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Don’t Miss the Big Picture: What Companies Get Wrong When It Comes to IP Strategies
Yesterday’s IPWatchdog webinar, “How to Evolve Your IP Strategy Over Time,” focused on the trouble companies—both large and small—can run into when they don’…
Return Mail v. USPS Oral Arguments: Both Sides Struggle in Robust Questioning at Supreme Court
On Tuesday, February 19, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Return Mail Inc. v. United States Postal Service, a case that asks the nation’s …
IP and Innovation on Capitol Hill: Week of February 18
This week is quiet on Capitol Hill with Presidents’ Day on Monday, after which the House of Representatives enters a district work period and the Senate is …
Other Barks & Bites for Friday, February 15
This week in Other Barks & Bites: the USPTO appoints a new Chief Information Officer; Apple uses Qualcomm chips in Germany while American professors urge the ITC to …
IP and Innovation on Capitol Hill: Week of February 11
This week on Capitol Hill, the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives has planned a number of hearings on climate change and antitrust matters, especially where the T-Mobile/Sprint …
Other Barks & Bites for Friday, February 8
This week in Other Barks & Bites: the Federal Circuit affirms a Section 101 invalidation of patent claims in favor of Mayo Collaborative Services; Apple wins an order to …
U.S. Patent System Jumps to Tie for Second Place in International IP Index
On February 7, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC) released the latest version of its International IP Index assessing the intellectual property …
IP and Innovation on Capitol Hill: Week of February 4
This week on Capitol Hill, committee hearings in the U.S. Senate will focus on innovations related to financial systems, the race to 5G network connectivity and …
Other Barks & Bites: IP News to Watch, January 25, 2019
Today marks the return of our Other Barks & Bites feature, which will profile a collection of news headlines from around the IP world and across practice areas …
How to Customize Your Prosecution Strategy for Your Examiner
What would you change about your prosecution strategy if you knew more about your assigned examiner’s behavior and could identify cases that require extra care and …
Other Barks for Wednesday, March 22nd, 2017
The highest federal court in the United States declines to hear an appeal from tech giants on applying common sense to patent validity challenge proceedings. A group …
Other Barks for Wednesday, March 8th, 2017
A growing Chinese consumer electronics firm acquires a patent portfolio that makes them the fourth global producer of smartphones with the capacity to develop semiconductors in-house. The …
Other Barks & Bites for Wednesday, March 1st, 2017
Another covered business method review is overturned by the Federal Circuit because the Patent Trial and Appeal Board instituted a CBM on a patent that was not …
Other Barks & Bites for Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017
An appellate court hands down a ruling in favor of Internet radio provider Sirius XM against a rock band trying to assert its copyright on pre-1972 music …
Other Barks & Bites for Wednesday, February 15th, 2017
On the menu this week for Other Barks & Bites... Video game systems developed by Nintendo and Sony are targeted in a patent infringement suit filed in Delaware …
