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  • 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.
  • kate-hliznitsova-Nqj2XWHy4K0-unsplash-web Quincy Bioscience’s Prevagen Trademark Win Upheld on Appeal

    May 1, 2020

    The Seventh Circuit on April 24, 2020, upheld Prevagen maker Quincy Bioscience Inc.'s trademark win over the unauthorized sale of its popular memory supplement by Ellishbooks Corp.
  • Fishing Web Fed. Cir. Rejects Fishing Method Patent Application as Abstract

    April 30, 2020

    The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on April 24, 2020, affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) rejection of a fishing patent application because the invention relies on an abstract idea.