Western District of Texas announced that all patent infringement cases filed in Waco...
Registrations for marks unused for any three-year period are more easily cancelled. Evidence of efforts to commence or restart use is no longer relevant in nonuse challenges. Nonuse provisions require...
This alert is part of Wolf Greenfield's design patents page. To learn more about design patents, click here. With the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union, European Community Design Regi...
This alert is part of Wolf Greenfield's design patents page. To learn more about design patents, click here. As of June 1, 2021, designers and companies will have more flexibility in obtaining design ...
This alert is part of Wolf Greenfield's design patents page. To learn more about design patents, click here. Proposed amendments to the Australian design right laws are currently before Parliament for...