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According to the Court, the ABPA was effectively asking the Court to “eliminate design patents on auto-body parts.” While the ABPA decision does not make any groundbreaking changes to design patent law, some may find the decision interesting, given the ABPA’s attempted importation of trademark …
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Obtaining a remand on an appeal from the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) is of course a win for the Patent Owner, but may result in an ultimate loss when the case is revisited at the PTAB. The Feb. 12, 2018 Federal Circuit opinion, In Re Hodges, No. 2017-1434,... Continue reading
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Law360 (February 23, 2018, 6:25 PM EST) — This week in intellectual property attorney moves, BakerHostetler nabbed a former patent and trademark attorney from Norton Rose Fulbright, while Dickinson Wright PLLC scored a pair of patent application prosecutors, and Dorsey & Whitney LLP boosted its …
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Welcome to Skilled in the Art, competitor patent case edition. I’m Law.com IP reporter Scott Graham. Sometimes in this column I ask “Who Got the Work?” in an individual IP case. Today I’m taking a higher level look. Think of it as “Who Got the Competitor Case Work—And Took It... Continue reading
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The decision of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Aatrix Software, Inc. v. Green Shades Software, Inc. clarified that although Section 101 of the US Patent Act is ultimately a question of law, it may involve subsidiary fact questions that may preclude a Section 101 decision... Continue reading
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UC Hastings College of the Law Professor Robin Feldman, who has written articles about gene-editing technology patent law, says it is important to look at the long-term impacts of the technology. “In general, with gene editing, we are at the dawn of a new medical technology,” she says. “We know... Continue reading
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The Automotive Body Parts Association (ABPA) brought a declaratory judgement action against Ford Global Technologies (Ford), the holding company for much of Ford Motor Company’s patent portfolio. ABPA argued that design patents are inappropriate for auto-body parts and, in the alternative, that …
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3 Sonos Gets Judge To Kill Home Audio Patent Under Alice; 4 Patent Agent Emails Merit Privilege, Texas Justices Say; 5 Ex-Andrews Kurth IP Partner Joins Haug Partners In NY. © 2018, Portfolio Media, Inc. About | Contact Us | Legal Jobs | Careers at Law360 | Terms | Privacy... Continue reading
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One of the most fundamental aspects of patent law is that patents should only be awarded for new inventions. That is, not only does someone have to invent something new to them in order to receive a patent, is must also be a new to the world. If someone independently... Continue reading
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