IP Watchdog

JUNE 24, 2024

This week we venture into the world of patent monetization from the viewpoint of a patent owner and non-practicing entity. Our conversation is with Brad Close, a one-time patent prosecution attorney, one-time patent broker, and current patent owner engaged in patent monetization efforts, licensing and, of course, litigation.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 7, 2023

In an article published on December 7, 2023, Harness IP Principal Chris K. Miller provides guidance to legal departments that are responsible for maintaining a global patent portfolio. Summarized in five tips for in-house counsel, Miller looks at ways to maximize patent filings to save time and money. The firm also ranks No.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 19, 2024

With the Federal Circuit recently denying a full court review of In re: Cellect, a decision regarding obviousness-type double-patenting, affected patent family holders should evaluate their rights through both patent prosecution and future litigation lenses to minimize risks, say Austin Lorch and Jeff Wolfson at Haynes and Boone.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 22, 2021

Recent Headlines in the IP World: David Waldman and Natalya Rudma: Adial Pharmaceuticals Awarded U.S. and International Patents for the Treatment Of Alcohol and Opioid Use Disorders Using AD04 (Source: Yahoo Finance). Daisuke Wakabayashi: Google Infringed on Patents Owned by Sonos, a Trade Judge Says (Source: The New York Times).

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JUNE 14, 2022

Moritz Ammelburg and Peter Fasse examine the patentability requirements and prosecution schemes in the US and Europe and how applicants can prepare applications that will best serve their needs in both jurisdictions. Read the full article on Managing IP. can significantly complicate the coordination of a global patent strategy.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 8, 2021

Recent Headlines in the IP World: Mikey Campbell: Apple Challenges Patent Troll Targeting Maps Navigation (Source: Apple Insider). Blake Brittain: Apple Must Face Apple Watch Patent Claims, Fed Circ. Susan Decker and Matthew Bultman: Apple Sinks ‘Submarine Patent,’ Escapes $308.5 New Job Postings on Patently-O: Lilly.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 29, 2023

Supreme Court is considering whether an Amgen patent is invalid for not meeting the enablement requirements of Section 112(a). It claims antibodies by functional antigen binding and does not disclose the full range of antibody sequences. By: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Managing Intellectual Property magazine has announced that Fish & Richardson has been shortlisted in seven categories in the 2022 Managing IP Americas Awards. In addition, six of the firm’s principals have been shortlisted for individual recognition in the “Litigator of the Year” or “Practitioner of the Year” categories.

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Patently-O

JULY 23, 2022

Recent Headlines in the IP World: Jonathan Stempel: Cisco Wins Reversal of $2.75-Billion Richard Lawler: Supreme Court Rejects Apple’s Bid To Continue Fighting Over Two Qualcomm Patents (Source: The Verge). Richard Lawler: Supreme Court Rejects Apple’s Bid To Continue Fighting Over Two Qualcomm Patents (Source: The Verge).

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Recent Headlines in the IP World: Blake Brittain: Senators Slam Albright Over ‘Extreme Concentration’ of Patent Cases (Source: Reuters). Smart & Biggar: Supreme Court of Canada Denies Leave Regarding Lisdexamfetamine Patent Decision (Source: JD Supra). New Job Postings on Patently-O: Daikin NA.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The winds of a busy Belgian court term blows through the IPKat's wild ancestor's mane (c) Christopher Stothers 'Tis the season for a look at the cases that were in 2021 from around Europe and what they mean for the IP litigation themes in those jurisdictions now that the dust has settled in 2022. A new prohibition on double patenting?

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IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

Pina D’Agostino is the Founder and Director of IP Osgoode, the IP Intensive Program, and the IP Innovation Clinic, the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the IPilogue, the Deputy Editor of the Intellectual Property Journal, and an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. 2021 was an exciting year for the IPilogue.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 20, 2023

For example, receiving compensation from those who use patented designs without permission often requires patent owners (e.g., inventors) to send cease and desist letters, file complaints in federal district court, and at times endure patent litigation to its completion.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 7, 2021

A decade ago, patent trolls were all the rage in the patent world. Whether in speeches, conferences, or articles, no subject engendered more IP conversation. If there was a rock-star matter in the patent world, it was the debate over trolls. Patent Trolls, ?nd Patent trolling 2021—yes, no, or maybe?

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 19, 2023

The impact of the long-awaited launch of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) is hard to overstate. While litigators and patent portfolio managers are immediately feeling the impact in Europe, surprisingly, they should also expect an impact on information disclosure statement (IDS) strategy for U.S. patent applications.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Recent Headlines in the IP World: Kate O’Flaherty: Apple Patent Hints At Ground-Breaking New AirPods Feature (Source: Forbes). Ben Lovejoy: Ericsson Trying to Ban Reselling in Brazil; Apple Tries to Invalidate Ericsson Patents (Source: 9to5 Mac). Billion Caltech Patent Case (Source: Reuters). Sheridan Ross P.C.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 5, 2023

by Dennis Crouch I’m excited that my next patent-law event will be the IP CLE Conference, January 7-10, 2024 at the Viewline in Snowmass, Colorado. Judge Stoll will separately join Erika Arner (Finnegan) for what looks to be an interesting discussion on IPR/Infringement litigation interplay.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

APRIL 12, 2021

Fish & Richardson was named the 2021 IP Boutique Firm of the Year and International Trade Commission (“ITC”) Firm of the Year by Managing Intellectual Property magazine, as well as the regional Patent Contentious (West) Firm of the Year. district court and ITC bench trials.

