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Let’s Face It; Some Patents Are Odd!

Over ten million patents have been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office to date. Here are four of the stranger ones: “A device for the treatment of hiccups, and more specifically, to a method and apparatus for…

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When Will the Patent Office Issue Patent #20,000,000?

On June 19th, the US Patent Office issued its ten millionth patent, to Raytheon, just over three years after it issued the ninth millionth patent to WiperFill Holdings, LLC. It took 200 years for the total number of U.S. patents…

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Do You Have European Patents? Get Ready for the UPC

By Martin G. Belisario, Esq. In the nearly five years since 25 European Union states signed an intergovernmental agreement to create a Unified Patent Court (UPC), a number of political obstacles have arisen to delay its enactment. Those obstacles are…

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U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Brulotte

Today, in a 6-3 opinion in Kimble et al v. Marvel Entertainment, LLC, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the rule against post-expiration patent royalties. Justice Kagan wrote the majority opinion. Justices Alito and Thomas, joined by Chief Justice Roberts, dissented.…

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CAFC Steals the Limelight

As the rest of the world was welcoming the United States and Japan to the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs, Judge Linn of the Federal Circuit “stole the limelight.” In yesterday’s decision in Akamai Technologies, Inc. v.…

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Top IP Trends of 2015

While 2014 saw several watershed moments in the IP arena, 2015 promises to be every bit as exciting. Intellectual property assets remain the engine that drive the world’s economy, with new discoveries creating new markets and fueling new business growth,…

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