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How to File for a Patent

by Scott Cromar, Russell Jeide | Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP on 5/14/2013

Knobbe Martens’ patent attorneys Russell Jeide and Scott Cromar hosted a seminar series on intellectual property basics for Temecula’s business community. Entrepreneurs, investors, startups, inventors and anyone interested in...more

Intellectual Property and Your Startup (Presentation)

by Scott Cromar, Russell Jeide | Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP on 5/13/2013

Knobbe Martens’ patent attorneys Russell Jeide and Scott Cromar hosted a seminar series on intellectual property basics for Temecula’s business community. This presentation is from the first class giving a basic overview of...more

Protecting Non-Functional Product Design Features Through The Entire Life Cycle: From Conception to Grave

by Jeffrey R. Stone | Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. on 5/9/2013

IP protection for product designs is typically found in a combination of one or more of the following protective mechanisms...more

PARTS Act Could Limit Automotive Design Patent Enforceability to 2.5 Years

by John Geis | Foley & Lardner LLP on 5/9/2013

On April 23, 2013, H.R. 1663 “Promoting Automotive Repair, Trade, and Sales Act of 2013’’ or the ‘‘PARTS Act’’, was referred to the House Judiciary Committee. Similar bill H.R. 3889 died in committee last year. The proposed...more

Carrying on Business in Canada

by Heenan Blaikie LLP on 5/3/2013

In This Publication: - Preface - General Information - Immigration - Investment Factors - Intellectual Property - Principal Forms of Business Entities - Taxation -...more

IP Buzz - April 2013

by Therese Finan, Meaghan Hemmings Kent, Jeffrey D. Knowles, Martin Saad, Steven Schwarz | Venable LLP on 5/1/2013

In this issue: - Federal Circuit: Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Appeal - The Federal Circuit Draws the Line on Permissible Changes to Design Patent Claims – Or Does It? - DMCA Safe Harbor Upheld for...more

The Federal Circuit Draws the Line on Permissible Changes to Design Patent Claims – Or Does It?

by Steven Schwarz | Venable LLP on 5/1/2013

The Federal Circuit recently issued an opinion in the case In re Owens affecting the range of permissible claim changes in design patents. In re Owens, Appeal No. 2012-1261 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 26, 2013). Unlike utility patents,...more

Advertising News & Analysis - April 11, 2013

by Jeffrey D. Knowles, Claudia A. Lewis, Amy Ralph Mudge, Steven Schwarz, Erin Seder, Randal M. Shaheen | Venable LLP on 4/15/2013

In this issue: - Product Demonstrations and Disclosures – The Truth’s Not Always Pretty - Smartphones Spotlight Design Patents - Natural or Synthetic? USDA’s Draft Guidance Weighs In - Upcoming...more

Intellectual Property Newsletter - March 2013

by King & Spalding on 4/5/2013

*News from the Bench: - First Sale Doctrine Applies To Copyrighted Works Lawfully Made Abroad. - Dissenting Federal Circuit Judges Abide By The Akamai Standard. - More On Joint Infringement and The Akamai...more

Intellectual Property Newsletter - February 2013

by King & Spalding on 3/6/2013

In This Issue: *News From The Bench: - Claim Construction: “Only One” Or “More Than One.” - No Need To Include Claim Construction in Design Patent Infringement Complaint. - CAFC Finds That Adapting...more

Federal Circuit Review - Volume 3 | Issue 2 February 2013

by Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP on 2/28/2013

In This Issue: • Licensing to Foreign Manufacturers Satisfies Domestic Industry • Appeal Found to Be Moot in Light of “Side Bet” • Mere Design Choice Leads to Obviousness Finding • Design Patent Infringement...more

IP Update, Vol. 16, No. 2, -- February 2013

by Evan Boetticher, Christopher Bright, Sarah Bro, Bernard Codd, Gabriel Daniel, Melissa Nott Davis, Paul Devinsky, Daniel Foster, D. Jeremy Harrison, Charles Hawkins, Sungyong “David” In, more +Christopher M. Koepke, John Low, Jennifer Mikulina, Sarika Singh, Rose S. Whelan | McDermott Will & Emery on 2/28/2013

