• Covington Posts Double-Digit Growth in Revenue, Head Count

    Among other notable recruits contributing to Covington’s growth last year are two former U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board judges. … Hester touted his firm’s work on several high-profile legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s agenda, including the administration’s stance on transgender troops in …

     
  • Bio –Piracy: A Case of Ethical Bankruptcy

    With the result, legal action was taken by the Indian government and the patent was eventually overturned. US Corporation RiceTec attempted to patent certain hybrids of Basmati rice. The Indian government intervened and several claims of the patent were invalidated. One common misunderstanding is …

     
  • The Ever-Growing Importance of Protecting Cannabis Extraction Innovations

    (For more information on how breeders can patent their strains, see Alison J. Baldwin et al., Protecting Cannabis – Are Plant Patents Cool Now? Snippets, Vol. 15, Issue 4, Fall 2017, at 6). Unlike the Lanham Act, the patent statute does not prohibit illegal activity and states at 35 U.S.C.... Continue reading

     
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  • BlackBerry alleges Facebook infringed on its patent, goes to court

    … but has decided to pursue legal remedies out of an obligation to its shareholders. BlackBerry’s statement doesn’t disclose details of the alleged infringement or what it’s seeking from Facebook through the courts. BlackBerry has fought several disputes over patent rights and other intellectual property …

     
  • Legal Process Outsourcing Market Dynamics, Analysis and Supply Demand, Forecast to 2022

    … Legal Process Outsourcing market report focuses on the status and outlook for major applications/end users, sales volume, market share and growth rate for each application, including: Contract drafting, Review and management, Compliance assistance, E-discovery, Litigation support, Patent support, …

     
  • USPTO bows to federal circuit and raises bar for antibody patents – Epitope characterisation not …

    US patent law requires that, among other things, a patent specification contains a written description of the invention and details how to make and use the invention. These two requirements are known as the “written description” and “enablement” requirements. The intent and underlying tests for the …

     
  • Simplify Medical Earns 50th US Patent

    San Francisco Bay area Simplify Medical Ltd, maker of the Simplify cervical artificial disc, has received its 50th U.S. patent for its cervical motion … CE Mark and is commercially available in select European markets but is still an investigational device in the U.S. and is limited by law to... Continue reading

     
  • Alibaba reveals law enforcement tip-offs, importance of logos questioned, and a new design for …

    In today’s edition, we look the FTC leaving out trademark solicitation scams in its annual report of complaints, Alibaba reveals the number of law … It is expected that the agency will issue patent number 10 million later this year and to commemorate this landmark the office is changing the... Continue reading

     
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    PCKIP intellectual property IP is a Canadian firm which provides patent and trademark services. The primary service rendered by a law firm is to advise clients Bereskin & Parr is a highly regarded IP law firm widely recognized for their expertise in trademark portfolio management, patent prosecution and …