COVID-19 has taken an unprecedented toll on the United States and the world at large. It has impacted nearly every facet of both professional and personal life and, with that, the patent landscape, too—especially as it...more
Shearman & Sterling’s IP litigation team has published its latest newsletter. The newsletter addresses a number of current IP topics, ranging from the constitutionality and judicial reviewability of inter partes review to...more
1/12/2018
/ CAFC ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Lanham Act ,
Oil States Energy Services v Greene's Energy Group ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
SCOTUS ,
USPTO
Yesterday, the Supreme Court held in an 8–0 decision that the disparagement clause in the Trademark statute—which prohibits the registration of trademarks that may “disparage . . . or bring . . . into contemp[t] or disrepute”...more
6/21/2017
/ CAFC ,
Disparagement ,
Due Process ,
First Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
Matal v Tam ,
Redskins ,
SCOTUS ,
The Slants ,
Trademark Cancellation ,
Trademark Registration ,
USPTO
Earlier this year, the Shearman patent litigation team published an article predicting patent policy under the Trump Administration.[1] To briefly recap that article: President Trump has given few indications about where he...more