News & Analysis as of

Intellectual Property law-news International Trade

Read Intellectual Property Law updates, alerts, news, and legal analysis from leading lawyers and law firms:
Alston & Bird

Patent Case Summaries | Week Ending December 6, 2024

Alston & Bird on

Cytiva BioProcess R&D AB v. JSR Corp., et al., Nos. 2023-2074, -2075, -2191, -2192, -2193, -2194, -2239, -2252, -2253, -2255 (Fed. Cir. (PTAB) Dec. 4, 2024). Opinion by Prost, joined by Taranto and Hughes....more

Hutchison PLLC

Driving Towards Greater Transparency and Sustainability in the EV Market with Davide Giacobbe and ScoutIt

Hutchison PLLC on

Could the future of electric vehicle adoption hinge on our ability to accurately assess the health of EV batteries? On today’s episode of Founder Shares, Davide Giacobbe, CEO of ScoutIt, shares his journey from automotive...more

Locke Lord LLP

USPTO Fee Changes Taking Effect January 19, 2025‎

Locke Lord LLP on

On November 20, 2024, the USPTO published its Final Rule regarding fee changes to take effect on January 19, 2025 in the Federal Register....more

A&O Shearman

Federal Circuit Affirms Non-Infringement At Summary Judgment On “Document Stream” Patents In Mirror Worlds Technologies, LLC v....

A&O Shearman on

Mirror Worlds Technologies, LLC ("Mirror Worlds") owns U.S. Patent Nos. 6,006,227; 7,865,538; and 8,255,439, which claim methods for storing, organizing, and presenting data in time-ordered streams on a computer system. In...more

A&O Shearman

District Of Massachusetts Invalidates Epigenetics Method Patents For Lack Of Eligible Subject Matter

A&O Shearman on

In biomodal Ltd. v. New England BioLabs, Inc., No. 24-cv-11697-RGS, Dkt. No. 78 (D. Mass. Nov. 2024), Defendant New England BioLabs, Inc. (“NEB”) filed a motion to dismiss the claims of infringement of five patents as...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Chromatographic Clash: When Is a Lead Compound Analysis Even Necessary?

McDermott Will & Emery on

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial & Appeal Board’s determination that 79 challenged composition claims across three related patents were unpatentable but reversed the Board’s...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Focus on Funk: 40-Year-Old Copyright Claim Is Time-Barred

McDermott Will & Emery on

In a summary order, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the district court’s orders in a case involving an ownership dispute over the copyrights to certain compositions by Parliament-Funkadelic bandleader...more

McDermott Will & Emery

PTO Withdraws Proposed Rule on Terminal Disclaimer Changes

McDermott Will & Emery on

The US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) withdrew its proposed rule that suggested major changes to its terminal disclaimer practice. 89 Fed. Reg. 96152 (Dec. 4, 2024)....more

McDermott Will & Emery

Plausible Alternative Understanding of Prior Art? So What?

McDermott Will & Emery on

Affirming the Patent Trial & Appeal Board’s final determination that three claims were invalid for obviousness, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that a “plausible alternative understanding” of the prior...more

A&O Shearman

UPC ruling on Panasonic v. Oppo: A landmark decision on SEPS and FRAND

A&O Shearman on

On November, 22, 2024, the Mannheim Local Division of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) delivered a landmark ruling in Panasonic v. Oppo, setting a significant precedent in the realm of Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) and...more

Kilpatrick

The PREVAIL Act: One Step Closer to Passage

Kilpatrick on

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted last month to advance the PREVAIL Act for full Senate consideration. Although the end of the current Congress is fast-approaching, the Act has the potential of being passed at the eleventh...more

Fish & Richardson

Introduction to SEP & FRAND Issues

Fish & Richardson on

Imagine your company designs, manufactures, or sells products that implement commonplace technologies like Wi-Fi, 5G, or video streaming. Did you know you might need a license to incorporate these technologies into your...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

Expect More Audits of Trademark Registrations From the United States Patent and Trademark Office

Amundsen Davis LLC on

The expected uptick in the issuance of United State Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) audits means practitioners and trademark owners alike will need to be more diligent in identifying goods or services in trademark...more

McCarter & English, LLP

US Government Increases Fees for Trademark Filings

McCarter & English, LLP on

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is raising many fees for trademark filings effective January 18, 2025. Many fees will increase by $50–$100 per class of goods and/or services. The USPTO will also impose surcharges...more

Troutman Pepper

Understanding the USPTO's Final Rule on Fee Adjustments for Patent Applications and Appeals

Troutman Pepper on

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a “final rule” to fee adjustments for patent applications and appeals, effective January 19, 2025. These changes represent some of the most significant changes to the...more

Jones Day

Expert Testimony That Does Not Disclose Underlying Facts Or Data Entitled To Little Weight

Jones Day on

“Expert testimony that does not disclose the underlying facts or data on which the opinion is based is entitled to little or no weight.” 37 C.F.R. § 42.65(a). With that principle in mind, the PTAB recently denied institution...more

Troutman Pepper

Why Did the World Wrestling Federation Become WWE? — No Infringement Intended Podcast

Troutman Pepper on

In this episode, Rusty Close and Austin Padgett discuss trademarks and why the WWF, the World Wrestling Federation, rebranded itself as WWE, World Wrestling Entertainment. No Infringement Intended, hosted by Rusty Close...more

Stinson LLP

Trump's First 100 Days: Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity

Stinson LLP on

During his first term, Trump appointed a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) director who instituted a number of reforms widely regarded as pro-patent, and the general consensus is that the incoming administration will...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

50 State Desktop Reference - What Businesses Need to Know about Non-Competes and Trade Secrets Law - 2024

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

As we navigate a rapidly evolving business and legal landscape, Seyfarth proudly presents the latest edition of our flagship publication, the 50-State Non-Compete Desktop Reference. Crafted with precision by our nationally...more

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

The USPTO’s Final Trademark Fee Changes Go Into Effect January 18, 2025

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced new fees that will go into effect on January 18, 2025.  These changes will impact 28 different trademark fees, including those for trademark applications,...more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Cloudflare, Inc. v. Sable Networks, Inc. Sends Message to “Patent Trolls”

Sable Networks and Cloudflare have battled for more than three years in federal courts over a series of patents owned by Sable, which the entity has accused Cloudflare of infringing. Cloudflare recently emerged the victor by...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Cannabis & Trademarks: Protecting Your Stash

Trademark law protects businesses’ brand identities and helps prevent consumer confusion. The U.S. trademark system operates at both federal and state levels. Federal registration through the United States Patent and...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Digital Millennium Copyright Act Claims in AI-Training Cases – Recent Developments

While the question of fair use has dominated much of the discussion on whether copyrighted material can be used to train AI models, of equal importance are questions involving the application of the Digital Millennium...more

Venable LLP

Bad Faith Litigation Exposed: Federal Circuit Affirms Deterrence Sanctions in PS Products v. Panther Trading

Venable LLP on

Wrongheaded patent litigation conduct has consequences. Following a recent decision from the Federal Circuit, PS Products Inc. (PSP) and its counsel will be paying over $50,000 in attorney fees and sanctions to Panther...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Proliferation of Trade Secret Misappropriation and U.S. Enforcement Choices

미국의 영업 비밀 소송 호황기 This is a boom time for trade secret litigation in the U.S. The underlying conditions driving the boom include the growing mobility of the global workforce, the ease with which electronic data can be...more

39,031 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1,562

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide