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Federal Circuit IP Appeals: Summaries of Key 2023 Decisions (8th Edition)

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 2/9/2024

2023 saw a return to business as usual for the Federal Circuit. Oral arguments are once again in-person and open to the public, and the Court has resumed its former practice of holding occasional sittings outside of...more

MarkIt to Market® - May 2023

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 6/1/2023

Thank you for reading the May 2023 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter. This month, we discuss Taco Bell's attempt to cancel two TACO TUESDAY trademark registrations, and a precedential TTAB decision...more

Intellectual Property Law: Looking Forward to 2023

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 12/16/2022

With the continuing advancements of cutting-edge technologies — such as genome editing (CRISPR) and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) — U.S. courts will have a full docket of challenging IP cases throughout 2023. Below are some of...more

Intellectual Property Bulletin - Summer 2022

Fenwick & West LLP on 8/9/2022

In This Issue - Transformative Fair Use: Does Andy Warhol Qualify? On March 28, 2022, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith, a case concerning whether Andy Warhol’s use of Lynn...more

Monitoring IP Developments in 2022

BakerHostetler on 1/6/2022

In addition to another year of the pandemic, 2021 brought with it several key developments in the realm of intellectual property (IP) that BakerHostetler has covered in this blog series. We hope readers have found these posts...more

McNees 2019 in Review – Trademarks, Copyrights and Patents

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 1/7/2020

From Supreme Court headlines, to big brand disputes, to the year of cautionary tales, 2019 proved to be another remarkable year for intellectual property law. With so many notable developments in trademark, copyright, and...more

The Katten Kattwalk | Issue 20

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 10/25/2019

Welcome to the Fall 2019 issue of Kattwalk. In this issue, we are pleased to introduce you to Bret Danow, a partner in Katten’s New York office with a broadbased trademark practice that covers the entire lifecycle of a brand,...more

Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in Iancu v. NantKwest, Inc.

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 3/5/2019

On the same day that the Supreme Court decided what the term "full costs" means under the Copyright Act, it granted certiorari to consider what "all the expenses of [a district court review] proceeding" means under the Patent...more

Patent Law Update for Medical Device Companies 2018 (Presentation)

Knobbe Martens on 12/5/2018

Knobbe Martens Partners Paul Conover, Irfan Lateef, and Curtis Huffmire presented "Patent Law Update for Medical Device Companies 2018" at the MedTech Innovation Summit in San Francisco, CA on November 28, 2018. This session...more

Will the Supreme Court Finally Let Trademarks Join their Intellectual Property Brethren In the Protection Provided Under the...

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 11/9/2018

Earlier this year, we wrote about the First Circuit’s decision in In re Tempnology, LLC, a bankruptcy case in which the First Circuit cemented a circuit split over whether a trademark licensee could retain its trademark...more

Top SCOTUS Cases that Matter for Tech, Life Sciences and Games Industries – 2018 Term Preview

Fenwick & West LLP on 10/2/2018

As the U.S. Supreme Court kicks off its 2018 term this week, it prepares to take up a series of firsts, including questions about the America Invents Act, securities fraud and privacy-related class action litigation. At the...more

Intellectual Property Bulletin - Summer 2018

Fenwick & West LLP on 7/11/2018

In This Issue - US Taxation of IP After Tax Reform - U.S. taxation of intellectual property has become astoundingly more complex after the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The new rules are so complex that the IRS and Treasury...more

Intellectual Property Law - July 2017

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 7/14/2017

SCOTUS: For Patent Venue, Domestic Corporations ‘Reside’ Where Incorporated - Why it matters: On May 22, 2017, the Supreme Court issued its decision in TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC—rejecting...more

How Does the Supreme Court’s Recent Ruling on Incontinence Products Spill Over into Fashion?

Knobbe Martens on 4/24/2017

On March 21, 2017 the Supreme Court issued a monumental holding removing the availability of laches as a defense in a claim for damages under patent infringement. The case changes decades of legal precedent, and adopts...more

MoFo IP Newsletter - April 2017

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 4/10/2017

Supreme Court Restricts the Extraterritorial Reach of U.S. Patent Law for Exported Goods - On February 22, 2017, the Supreme Court in a landmark decision held that the supply of a single component of a multicomponent...more

A Big Week for Intellectual Property: Supreme Court Decides Patent and Copyright Cases

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 3/29/2017

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two opinions on intellectual property issues. On March 21, 2017, the Court decided in a 7-1 opinion that laches is no longer a valid defense to a claim of patent infringement occurring...more

Be Aggressive, B-E Aggressive – SCOTUS Encourages IP Plaintiffs

Miller & Martin PLLC on 3/27/2017

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court decided two much anticipated intellectual property cases. Supreme Court Rejects Laches in Patent Infringement Cases - The first, SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag et al. v. First Quality...more

U.S. Supreme Court Eliminates Laches Defense for Damages in Patent Suits

Knobbe Martens on 3/25/2017

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, March 21, 2017, held in a 7-1 decision that the defense of laches is not available under the Patent Act to bar claims for damages. SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag v. First Quality Baby...more

Intellectual Property Bulletin - Winter 2017

Fenwick & West LLP on 2/10/2017

A Smooth Patch in a Rough Road? Governmental Transition and Intellectual Property - Whenever a new Congress convenes, some IP issues come to the fore while others take a back seat. Transition to a new administration in the...more

IP Law December Developments: What to Expect in the Future

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 12/30/2016

December has been a hot month for IP law, with important developments in several cases that may significantly impact your intellectual property prosecution and enforcement strategies. Here is a brief summary of each of these...more

Intellectual Property Bulletin - Summer 2016

Fenwick & West LLP on 8/19/2016

Supreme Court Expands Discretion to Award Enhanced Damages for Patent Infringement and Eliminates the Federal Circuit’s ‘Seagate Test’ - In Halo Electronics, Inc. v. Pulse Electronics, Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court...more

MoFo IP Newsletter - August 2016

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 8/13/2016

Supreme Court Abolished Federal Circuit's Test for Willfulness - On June 13, 2016, in Halo Electronics, Inc. v. Pulse Electronics, Inc., 579 U.S. ___ (2016), the Supreme Court unanimously abrogated the Federal Circuit’s...more

Supreme Court Injects Uncertainty Into Attorney’s Fee Awards in Copyright Cases

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 6/23/2016

The day after it liberalized the standard for awarding enhanced damages in patent cases, a unanimous Supreme Court, in an opinion authored by Justice Kagan, substantially broadened lower courts’ discretion in granting...more

High Court Eases Ability to Recover Enhanced Remedies in Patent and Copyright Cases

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C. on 6/22/2016

Within the past week, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down two unanimous rulings that could make it easier for prevailing parties in patent cases to recover enhanced damages and for winning parties in copyright cases to recover...more

Can Science be Copyrighted? You Might be Surprised…

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 4/13/2016

Biotechnology. For many, the mere mention of the word stirs up a thought of people in white lab coats working in underground bunkers trying to create superhuman mutant weapons, with beakers of green goo bubbling in the...more

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