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Eye on IPRs: November 2024: USPTO Director to Step Down, Did Fed. Circuit DISH Asks Full Fed. Cir. Panel to Reconsider Vacating...

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Every month, Erise’s patent attorneys review the latest inter partes review cases and news to bring you the stories that you should know about: USPTO Director Vidal to Step Down - On November 12, Under Secretary of...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

Court Ruling on Design Patents Could Have Huge Impact

A recent Federal Circuit decision overturning the long-standing obviousness test for design patents could have wide-ranging implications for design patent owners. The en banc decision in LKQ Corp. et al v. GM Global...more

Knobbe Martens

En Banc Federal Circuit Adopts a New Test for Design Patent Obviousness

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Before Moore, Lourie, Dyk, Prost, Reyna, Taranto, Chen, Hughes, Stoll, and Stark.  Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board....more

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En Banc Federal Circuit Overrules Longstanding Test for Design Patent Obviousness

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On Tuesday, the en banc Federal Circuit released its highly anticipated decision in LKQ v. GM Global Technology Operations LLC, rejecting as “improperly rigid” the previous standard for evaluating whether a design patent is...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

2023 Design Patents Year in Review: Analysis & Trends: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: New Chapters in Two Ongoing...

In 2023, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued three opinions regarding U.S. design patents. The three 2023 opinions are Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc. v. Seirus Innovative Accessories, Inc., LKQ...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - July 2023

Medytox, Inc. v. Galderma S.A., Appeal No. 2022-1165 (Fed. Cir. June 27, 2023) In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit upheld an application by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of its Pilot Program...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

PTAB Strategies and Insights - May 2020: Should USPTO Be Able to Make New Law Without Rulemaking

Since arriving at the USPTO, Director Iancu has tried to bring clear messages and consistency to the Office. For purposes of this article, we concentrate on the new POP procedures for Board case law and rules, and how the...more

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BREAKING NEWS: Federal Circuit denies petition for rehearing in St. Regis Mohawk Tribe v. Mylan

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As we previously reported, following the Federal Circuit’s ruling in St. Regis Mohawk Tribe v. Mylan that “tribal immunity cannot be asserted in IPRs,” Allergan and the Tribe petitioned for rehearing en banc. The petition was...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - July 2018 #3

PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK - Polara Engineering Inc. v. Campbell Company, Appeal Nos. 2017-1974, -2033 (Fed. Cir. July 10, 2018) In this wide-ranging opinion, the Court provided a rare and lengthy opinion on the public use...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Circuit Court Cases - June 2018

Aatrix Software, Inc. v. Green Shades Software, Inc., Appeal No. 2017-1452 (Fed. Cir. May 31, 2018) and Berkheimer v. HP Inc., Appeal No. 2017-1437 (Fed. Cir. May 31, 2018) - In these two, published, precedential orders...more

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