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  • Hyatt v. U.S. Patent & Trademark Office web Prolific Inventor Loses Suit Against PTO Over Slow Examinations

    September 2, 2020

    The US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on August 19, 2020, held that prolific inventor Gilbert P. Hyatt hadn’t shown that the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) deliberately chooses not to process, examine, or issue patents for his “extraordinarily lengthy” applications.
  • Tormasi v. W. Dig. Corp. web N.J. Inmate Properly Barred From Suing for Patent Infringement

    September 1, 2020

    The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on August 20, 2020, held that patent owner Walter A. Tormasi lacked capacity to sue computer company Western Digital Corp. because Tormasi was barred from conducting business as a New Jersey inmate.
  • Oracle Am. Inc. v. Hewlett Packard Enter. Co. web Oracle Revives Some HP Copyright Claims Over Solaris Software

    August 31, 2020

    The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on August 20, 2020, revived some Oracle America Inc. claims that Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. infringed its copyrights by installing patches for its Solaris software on customer servers without permission.
  • 2020 Patents for Humanity Winners web USPTO Announces 2020 Patents for Humanity Winners

    August 28, 2020

    The USPTO on August 26, 2020, announced the latest winners of the Patents for Humanity program, a USPTO initiative promoting game-changing innovations that address long-standing development challenges.
  • Sec. People, Inc. v. Iancu web Challenge of Agency Patent Cancellation Properly Dropped

    August 27, 2020

    The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on August 20, 2020, held that Security People, Inc. improperly challenged the cancellation of its patent by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in a federal district court.