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…
Dates: December 5-8, 2022 Location: Hyatt Regency Chicago, Chicago, IL Panitch Schwarze partner Travis W. Bliss, Ph.D. will participate in the American Seed Trade Association’s CSS & Seed Expo, the largest seed industry conference in the country. He will attend…
Title: 2021-2022 Patent Case Law Roundup Description: Panitch Schwarze Summer Associate, Riya Chaudhari (Patent Agent), will present an update on significant decisions in patent law. Credits: 1.0 PA and DE CLE Pending Date: Thursday, June 30, 2022 Time: 12:30 PM…
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)…
Panitch Schwarze partners Stephen E. Murray and Erin M. Dunston recently weighed in on the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s newly created Deferred Subject Matter Eligibility Response Pilot Program. This program allows patent applicants to defer submitting claim amendments…
Tekcapital PLC said Monday its investee, Belluscura PLC and their research partner Separation Design Group, has filed for a patent application for an oxygen enrichment device that treats patients with acute respiratory distress including patients suffering from coronavirus. “We are pleased to see…
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), created in 2012 as part of the America Invents Act, a branch of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) that hears appeals to adverse examiner decisions and conducts trials, including inter…
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…
PHILADELPHIA (May 2018) – The Philadelphia intellectual property law firm Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP is pleased to announce that six of its IP attorneys have been named 2018 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars. Philadelphia IP attorneys Martin G.…
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