On May 21, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit released its first en banc opinion in six years. In LKQ Corp. et al. v. GM Global Technology Operations LLC, the full Court ruled on the long-standing…
For part 2, covering updates as of January 17, 2024, please click here. Starting April 3, 2023, the United States Patent & Trademark Office (“USPTO”) will begin assessing a surcharge of $400 (large entity)/$200 (small entity)/$100 (micro entity) for electronically…
Good news for breeders of asexually reproduced varieties! Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it was indefinitely waiving the germplasm deposit requirement for Plant Variety Protection (PVP) for asexually reproduced varieties. Thus, any breeder seeking PVP protection…
A decision from the Federal Circuit published February 1, 2022 vacated a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision finding claims in a Qualcomm patent unpatentable. Apple had challenged Qualcomm’s claims as being obvious over applicant admitted prior art (AAPA)…
Title: Google V. Oracle: Outcome, Observations, and Implications Description: This presentation will discuss the history and outcome of a software-related copyright dispute between Oracle and Google that spanned more than a decade, and which culminated in a Supreme Court decision…
For nearly a century, the United States has offered some form of intellectual property (IP) protection for novel plant varieties. Companies operating within the agriculture and horticulture space have had multiple options available to them for protecting novel plant varieties…
As the world continues to grapple with the ongoing pandemic of the novel coronavirus and the disease it causes, COVID-19, intellectual property attorneys and their clients face new challenges daily. State governors across the United States and world leaders around…
Effective August 3, 2019, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) has amended its Rules of Practice in Trademark Cases to require foreign applicants, registrants, and parties to trademark proceedings before the USPTO’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board to…
On March 29, 2017, the United Kingdom (UK) submitted its intention to withdraw from the European Union (EU). The British exit from the EU – i.e., Brexit – is scheduled to take effect as of March 29, 2019. Once the…
As we have covered in previous blog posts, not every name or brand is eligible for federal trademark registration with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO). One of the reasons the USPTO might reject an application to register a…
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