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Supreme Court Renders Decision in Amgen v. Sanofi: Three Takeaways

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Some larger policy implications of the dog toy

Five Reasons Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Startups Should Prioritize IP

Can ChatGPT draft patent applications?

Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in Amgen v. Sanofi: High Court Will Tackle Proper Enablement Standard

Supreme Court Retains Doctrine of Assignor Estoppel, But With Limits

Supreme Court Upholds PTAB and Clarifies USPTO Director Power Under 35 U.S.C. § 6(c)

Supreme Court Prohibits Use of Federal “Anti-Hacking” Law Against Those Who Use Otherwise Authorized Access for Improper Purpose

Supreme Court Grants Certiorari on Appointment of PTAB Judges

Why Method of Treatment Patents for Repurposed Drugs Are Worth the Investment

Federal Circuit Overhauls Rules of Practice and Forms: Important Takeaways

Supreme Court Rules That Booking.com Is Not Generic and Declines to Impose a “Nearly Per Se” Rule of Genericness for “Generic.com” Trademarks

Supreme Court Rules That Lucky Brand Is Not Precluded from Raising a Defense in a Later Suit for Failing to Litigate the Defense in an Earlier Suit

USPTO Announces Further Extension of Certain Trademark Deadlines

USPTO Announces Further Extension of Certain Patent Deadlines

Supreme Court Rules Georgia Cannot Copyright Explanatory Annotations to Legislative Materials

Supreme Court Rules Willfulness Not Required for Trademark Profits

Supreme Court Prohibits Time-Bar Appeals In PTAB Cases

USPTO Announces Extension of Certain Patent Deadlines

Supreme Court Upholds State Sovereign Immunity in Copyright Case in Allen v. Cooper (2020)

Federal Circuit Denies Rehearing En Banc in Arthrex

USPTO and Federal Courts Update in Light of Coronavirus / COVID-19

New Trademark Exam Guide Effective February 15, 2020 Regarding Mandatory Electronic Filing, Owner Email Addresses, and Specimen Requirements

Artificial Intelligence-based Patents: Perspectives for Practitioners and Patent Owners

U.S. Canna-Patents After the 2018 Farm Bill

Supreme Court Expands Trade Secrets Exemption from FOIA

2019 Patent Trial and Appeal Board Key Practice Updates: A Year in Review

U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Require Applicants to Pay USPTO’s Attorney Fees in District Court “Appeals” of Prosecution Decisions

New Trademark Rule Requires Foreign Applicants and Registrants to Use U.S.-Licensed Attorney

Supreme Court Strikes Down Ban on Offensive Trademarks

A Comparison of U.S. and Japanese Patent Subject Matter Eligibility

Open Source Software Licensing

Basic Due Diligence Review in Patent Licensing Transactions

Idiosyncrasies of Prosecuting U.S. Design Patents

USPTO Issues CBD Trademark Guidelines in Light of the 2018 Farm Bill: Key Takeaways

Evaluating § 101 Case Law After Alice, U.S. Global IP Positioning, Improvements to PTAB Practice, and Other Key Takeaways from a Recent Fireside Chat with USPTO Director Iancu

Beyond Patents – FDA Regulatory Approval of Medical Devices and the Software Precertification Program

Protecting Trade Secrets with Restrictive Covenants: The Question of Consideration in Illinois

Expedited Trademark Cancellation Proceedings at the USPTO

U.S. Supreme Court Issues Rulings in Two Key Copyright Cases

Supreme Court Rules AIA Did Not Alter Meaning of On-Sale Bar

Patent Valuation – Damages Amounts Based on Patent Quality

Global Artificial Intelligence Patent Survey

So You Won At The PTAB — Can You Defend The Final Written Decision On Appeal?

