Last week, the Federal Circuit held that obviousness-type double patenting trumps patent term adjustment, opening the door for invalidity attacks that to date had been questionable.
In re Cellect was an appeal from a...more
9/6/2023
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Intellectual Property Litigation ,
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High Stakes: Hatch-Waxman Litigation Comes for Cannabis -
GW Pharma, now a subsidiary of Jazz Pharmaceuticals, is no stranger to patent litigation. It previously found itself on the receiving end of a patent infringement...more
2/3/2023
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Thank you for reading the January 2023 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter. This month, we discuss an ongoing trademark dispute between the band OK Go and cereal company Post, how to stay vigilant about...more
1/31/2023
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IP for Psychedelics: Lessons From Biopharma -
Following hot on the heels of the cannabis industry is the readily emerging psychedelic industry. Indeed, earlier this month, the Psychedelic Bar Association held its first...more
Thank you for reading the September 2022 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter. This month, we discuss the how the growing psychedelic industry can learn from the cannabis and biopharma industries regarding...more
Easing Barriers to Medical Marijuana Research May Unlock a New Wave of Innovation; Biopharma Tactics Should Inform Strategic Patent Protection -
While more than two thirds of U.S. states and the District of Columbia have...more
4/1/2022
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Marijuana Related Businesses ,
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Thank you for reading the March 2022 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter. This month, we discuss copyright registration eligibility in relation to non-human authorship and new legislation surrounding...more
3/30/2022
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Authorship ,
Biopharmaceutical ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Applications ,
Copyright Office ,
Copyright Registration ,
FDA Approval ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Marijuana Related Businesses ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Medical Research ,
New Legislation ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Registration ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Photographs ,
The Copyright Act
The so-called “Lead Compound Analysis” is the primary legal framework for assessing chemical obviousness. Despite the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) initial apparent reluctance to operate under this framework,...more
In June 2021, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published an update to its study of America Invents Act (AIA) trials involving challenges to Orange Book-listed and biologic patents from September 16, 2012, through...more
3/24/2022
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Hatch-Waxman ,
Orange Book ,
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Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Post-Grant Review ,
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[co-author: Jamie Dohopolski]
Love it or hate it, ignore the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) at your peril. The introduction of the PTAB as part of the America Invents Act over ten years ago has forever changed...more
3/7/2022
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Collateral Estoppel ,
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An Early Christmas for Arena Pharmaceuticals -
Hot on the heels of acquiring immuno-oncology company Trillium Therapeutics for about $2.22 billion last month, Pfizer was quickly seeking additional promising drug...more
The December 2021 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter discusses new enforcement tools courtesy of the Trademark Modernization Act; Pfizer's acquisition of Arena Pharmaceuticals; the latest developments in...more
12/23/2021
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Domain Name Registration ,
Domain Names ,
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gTLD ,
ICANN ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Pfizer ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Sunrise Periods ,
Trademark Application ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Modernization Act (TMA) ,
Trademark Registration ,
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ITC to Determine if Importing of Oil-Vape Cartridges to Go Up in Smoke -
The ITC recently initiated an investigation into whether 38 manufacturers' imports of oil-vape cartridges used to smoke cannabis and THC infringe a...more
12/3/2021
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Cease and Desist Orders ,
Design Patent ,
Exclusion Orders ,
Imports ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Utility Patents ,
Vaping
The November 2021 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter discusses the emergence of trademark filings for NFTs and a recent ITC patent infringement case regarding imported oil-vape cartridges.
In this...more
12/1/2021
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Cease and Desist Orders ,
Design Patent ,
Entertainment Industry ,
Exclusion Orders ,
Imports ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Movies ,
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Quentin Tarantino ,
Trademark Application ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks ,
Utility Patents ,
Vaping
Cannabis Extraction Technology Litigation Updates -
We previously predicted that, as the cannabis patent landscape matures and the number of cannabis patents reaches a critical mass, litigation in this field will...more
The August 2021 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter discusses Monster Energy's history of trademark disputes in the context of enhancing brand strength, tips for shortening the pendency of trademark filings...more
8/30/2021
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Intellectual Property Protection ,
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Monster Energy Drinks ,
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Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Sunrise Periods ,
Trade Dress ,
Trademark Application ,
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Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) ,
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Trademark Litigation ,
Trademark Modernization Act (TMA) ,
Trademark Opposition Proceedings ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO
In the June 2021 issue of MarkIt to Market®, Watching the PotTM featured a cannabis-themed crossword puzzle. Here we provide the "Cannandrum: Can You 'Hash' It Out?" answer key. We hope you enjoyed solving this puzzle!...more
[co-author: Richa Patel, Summer Associate]
The July 2021 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter discusses fluid trademarks and the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act. Plus, check out the answer key...more
7/26/2021
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Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
Dietary Supplements ,
Dispensaries ,
Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) ,
Fluid Trademarks ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
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Intellectual Property Protection ,
Interstate Commerce ,
Logos ,
Marijuana ,
Marijuana Related Businesses ,
Marketing ,
Product Labels ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Recreational Use ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks ,
TTB
Cannandrum: Can You "Hash" It Out?
With summer now underway, please enjoy this cannabis-themed crossword puzzle! Stay tuned for the answers in next month's issue of MarkIt to Market®....more
The June 2021 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter discusses recent litigation surrounding copyright registration invalidation and implications of the increase in trademark application filings at the USPTO....more
6/29/2021
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Copyright Litigation ,
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Evidence ,
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Intent to Defraud ,
Marijuana ,
Marijuana Related Businesses ,
Patents ,
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Trademark Application ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO
We have seen that decisions to institute an inter partes review (IPR) when the challenged patent is part of a parallel proceeding have become rare recently in light of the Fintiv factors. Apple Inc. v. Fintiv, Inc.,...more
6/4/2021
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The PTAB Strategies and Insights newsletter provides timely updates and insights into how best to handle proceedings at the USPTO. It is designed to increase return on investment for all stakeholders looking at the entire...more
6/3/2021
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Bid for Vaping IPR Denial Up in Smoke -
Following a previously unsuccessful IPR bid, in a second go-around, Philip Morris won an institution decision in an inter partes review of a vaping patent owned by rival R.J....more
5/4/2021
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Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Parallel Proceedings ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Philip Morris ,
RJ Reynolds ,
Vaping
[co-author: Joseph Diorio, Law Clerk]
The April 2021 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter discusses the suit filed by Nike over MSCHF's "Satan Shoes"; the latest PTAB decision in the ongoing battle...more
4/30/2021
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Damages ,
Declaratory Relief ,
Dilution ,
Domain Name Registration ,
Domain Names ,
False Designation of Origin ,
First Amendment ,
First Sale Doctrine ,
gTLD ,
ICANN ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Lanham Act ,
Likelihood of Confusion ,
Nike ,
Parallel Proceedings ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Philip Morris ,
Restraining Orders ,
RJ Reynolds ,
Sunrise Periods ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademarks ,
Unfair Competition ,
Vaping
The Green, Green Grass of Home -
Medical cannabis access in Ireland took another step forward last month when Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, introduced funding and eased the ways for patients to get access to it....more