In This Issue: Patents - Supreme Court: State Court Has Jurisdiction over a Legal Malpractice Claim; Nothing Non-Obvious About Applying Pre-Existing Technology to the Internet; The Federal Circuit Is Not the Place...more

From “First to Invent” to “First Inventor to File”

by Martha Engel | Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. on 2/15/2013

One month from tomorrow, the most significant change to U.S. patent law in recent history will go into effect. Since 1790, when the first patent act was signed into law, the U.S. patent system has been a “first to invent”...more

Patent Watch: Hall v. Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.

by Lawrence M. Sung | BakerHostetler on 1/31/2013

[A] sua sponte dismissal of a complaint "is usually reserved for those cases in which the complaint is so confused, ambiguous, vague, or otherwise unintelligible that its true substance, if any, is well disguised."...more

Design Patent Case Digest: Victor Stanley, Inc. v. Creative Pipe, Inc.

by David K.S. Cornwell, Tracy-Gene G. Durkin | Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 1/23/2013

Decision Date: September 30, 2011 - Court: D. Maryland - Patents: D523,263 - Holding: Defendants liable for design patent infringement - Opinion: Plaintiff, Victor Stanley, Inc. sued Creative Pipe, Inc....more

IP 101 – 10 Things You Should Know About Patents to Protect Your Business

by Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP on 1/18/2013

1. What is a patent? A patent is a right granted to inventors by the government to exclude others from making, selling, offering for sale, using, or importing an invention. The U.S. Government has issued over eight...more

Don’t Overlook Industrial Designs: Part 2

by Field Law on 1/14/2013

As mentioned in our previous post, industrial designs protect the visual features of a product (shape, configuration, pattern or ornament). Functional, utilitarian or useful elements are not eligible for protection. This was...more

A New Design Patent International Filing Treaty

by James Johnson, Jeremy Spier, William Warren | Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP on 1/5/2013

A new system for international design patent registration will greatly benefit design innovators through cost and timing efficiencies. In December 2012, President Obama signed into law the Patent Law Treaties Implementation...more

Intellectual Property Newsletter - December 2012

by King & Spalding on 12/29/2012

In This Issue: ..News From the Bench: - Clarification of the “Vitiation Test” when applying the Doctrine of Equivalents. - The “Success More Likely Than Not” and “Ordinary Observer” Standards for a...more

Fashion Law Making Strides off the Runway: 2012 Year in Review

by Ladas & Parry LLP on 12/20/2012

This year has been marked by significant judicial and legislative developments relating to the fashion industry in the United States....more

Design Patent Case Digest: Telebrands Corp v. Del Laboratories, Inc.

by David K.S. Cornwell, Tracy-Gene G. Durkin | Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 12/19/2012

Telebrands Corp v. Del Laboratories, Inc. - Decision Date: September 8, 2011 - Court: S.D. New York - Patents: D596,802 - Holding: Coty’s motion for summary judgment of invalidity denied - Opinion:...more

Patent Treaty Implementation Act Eases Foreign Design Patent Filings

by Jake Neu | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 12/14/2012

After a long delay, the United States will soon implement two multilateral treaties that will assist U.S. applicants in securing design and utility patents in foreign countries. The Hague System Agreement will allow design...more

Patent Law Treaties Implementation Act Passes, Streamlining International Registration of Industrial Designs

by Marshall J. Brown, Jeanne M. Gills | Foley & Lardner LLP on 12/6/2012

On December 5, 2012, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Patent Law Treaties Implementation Act. The Senate previously passed the Act on September 22, 2012....more

Points & Authorities - Fall 2012

by Buchalter Nemer on 12/6/2012

In This Issue: - The Innovative Design Protection Act: Bound for Success or Doomed to Fail? - Strategic Licensing Considerations - New Faces - Points from the President - Think Again Before Walking Away from...more

Patent Watch: Revision Military, Inc. v. Balboa Mfg. Co.

by Lawrence M. Sung | BakerHostetler on 12/3/2012

[T]he estimated likelihood of success in establishing infringement is governed by Federal Circuit law. [A movant for a preliminary injunction in a patent case] need not meet [the] heightened "clear or substantial likelihood"...more

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