Customs Recordations of Trademarks and Copyrights

Music Modernization Act of 2018 Signed Into Law by President Trump

Coming Soon: New Claim Construction Standard for Many AIA Trial Proceedings

Claiming Artificial Intelligence: AI-related Patent Filing Trends and Practice Tips

Patenting Repurposed Drugs

Guidelines for Drafting and Prosecuting U.S. Design Patents

Avoiding Common IP Pitfalls: What Every Startup Needs to Know

Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB Decision in CRISPR Case

E-Discovery FAQ Part I

Gene Patenting after In re Kubin: The Sky is Not Falling

“Patent Trolls” Beware – Congress Tackles Vexatious Patent Litigation

Functional Claim Language – “Adapted To” and “Configured To” – Having Narrow Interpretations

The DTSA After One Year: Has the Federal Trade Secrets Law Met Expectations?

Tafas v. Doll

Supreme Court Overturns Federal Circuit in WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp.

Caveat Sender: What Else Is Attached to Your E-Mail?

PTAB Holds a Firm Line on Additional Discovery

Patent Infringement Analysis Varies Based on Statutory Claim Type

Federal Circuit Rejects Use of Tribal Immunity to Shield Patents in IPR Proceedings

Supreme Court Rules District Courts to Have More Discretion in Finding Willful Patent Infringement by Malicious Pirates

The Status of Patent Laches after Petrella v. MGM

Patent Litigation Management – Strategic Decisions Can Help Manage the Cost of Litigation

Festo Extended: Honeywell v. Hamilton Sundstrand

Software Patents Are Still Very Useful Despite Alice, But Are Business Method Patents?

Charting the Waters of International Service Requirements in the Wake of Water Splash v. Menon

Follow-on Biologic Drugs and Patent Law: A Potential Disconnect?

What Trademark Owners Need to Know About the New Trademark Rules

Post-Issuance Options: The Benefits and Risks of Reexamination and Reissue

User Interfaces: Navigating the Patent Eligibility Landscape

Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Labs., Inc.: U.S. Supreme Court Finds Prometheus Method Claims Unpatentable as Laws of Nature

Prior Art Redefined Under the AIA

Obviousness of Pharmaceuticals – Patentability Over Known, Structurally Similar Compounds

Attorney-Client Privilege in the Cloud

Tiffany & Co. v. Costco Wholesale Corp.: Has the TIFFANY trademark become generic?

Post-Grant Review: A Double-Edged Sword

On Your Mark! . . . Get Set! . . .Know!: Marking Fundamentals

The Supreme Court Review of the Federal Circuit: Recent Decisions with Varying Impact

Avoiding Patent Owner Disputes

Federal Circuit Defines Joint Tortfeasor Infringement Liability in Akamai v. Limelight

Federal Courts Debate Safe Harbor Exemption for Patent Infringement under 35 U.S.C § 271(e) Following Merck v. Integra

. . . And Show Me the Chemistry

Patent Reform: New Section 298 Will Preclude Patentees from Proving Willfulness or Inducement Through an Alleged Infringer’s Failure to Obtain or Provide Evidence of an Opinion of Counsel

The Federal Circuit Decides to Reconsider Inequitable Conduct

Capitol Records, LLC v. Pandora Media, Inc.: Future of Digital Music May Depend on State Copyright Protection of Pre-1972 Sound Recordings

The Coach Services, Inc. v. Triumph Learning, LLC Case: What It Means For a Trademark to Be “Famous” for Trademark Dilution Purposes

E-Discovery FAQ: Part 2: Litigating Today Under the New Electronic Discovery Amendments

Register Early and Often or at Least Try to: Preparing for Copyright Enforcement

The PTAB and the Federal Circuit – One Year Later

New York v. Aleynikov: New York State’s Penal Code (Like Federal Criminal Law) Does Not Cover Electronic Reproduction of Source Code

Amending Claims Before the PTAB: What Have We Learned From the Board?

Doha Revisited: WTO Endorses Parallel Compulsory Licensing

Evolving Data Protection Regimes in the Asia-Pacific Arena and Their Impact on Litigation: Overview of International Policies Governing Cross-Border Data Transfer

Patent Prosecution Data Analytics

The Patent Landscape of Cryptocurrency and Blockchain

Federal Defend Trade Secrets Act Progresses in Congress

Patent Reform: Derivation Proceedings