IN RE: PT MEDISAFE TECHNOLOGIES - Before Prost, Clevenger, and Stark. Appeal from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. A proposed color mark was found generic where the relevant public perceived the color to be a common trade…
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/ Administrative Law, Intellectual Property
RECENTIVE ANALYTICS, INC. v. FOX CORP. - Before Dyk, Prost, and Goldberg. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. The Federal Circuit found that claims applying established methods of machine…
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/ Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
ECOFACTOR, INC. V. GOOGLE LLC - Before the en banc court, Moore, Lourie, Dyk, Prost, Reyna, Taranto, Chen, Hughes, Stoll, and Stark. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. A district…
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/ Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts, Intellectual Property
IN RE: VETEMENTS GROUP AG - Before Prost, Wallach, and Chen. Appeal from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. A party opposing application of the doctrine of foreign equivalents has the burden to show that the ordinary American…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT v. SIRIUS XM RADIO INC. - Before Lourie, Dyk, and Reyna. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. The defense of equitable estoppel requires showing that the patentee…
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/ Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
United Services Automobile Association v. PNC BANK N.A., - Before Dyk, Clevenger, and Hughes. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. A claim that merely recites a system for conducting…
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/ Finance & Banking, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
TELA Bio—which was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Pennsylvania—is a medical device company that specializes in providing soft-tissue surgical products. According to TELA Bio, its soft-tissue reconstruction solutions…
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/ Health
On June 18, 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) hosted an informational call to share the results of a study on the Deferred Subject Matter Eligibility (DSMER) Pilot Program, three years after its launch…
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/ Administrative Law, Intellectual Property
The landscape for rare disease treatments appears to be evolving rapidly, thanks to a confluence of regulatory momentum and a booming market forecast. Statements from key federal figures in recent months combined with market…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Health
In this episode of Knobbe IP+, Knobbe Martens partner Mark Lezama is joined by attorney and emerging technology advisor Liz Rothman to discuss the complex topic of artificial intelligence and copyright law. During their…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
On June 3, 2025, the Journal of Clinical Oncology published a study funded by Johnson & Johnson, which showed that one-third of patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma who were treated with CARVYKTI® (ciltacabtagene…
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/ Health
The European Union has “agreed overwhelmingly” to limit Chinese medical device manufacturers’ access to public procurement contracts in Europe, Bloomberg reports. On Monday June 2, 2025, European Union (EU) countries reportedly…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Government Contracting, International Law & Trade
In Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Avadel Cns Pharmaceuticals, LLC, Appeal No. 24-2274, the Federal Circuit held that injunctions prohibiting the initiation of new clinical trials for paper NDA drugs before patent expiration…
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/ Civil Procedure, Health, Intellectual Property
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) recently released its 2025 “Patent Scorecard” where it analyzes and ranks companies with large patent portfolios in various industries, including aerospace. The survey…
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/ Business Organizations, Intellectual Property
A 2025 United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) report highlights significant growth in space technology patents, driven by private innovation and government support. According to the report, space-related goods and…
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/ Government Contracting, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
