News

  • mitchell-luo-ZGi2-wTpKzM-unsplash web USPTO Launches COVID-19 Response Resource Center

    June 5, 2020

    The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on June 3, 2020, launched the COVID-19 Response Resource Center to provide stakeholders and other interested parties with improved access to USPTO initiatives, programs, and other helpful intellectual property (IP)-related information regarding the COVID-19 outbreak.
  • jonathan-borba-v_2FRXEba94-unsplash web Fed. Cir. Upholds Mixed Ruling on Boston Scientific Spinal Device

    June 4, 2020

    The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on May 29, 2020, refused to alter a mixed ruling on the validity of Boston Scientific’s spinal stimulation patent.
  • edward-howell-55bQ7g3ZlQU-unsplash web Ninth Circuit Affirms Jim Beam’s Pucker Vodka Trademark Win

    June 3, 2020

    The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on May 17, 2020, affirmed Jim Beam Brand Co’s (Jim Beam) win against a company that accused it of infringing trademarks because the marks in question were dissimilar and customer confusion wasn’t likely.
  • Hacker web Compulife Software Gets Second Chance in Competitor Hacking Case

    June 1, 2020

    The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on May 20, 2020, vacated and remanded a Florida court ruling that found that a group of website operators who hacked into a competitor’s server and database didn’t infringe its source code copyright or misappropriate its proprietary information.
  • Deadline web USPTO Grants Further Relief for Some Patent Fees and Deadlines

    May 29, 2020

    The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on May 27, 2020, further extended the time to file certain patent-related documents and to pay certain required fees under its temporary authority provided by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act).