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AIPLA CLE Webinar: Post-Grant Strategies for Correcting and Challenging Patent Claims
March 4, 2020 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM | 1.5 CLE Credits
This webinar will provide a summary of post-grant procedures and describe when, why, and how each procedure is useful (or not) to patent owners and third-party challengers.
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AIPLA CLE Webinar: Post-Grant Strategies for Correcting and Challenging Patent Claims
March 4, 2020 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM | 1.5 CLE Credits
This webinar will provide a summary of post-grant procedures and describe when, why, and how each procedure is useful (or not) to patent owners and third-party challengers.
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AIPLA CLE Webinar: Post-Grant Strategies for Correcting and Challenging Patent Claims
March 4, 2020 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM | 1.5 CLE Credits
This webinar will provide a summary of post-grant procedures and describe when, why, and how each procedure is useful (or not) to patent owners and third-party challengers.
News
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‘Engineered Tax Services’ Trademark Revived by 11th Cir.
May 19, 2020
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on May 14, 2020, reversed and remanded a lower court decision to invalidate Engineered Tax Services Inc.’s (ETS) trademark covering its name, finding that the phrase “Engineered Tax Services” may be distinctive enough to function as a valid trademark. -
Fed. Cir. Affirms Toys “R” Us, Dollar General, Chalk Toy Design Win
May 18, 2020
The Federal Circuit on May 14, 2020, affirmed a lower court win for Toys “R” Us Inc. and Dollar General Corp. in a design patent, copyright, and trade dress infringement suit over a toy chalk holder designed to look like a pencil. -
Supreme Court Dismisses ‘Defense Preclusion’ in Designer Jeans Trademark Fight
May 14, 2020
On May 14, 2020, the US Supreme Court reversed and remanded the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit's decision in Marcel Fashions Grp., Inc. v. Lucky Brand Dungarees, Inc., et al. No. 2017-0361, (2nd. Cir.), ruling that federal preclusion principles do not bar Lucky Brand Dungarees, Inc. (Lucky Brand) from raising a defense it failed to litigate in an earlier suit between it and Marcel Fashions Group, Inc. (Marcel). -
USPTO Offers Free Oral Advocacy Training Under the Legal Experience and Advancement Program
May 14, 2020
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) first Legal Experience and Advancement Program (LEAP) webinar on oral advocacy will take place today, Thursday, May 14, from noon to 1 p.m. ET. -
National Geographic Wins in ‘Wild America’ Show Trademark Case
May 13, 2020
National Geographic Partners LLC beat back trademark infringement claims by the makers of the PBS nature series “Wild America” after a federal court in Colorado found National Geographic TV had an artistic motive for naming its nature show “Untamed Americas.”