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Prosecution History May Support a Motivation to Combine
Written by: Rhett D. Ramsey & Jacob R. Rosenbaum Elekta Limited v. Zap Surgical Systems, Inc. Before: Reyna, Stoll, and Stark. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. ...
Landmark CAFC Cases in Patent Law: Shaping the Future of Innovation
In the ever-evolving landscape of patent law, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) has played a pivotal role in shaping the rules and precedents governing intellectual...
FDA Releases Draft Guidances on 510(k) Submissions
Written by: Paige L. Cappelli On September 6, 2023, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) released three draft guidance documents to provide updated...
IPR Decision Based on a Barely Mentioned Typo Violated the APA Notice Requirement
Written by:Brianne M. Kingery & Daniel Kiang APPLE INC. v. COREPHOTONICS, LTD. Before Stoll, Linn, and Stark. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: An IPR...
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The patent system plays a vital role in safeguarding the intellectual property rights of inventors and fostering innovation. Patent prosecution... Read More »
The Supreme Court is the highest court in the United States, and its decisions have a significant impact on the country's legal... Read More »
In March, the fifth annual Patent Intelligence Report was released, which maps patent prosecution activity and provides an in-depth analysis of... Read More »
In late March, we released our fifth annual Patent Intelligence Report, which analyzes the patent prosecution landscape over the past five years... Read More »
On Oct., 18th, 2022, Skechers announced in a press release that they filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court... Read More »
Just last week, a federal jury in Marshall, Texas, decided a patent infringement case between two of the three top... Read More »
Less than two months after they released the Q2 financial results for 2022, Coinbase received news last Thursday that they... Read More »
We often see discussions around the web and various statistics about “worthless” patents. However, as patent... Read More »
Amidst news related to trademark infringement lawsuits against Meta, with several companies claiming that the new Facebook... Read More »
It all goes back to 2019 when Philips accused Fitbit of infringement of four of its patents, 8,277,377, 6,013,007, 6,976,958, and... Read More »
Patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets are the main means in a society that grants ownership to inventions and ideas which are always huge benefits to ... Read More »
USPTO committed to improve the discoverability, accessibility, and usability of public patents and trademarks. Can a uniform ‘Shepardization’ or... Read More »
In a few short years China’s patent system has gone from an IP rights wannabe to one of the most responsive and patent-friendly systems in the world... Read More »
China’s explosive growth in patent filing has caught the attention of the world over the last few years. Many have been impressed with China’s rapid ... Read More »
In 2012, Chinese inventors filed more patent applications than those in any other country--including the United States. In a recent Booz & Company report (Ed: now ... Read More »
"In a sense, the patent system is itself a prize system, albeit a peculiar one."
In a 2007 paper Joseph Stiglitz, Columbia University professor and... Read More »
This articles is the second of a four-part series examining the USPTO’s role in administering the patent system. Other articles in this series: Part I... Read More »
The iPhone 5 debuted this week, causing underwhelmed responses to the latest toy from Cupertino. As the first big iPhone release since the death of Steve Jobs, Apple... Read More »
It is officially election season in the United States again and Politicians are talking about the economy and jobs. The buzz word “innovation” has let... Read More »
Unique patterns generate when two immiscible fluids flow together and this has been a factor for scientists to develop a new tool for studying tiny... Read More »
