On April 18, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ("Federal Circuit") issued a significant decision in Recentive Analytics, Inc. v. Fox Corp., Case No. 2023-2437 (Apr. 18, 2025), affirming...more
Since serving as a Federal Circuit clerk, Michael Hawes has monitored that court's precedential opinions and prepares a deeply outlined index by subject matter (invalidity, infringement, claim construction, etc.) of relevant...more
In an era of content creation, social media influencers are tasked with the creative job of building a personal brand to influence the general public’s purchasing decisions and lifestyle choices. Creating a brand identity...more
1/8/2025
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Brand ,
Claim Construction ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Data Privacy ,
Influencers ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Legal Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
New Legislation ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Social Media ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction ,
Trade Secrets ,
User-Generated Content ,
USPTO
It is well-established that the availability of a prior art reference is dependent on the “effective filing date” of a patent or patent application. Any practitioner seeking to invalidate a patent knows that the ideal...more
Since serving as a Federal Circuit clerk, Michael Hawes has monitored that court's precedential opinions and prepares a deeply outlined index by subject matter (invalidity, infringement, claim construction, etc.) of relevant...more
10/7/2024
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Claim Construction ,
Collateral Estoppel ,
Discovery ,
Expert Testimony ,
Intrinsic Evidence ,
Inventions ,
Irreparable Harm ,
Kessler Doctrine ,
Machine-or-Transformation Test ,
Obviousness-Type Double Patenting (ODP) ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Reliability Standards ,
Written Descriptions