• Swiss military defeats watchmaker

    But hostilities broke out several years ago after the Swiss army’s procurement agency tried to register the name with patent authorities following a change in intellectual property law. With Friday’s ruling, Charmex’s attempt to block the government failed. The Federal Administrative Court found that the …

     
  • Swiss military defeats watchmaker

    … years ago after the Swiss army’s procurement agency tried to register the name with patent authorities following a change in intellectual property law. … Charmex Chief Executive and co-owner Frank M. Burgin said the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property had supported his case and the latest …

     
  • Apply for US design patents

    Details. We want to apply for a design patent in uspto. It is an electronic product. We hope you are a patent attorney or a patent attorney to help us with this job. Thank you! Project Type: Ongoing project …

     
  • Appeals court ends Merck patent challenge to Amneal’s generic Nasonex

    Appeals court ends Merck patent challenge to Amneal’s generic Nasonex  Reuters Full coverage

     
  • Merck Loses Fed. Circ. Bid To Enforce Nasonex Patent

    Law360 (February 9, 2018, 7:27 PM EST) — A Delaware federal judge rightly found that Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC wouldn’t infringe one of Merck & Co. Inc.’s patents when selling a generic version of the nasal spray Nasonex, despite discovery flubs by Amneal, the Federal Circuit said Friday.

     
  • On the Move: Tracking the Ins and Outs of California Lawyers

    Taché will serve as co-chair of the Buchalter’s firmwide patent litigation group. … Fite focuses on client relations initiatives regarding legal claims and class action administration matters. She is … Bravo-Karimi is part of the employment law practice and Fox is part of the labor and employment practice.

     
  • Network Co. Can’t Duck Claims In $11M Patent Licensing Row

    Law360 (February 9, 2018, 6:54 PM EST) — A California federal judge Thursday refused to let a network device maker slip counterclaims launched by a hotel entertainment company in an $11 million suit over unpaid royalties, explaining that if the counterclaims are true, it may be the manufacturer’s fault …

     
  • XITRONIX CORPORATION v. KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION

    Before Moore, Mayer, and Hughes. Appeal from U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. Summary: The Federal Circuit lacked jurisdiction over a Walker-Process antitrust claim because patent law was not a necessary element of one of the well-pleaded claims.

     
  • BERKHEIMER V. HP INC.

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Summary: (1) Terms of degree, including “minimal,” may render claims indefinite if the specification fails to provide “objective boundaries” for the term; and (2) while patent eligibility is ultimately a question of law, the underlying …

     
  • Not The Sexiest Invention, But An Important One

    Canadian firm Ridout & Maybee LLP is celebrating its 125th anniversary and pointed out that its founders were behind Canada Patent Number 1. It got us to thinking… the first patent in the United States was issued to Samuel Hopkins in 1790 for “the making ______ by a new Apparatus... Continue reading