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.
This week in Other Barks & Bites: the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases related to trademark law; the USPTO has delayed the planned Non-DOCX filing surcharge fee again; Moderna CEO faces Senate HELP Committee; the Indian Patent Office denies Johnson & Johnson a patent extension for a tuberculosis drug; and one of The Isley Brothers files a trademark lawsuit against his brother.
This week in Other Barks & Bites: The UK High Court delivers a key ruling on standard essential patents (SEPs) in a FRAND battle between InterDigital and Lenovo; the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office updates Patent Term Extension listings to add Food and Drug Administration and Department of Agriculture information following collaboration initiatives; the U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) launches a new plan to tackle AI’s impact on copyright law and policy; a Miami nightclub attempts to block LIV Golf’s trademark applications; and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) rules in favor of Apple in its ongoing dispute with the USPTO.
This week in Other Barks & Bites: the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced a record year for Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications; the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) switches over to electronic patent grants; the federal CHIPS Program Office is now accepting applications for around $50 billion in funding for semiconductor manufacturing and research.
This week in Other Barks & Bites: The Senate Judiciary Committee passes a number of bills that aim to reduce drug prices and anticompetitive practices by pharmaceutical companies; the USPTO opens its nomination period for a prestigious technology award; the U.S. Copyright Office tells a district court it acted reasonably in denying Stephen Thaler’s AI-created artwork; and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce releases a study on the impact of mergers on innovation and patent applications.