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USPTO Director Vacates Food Slicer Holding
January 11th, 2024
US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Kathi Vidal vacated and remanded a decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) that found Weber, Inc. had shown by a preponderance of the evidence that certain claims of Provisur Techn…
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Federal Circuit Affirms Medtronic Failed to Prove Teleflex Claims Unpatentable
January 3rd, 2024
The Federal Circuit has affirmed a finding by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) that Medtronic failed to prove that challenged claims of a Teleflex catheter patent were unpatentable. The ’116 patent is directed to a method for using…
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Trader Joe’s Charges Crypto Platform with Trademark Infringement
January 2nd, 2024
Trader Joe’s has filed a lawsuit against a cryptocurrency platform called “Trader Joe,” claiming fraud, trademark infringement, and trademark dilution. The crypto site uses the URL https://traderjoexyz.com/avalanche and other domains that incor…
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US Patent Office Releases New China IP Rights Toolkit
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has released a revised edition of its China Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Toolkit. According to the USPTO, The Toolkit offers an in-depth look at the basics of protecting IP rights in China… It also p…
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Patent Office Launches Semiconductor Fast Track
December 13th, 2023
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has started to accept petitions for the Semiconductor Technology Pilot Program. As the USPTO explains, the Pilot Program is designed to support the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIP…
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Intellectual Property Issues for Venture Capital and Private Equity Firms: A Comprehensive Guide
November 9th, 2023
Everything you need to know about the different IP issues you may come across—and what you can do to prevent them. In the past few decades, both private equity and venture capital firms faced waves of developments and industry-wide evolutions that…
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Federal Circuit Rules against Philip Morris on E-Cigarette Patent Challenge
November 6th, 2023
The Federal Circuit has affirmed a ruling by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) against tobacco company Philip Morris, which had tried to overturn an R.J. Reynolds e-cigarette patent. The patent generally relates to tobacco smoking dev…
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Court Rules for Meta in News Feed Patent Case
October 10th, 2023
The Federal Circuit has affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) ruling that a patent Meta was accused of infringing covered an abstract idea and was thus not eligible for patenting. USC IP Partnership, L.P. owns a patent entitled “System an…
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European Union Prepares First AI Law
October 6th, 2023
In April 2021, the European Commission published draft legislation regulating artificial intelligence (AI). According to the European Parliament, As part of its digital strategy, the EU wants to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) to ensure better…
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Failure to List Co-Inventor Dooms Infringement Claim
September 21st, 2023
The Federal Circuit has recently ruled that failure to list a co-inventor properly caused the only named inventor to lose their patent infringement case. The case is Blue Gentian, LLC v. Tristar Prod., Inc. Blue Gentian, LLC, National Express, Inc.,…
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