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CASE OF THE WEEK Omega Patents, LLC, v. CalAmp Corp., Appeal Nos. 2020-1793, -1794, (Fed. Cir. Sept. 14, 2021) In its only precedential patent case this week, ... Read More »

OMEGA PATENTS, LLC v. CALAMP CORPORATION Before Prost, Dyk, and Hughes.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. ... Read More »

CASE OF THE WEEK In re: MaxPower Semiconductor, Inc., Appeal No. 2021-146 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 8, 2021) In its only precedential patent case this week, the... Read More »

  The current pandemic besides the economic effects on businesses, has caused many social changes as well, such as the shift in the workforce for the... Read More »

Edited by Scott D. Eads and Nika Aldrich, Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt Contributors Mario Delegato and Tyler Hall CASE OF THE... Read More »

Patents have been often considered as safeguards for your inventions, as long as they fall under the “patentable” category and meet the novelty... Read More »

PIANO FACTORY GROUP, INC. v. SCHIEDMAYER CELESTA GMBH Before Prost, Bryson, and Stoll.  Appeal from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: The... Read More »

Just recently, in the Life Spine, Inc. v. Aegis Spine, Inc., Case No. 21-1649 (7th Cir. Aug. 9, 2021) (St. Eve, J.), the Seventh Circuit noted that “a... Read More »

We all know that patenting nowadays isn’t easy. In many times due to the paperwork complexity, legal skills required, we choose to hire attorney or law... Read More »

CASE OF THE WEEK PersonalWeb Technologies LLC v. Google LLC, Appeal Nos. 2020-1543, -1553, -1554 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 12, 2021) In this week’s Case of the... Read More »

A trade secret is a formula, practice, process, design, instrument, pattern, commercial method, or compilation of information that is not generally known or... Read More »

Especially now with the COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver debate, it comes to our mind the relationship between patent system and access to medicine. As in all... Read More »

Trademarks provide protection for both businesses and consumers, making them an important part of running a successful company. This... Read More »

CASE OF THE WEEK Qualcomm Inc. v. Intel Corp., Appeal Nos. 2020-1589, et al. (Fed. Cir. July 27, 2021) In the only precedential patent decision issued by the... Read More »

Can certain specific medical device details remain company know-how or protected trade secrets even if patents are pursued on the medical device?  Consider the... Read More »

It’s been more than a week that the 2020 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXXII Olympiad and branded as Tokyo 2020 begun. But we are in... Read More »

Trademark is a very wide term. As the USPTO defines it, A trademark can be any word, phrase, symbol, design, or a combination... Read More »

One of the basic principles of the Berne Convention is that of “automatic protection”, which means that copyright protection exists automatically... Read More »

CASE OF THE WEEK BOT M8 LLC v. Sony Corporation, Appeal No. 2020-2218 (Fed. Cir. July 13, 2021) In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit... Read More »

Patent litigation remained strong in the second quarter of 2021. District court litigation, in particular, increased 11% in Q2 compared to Q1. Inter-Partes Review... Read More »