Audrey Ogurchak
Posts by Audrey Ogurchak
Kanye West, Taylor Swift, Kendall Jenner: When celebrities are sued for trademark infringement
Kanye West, ran into some legal trouble when he was sued for trademark infringement by Michael Medina for using the word “Loisaidas” in the title. Medina began …
A Look into Uber’s Patent Prosecution History
Since the Supreme Court’s decisions in Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories (2012) and Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int’l (2014), patent practitioners have struggled in overcoming …
Uber IP: A primer on the patents, trademarks and copyrights owned by Uber
Uber has also obtained design patent protection for its user interfaces. The user interfaces would not be eligible for protection under trademark law, therefore, design patent protection …
Reinventing our Climate Future
On Wednesday, June 29th, the United States Patent and Trademark Office hosted a panel titled Innovation to Power the Nation (and the World): Reinventing our Climate Future. …
Jericho asks SCOTUS to consider whether blueprint for Defense Global Information grid is abstract
Jericho’s access control model was first used as the blueprint for the Department of Defense Global Information grid in 2007. The software was later deployed across two …
Supreme Court decides Cuozzo Speed Technologies: BRI proper, IPR institution not appealable
In a unanimous decision delivered by Justice Breyer in Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC v. Lee, the United States Supreme Court upheld the United States Patent Office’s …
Legislating from the Bench: Overusing §101 for sake of expediency
Unfortunately, §102, §103, and §112 issues can and do get wrapped into the court’s §101 reasoning, thus resulting in opinions with no differentiation. In the end, courts are forcing a …
Will Supreme Court grant cert in Medinol v. Cordis on the question of laches in patent litigation?
As the Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments for SCA Hygiene Products v. First Quality during the October 2016 term, another laches case, Medinol Ltd. v. Cordis Corp., …
A Brief History of Laches in Patent Law
The equitable doctrine of laches has existed in the United States court system since the founding of this country, originating from the English Courts of Equity. Laches …
Will SCOTUS take Vehicle Intelligence petition, which calls Alice ‘universal pesticide to kill’ patents?
In March 2016, Vehicle Intelligence filed a petition for writ of certiorari with the Supreme Court arguing that the two-part Alice test is “a universal pesticide to kill …
Will the Federal Circuit’s Enfish ruling have broader implications for data storage patents in general?
Days before this Federal Circuit decision, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued its decision for Informatica Corp. v. Protegrity Corp. The patent at issue in …