Posts Tagged: "IP News"

This week in Other Barks & Bites: Two U.S. senators propose a bill to protect U.S. businesses from foreign IP theft; a jury orders Google to pay a developer $338 million in damages for patent infringement; and UN officials question the impact of the EU’s proposed trade agreements with countries that produce generic medications.

This week in Other Barks & Bites: the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issues a final rule formalizing its Diversion Pilot Program and making other changes to agency practice; the Third Circuit affirms a default judgment for several litigation delays in a trademark case; Huawei announces that it earned $560 million in patent licensing revenues last year; the FTC announces an investigation into ChatGPT as FTC Chair Lina Khan faces tough questions at a House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing; and a settlement is reached in a trademark case filed over a musical adaptation of Anne of Green Gables.

This week in Other Barks & Bites: The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) begins a week-long meeting with 1,200 delegates from its 193 member states; the UK Court of Appeal rules Apple infringed on two SEPs from Optis; and Twitter accuses Meta of trade secrets theft over the launch of Threads.

This week in Other Barks & Bites: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) notifies 61,000 trademark applicants of a data breach; USPTO Director Kathi Vidal admonishes VLSI; and the European Patent Office (EPO) announces a 2.5% increase in patent applications.

This week in Other Barks & Bites: the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) files an amicus brief asking an appeals court to reconsider an antitrust case against pharmaceutical companies who paid generic manufacturers to drop their patent disputes; the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirms a judgment that granted a win to Netflix in a patent dispute; and Senators Tillis and Coons introduce two bills that would reform the U.S. patent system.

This week in Other Barks & Bites: The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announces its five-year strategic plan; the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issues a precedential ruling on inventorship criteria; a biotech firm files lawsuits against Pfizer and Moderna alleging patent infringement; and Adobe releases an AI image generator that it believes will not infringe copyright.

This week in Other Barks & Bites: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) extends its Climate Change Mitigation program until 2027; the Unitary Patent System and accompanying Unitary Patent Court launches in Europe; the Supreme Court again denies an opportunity to review 35 U.S.C. § 101.

This week in Other Barks & Bites: The USPTO releases a blog post detailing the success of its Patent Pro Bono Program and announces a proposed pilot for micro entity applicants; NBA superstar LeBron James puts his weight behind Taco Bell in its battle to cancel the “Taco Tuesday” trademark; and Gilead and Teva sign a deal with pharmacies to avoid an antitrust suit.

This week in Other Barks & Bites: AI inventorship comments due, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) seeks nominations to two advisory committees; Oprah’s company settles a trademark dispute with a podcast; and high-profile pharmaceutical company CEOs testify before the Senate on insulin prices.

This week in Other Barks & Bites: Vanda Pharmaceutical sues the U.S. government over trade secrets; the CAFC vacates a PTAB decision on objective indicia of nonobviousness; Ed Sheeran wins his copyright battle with the heirs of “Let’s Get It On” songwriter; and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s close financial ties with billionaire Harlan Crowe remain under microscope.

This week in Other Barks & Bites: the Department of Commerce outlines plans to establish a new R&D Center dedicated to semiconductor technology; the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announces record participation in patent pro bono program; and the European Commission proposes new patent rules to reduce friction between EU countries.

This week in Other Barks & Bites: Six former IP leaders send comments to the European Commission expressing concerns over an “apparent pivot” on EU policy relating to standard essential patents (SEPs); the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property holds a hearing on competition threats to U.S. innovation; the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) asks for public input on proposed changes to discretionary institution practices; and Amazon is set to release an anti-counterfeiting data exchange.

This week in Other Barks & Bites, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) rules against Apple in a trademark dispute; Arbutus and Genevant Sciences file a patent infringement lawsuit against Pfizer related to the COVID-19 vaccine; and Sweetgreen promptly changes the name of a menu item after Chipotle files a trademark lawsuit against the salad chain.

This week in Washington IP news, Congress is out of town thanks to a state work period, but there are still several interesting events related to the IP world. The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) is hosting an event on the downfall of Japan’s pharmaceutical industry. Elsewhere, New America will hear from several former White House officials on implementing federal legislation that sought to increase equity.

This week in Other Barks & Bites: the Federal Circuit affirms the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s invalidation of VirnetX patent claims supporting a $502 million verdict against Apple; the U.S. Solicitor General asks the Supreme Court to overturn an infringement ruling against Teva’s skinny label for carvedilol; the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board reverses a trademark examiner’s refusal to register several column titles for The New York Times; the UK High Court invalidates robotics warehousing patents owned by AutoStore and clears grocery store Ocado from infringement claims; the Japanese government announces that it will restrict exports for nearly two dozen types of chip-making equipment; and Judge Koeltl rejects the fair use defense raised by the Internet Archive in its copyright case against book publishers.