Merck Sharp & Dohm B.V. v. Aurobindo Pharma USA, Inc. et al (Fed. Cir. March 13, 2025) -
The Hatch-Waxman Act seeks to strike a balance in the pharmaceutical industry by incentivizing drugs makers to develop innovative...more
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Statutory Interpretation
CeramTec v. Coorstek Bioceramics, Case No. 2023-1502 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 3, 2025) -
Colors are generally permitted as source identifiers for trademarks or trade dress because they are typically perceived as an ornamental...more
Insulet Corp. v. EOFlow, Co. Ltd., 2024-1137 (Fed. Cir. June 17, 2024) -
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) recently reversed the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts (“District...more
Metricolor LLC v. L’Oreal USA, Inc., 18-cv-00364 (C.D. Cal. March 29, 2024) -
This week, the United States District Court for the Central District of California (the “Court”) granted L’Oreal’s motion for terminating...more
Rs Natera, Inc. v. NeoGenomics Laboratories, Inc., 23-cv-00629 (M.D.N.C. 2023) -
How should courts resolve patent infringement disputes where patients rely on allegedly infringing treatments? The U.S. District Court for...more
This week, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed Liberty Tax Services’ suit alleging trademark and trade dress infringement, trademark dilution, and defamation against AMC for AMC’s use of...more
Who owns the trademark to a subreddit name? This week, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (the “Court”) considered the issue in an opinion dismissing each of Plaintiff Jaime Rogozinski’s...more
This week, the Federal Circuit reversed the United States District Court for the District of Delaware’s (“District Court”) decision to add David Howard as a joint inventor on Hormel Food Corporation’s (“Hormel”) U.S. Patent...more
This week, the Fourth Circuit affirmed the United States Trademark Trial and Appeal Board’s (“TTAB”) and subsequent Eastern District of Virginia’s (“District Court”) summary judgment finding that “GRUYERE” could not be...more