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  • alireza-heydarifard-zKlFiUcqdZQ-unsplash-web PTAB Designates Decision as Precedential

    May 7, 2020

    The United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) on May 5, 2020, designated as precedential Apple Inc. v. Fintiv, Inc., IPR2020-00019, Paper 11 (March 20, 2020).
  • TDickinson-400x200 AIPLA Saddened to Learn of Passing of Former Executive Director Q. Todd Dickinson

    May 6, 2020

    The American Intellectual Property Law Association is saddened to learn of the passing of Q. Todd Dickinson, former AIPLA Executive Director and former Director of the USPTO.
  • USPTO Issues Final Rule on Claim Construction Standard USPTO Launches Patents 4 Partnerships Platform

    May 6, 2020

    The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on May 4, 2020, unveiled a new web-based intellectual property (IP) marketplace platform, Patents 4 Partnerships, to provide the public with a user-friendly, searchable repository of patents and published patent applications related to the COVID-19 pandemic that are indicated as available for licensing.
  • Booking-400x200 Justices Hear Arguments Over Phone in Booking.com Trademark Case

    May 5, 2020

    On May 4, 2020, the tradition-bound Supreme Court head oral arguments by telephone for the first time in USPTO v. Booking.com B.V., a case about whether “Booking.com” and similar marks are entitled to federal trademark protection.
  • markus-spiske-xekxE_VR0Ec-unsplash-web 8th Cir. Says Business Information Database Copyright Eligible

    May 4, 2020

    The US Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit on April 27, 2020, affirmed a Nebraska federal jury’s award of over $11 million in a copyright dispute based on a database of business information.