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IP Law 360

MAY 26, 2022

A Utah federal judge has barred Maschoff Brennan attorneys from certain patent prosecution for Lifetime Products during infringement litigation that provides it with access to a direct competitor's confidential technical information.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2021

The new principals in the firm’s Litigation Group are Matthew Colvin (Dallas); Kelly Allenspach Del Dotto (Delaware); Nitika Gupta Fiorella (Delaware); Conrad A. Matthew Colvin represents clients in complex intellectual property litigation, as well as commercial litigation and Hatch-Waxman matters. Gosen (Twin Cities); Andrew G.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 18, 2022

This includes the protection and enforcement of patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade dress, trade secrets, privacy, and related subject matter. Topics covered at this year’s event include the following: Patent prosecution. IP Practice in Latin America. Cross-border issues in IP litigation.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Specifically, the CAFC said the district court erred by relying heavily on the patent prosecution history statements for a related patent that had been cited in the information disclosure statement (IDS) during supplemental examination of one of the patents-in-suit to inform its construction of the term in question.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 15, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) new Commissioner for Patents, Vaishali Udupa. She replaces Acting Commissioner for Patents Andrew Faile, who served in that role since January 2021 and who will be retiring from the agency after 33 years upon Udupa’s installation as commissioner.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Attorneys at Holland & Knight offer tips for patent prosecution professionals and litigators regarding claims of performance criteria and product attributes that can trigger invalidity under the two-step Alice test.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

for infringement of the ‘197 patent under the Hatch-Waxman Act, but the district court found that the Belcher Chief Science Officer withheld material information from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) during patent prosecution, and the CAFC affirmed. 9,283,197 unenforceable.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 7, 2024

Significantly, the agreement requires India to make substantive changes to its provision obligating a patent applicant to furnish information about their foreign applications corresponding to their application in India. She has been working in the field of access to medicines, patents and IP for more than a decade.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Daikin, holding that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board disregarded prior art teachings in deciding that claims were obvious, reveals how the teaching-away and commercial-success doctrines provide strong arguments to overcome obviousness during patent prosecution or litigation, say attorneys at BCLP.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 3, 2023

With deep expertise in litigation and patent prosecution and counseling, the attorneys represent clients across a range of industries and in various legal venues. Newly promoted principals for 2023 are: Ashley Bolt has experience handling complex patent and intellectual property litigation in U.S. District Courts.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued its one millionth design patent on September 26, 2023. This milestone comes during a particularly prolific period for design patents. In 2022 alone, the USPTO received more than 50,000 design patent applications.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Last week, the Federal Circuit Court reversed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision in In re Surgisil, L.L.P., overturning the Board’s ruling that a design for a rolled-paper art tool for blending anticipated Surgisil’s (Applicant) claimed lip implant. In re Surgisil, L.L.P., 2020-1940, 2021 WL 4515275 (Fed.

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The IP Law Blog

JULY 15, 2021

CLS Bank Int’l , which involve the limits on patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § For example, in Alice, the court stated “[t]he ‘abstract ideas’ category embodies the longstanding rule that an idea of itself is not patentable.” Patent attorneys and inventors are often left to guess whether a particular invention is patent-eligible.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Mok is a principal in Fish’s New York office and focuses his practice on IP litigation and counseling for domestic and international companies. Her practice focuses primarily on patent litigation, and she has experience litigating patents in the fields of biotechnology, medical devices, financial services, and computer software.

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Patently-O

JULY 8, 2021

At the behest of several leading Senators, the USPTO has begun a study on the “Current State of Patent Eligibility Jurisprudence.” The agency would like input from various stakeholders, including inventors, owners, investors, licensees, users, and patent attorneys.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 4, 2024

On June 1, one year after the date when patents with unitary effect became effective in the European Union (EU), the European Patent Office (EPO) announced that it had registered more than 27,500 unitary patents, representing about 25% of all European patents granted over the past year.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Yet, many Patent Owners still continue to shoot themselves in the foot when it comes to litigating at the PTAB. First, Patent Owners (NPE’s especially) increasingly rely on litigation trial counsel for PTAB representation. yet, I see this argument in about 80% of Patent Owner filings. Why is that?

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Kathi Vidal requesting the USPTO to issue a notice of rulemaking or request for comments in the Federal Register by September 1, 2022, on curbing continuation practice as a means to address “patent thickets.” As of the date of this article, the USPTO has not issued the notice.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Information and statements” may include, among other items, information that “refutes, or is inconsistent with, a position that the applicant takes in” either “opposing an argument of unpatentability relied on by the Office” or “asserting an argument of patentability.”. the party has a duty to submit the information to the USPTO.”.

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