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Playing From The Rough: Kirkland Signature™ Irons and The Doctrine of Equivelents

Patently-O

TaylorMade Golf Company teed off a dispute over golf club design and filed a patent infringement lawsuit on January 31 st, 2024, in the Southern District of California against Costco and Southern California Design Company alleging infringement and false advertising relating to five of TaylorMade’s patents related to golf irons.

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Fish & Richardson Elevates 17 Attorneys to Principal 

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

Newly promoted principals for 2022 are: Michael Ballanco focuses his practice on all aspects of patent infringement matters at the trial and appellate level. and foreign patent prosecution and counseling in the technology areas of bioinformatics, mobile communications, e-commerce, database, and data processing.

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USPTO Wants Input on Scope of Possible Statutory Experimental Use Exception

IP Watchdog

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a draft Request for Comments (RFC) today seeking public feedback “on the current state of the experimental use exception jurisprudence and whether legislative action should be considered to enact a statutory experimental use exception.” According to the RFC, since the U.S.

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"patented" claim plausibly material to consumers

43(B)log

EnChroma allegedly advertises that its lenses are “patented,” but Eyenavision alleged that EnChroma’s lenses do not practice the relevant patent and therefore brought false marking, Lanham Act false advertising, and unfair competition claims. False marking under 35 U.S.C. § This was enough to allege intent to deceive.

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Fish & Richardson Expands Life Sciences Group with Addition of Principal Dr. Helen Baca

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

Baca focuses her practice on IP portfolio management, strategic client counseling, and patent prosecution in diverse scientific and engineering fields. Baca is licensed in both Massachusetts and New Mexico.

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My Summer at Bereskin & Parr LLP- Mitacs Business Strategy Internship x IP Osgoode

IPilogue

I was tasked with creating business and marketing materials for the Engineering and Technology practice group, focusing mainly on topics pertaining to patent prosecution. One of the skills I sharpened over the course of my internship was effective and accessible legal writing.

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USPTO Requests Input on Patent Eligibility from Critical Sectors Impacted by Current Law

The IP Law Blog

Explain how the current state of patent eligibility jurisprudence affects the conduct of business in your technology areas. Explain how the status of patent eligibility jurisprudence in the United States has affected any litigation for patent infringement in the United States in which you have been involved.

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