Posts Tagged: USPTO
After Brunetti: The Trademark Bar Reacts to Fractured Decision
The Supreme Court issued its decision yesterday in Iancu v. Brunetti. As largely expected, the Court followed its own lead in Matal v. Tam and struck down …
Supreme Court ‘FUCT’ Case Ends With a Bang: Ban on ‘Immoral or Scandalous’ Marks Fails First Amendment Scrutiny
The Lanham Act’s ban on federal registration of “immoral or scandalous” trademarks is unconstitutional under the First Amendment. So held the United States Supreme Court on …
USPTO Commissioner for Patents on Life Five Years After Alice: We’ve Come a Long Way
Panelists in this past Thursday’s IPWatchdog webinar, “Dissecting Alice,” gave credit to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for the steps it has taken …
Inventors Must Oppose the Draft Section 101 Legislation
When it was announced that I would be testifying to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on IP about Section 101, I was surprised. Not only did they grant a …
Other Barks & Bites, Friday June 21: China Releases National IP Strategy, Iancu Discusses Patent Eligibility, and Rubio Amendment Would Prevent Huawei Patent Suits
This week in Other Barks & Bites: Senators Tillis and Coons ask federal agencies to step up enforcement against IP theft; Senator Stabenow and Congressman Cummings ask GAO …
Free CLE Webinar: Dissecting Alice at Five: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Join Gene Quinn, President and CEO of IPWatchdog, Inc., on Thursday, June 20, 2019 at 2pm EDT for a special free webinar discussion focusing on the Alice decision five …
Congress Adds TERM Act and No Combination Drug Patents Act to List of Drug Patent Bills Being Considered
The growing debate over the effects of patents on the rising price of pharmaceuticals continues to encourage the introduction of drug pricing-focused bills in Congress over the …
After Alice: IP Stakeholders Comment on Alice’s Impact Five Years On
Since the Supreme Court issued its decision in Alice v. CLS Bank five years ago today, patent eligibility jurisprudence and practice have become increasingly chaotic—at least …
Perspective: Weakening Alice Will Weaken the U.S. Patent System’s Second Engine of Innovation
Today is Alice’s fifth birthday; some may not be celebrating, but as a birthday gift, John Vandenberg argues the decision was not new law and should …
Arguing Device-and-Method Eligibility Under the Present and Future States of U.S. Patent Law
Here's the hypothetical: A patent application has been filed for a new medical device. The device reads various physiological signals from a patient and presents, with previously …
Federal Circuit Issues Precedential Decisions On Who Can Petition for and Who Can Be Subject to Inter Partes Review
Late last week, the Federal Circuit issued Power Integrations, Inc. v. Semiconductor Components Indus., LLC and Regents of the Univ. of Minnesota v. LSI Corp. These two …
Forging Ahead After Losing an Alice Appeal
It’s tough to fight on after losing an Alice appeal, but that’s just what most applicants are doing. An “Alice appeal” is an appeal of …
Supreme Court Denies 43rd Petition for Cert on 101 Grounds in Villena v. Iancu
Villena v. Iancu (Supreme Court Dkt. No. 18-1223), which is the 43rd patent eligibility case to be considered for certiorari since the notorious Alice Corp. decision, was …
A Look at Google’s Patent Applications for Light Field Technology
Google’s U.S. patent application 20190124318—originally assigned to Lytro, an American developer of light-field cameras, before it went defunct in March 2018—was published in April 2019. Google …
Federal Circuit to University of Minnesota: No State Sovereign Immunity For You
The Federal Circuit today ruled that The University of Minnesota (UMN)—an arm of the state of Minnesota—is not protected by state sovereign immunity from a …
