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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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TTAB Overstepped While Nixing Color Trademark, Court Says
April 17, 2020
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on April 8, 2020, held that the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) erred in ruling that an undefined color trademark on packaging can’t be distinctive enough for registration unless consumers already recognize it as an indicator of product source. -
House & Senate Judiciary Lawmakers Seek Information on USPTO Operations Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
April 16, 2020
House & Senate Judiciary Lawmakers sent a letter to USPTO Director Andrei Iancu requesting information on the impact the coronavirus public health crisis has had on the operations of the USPTO. -
PTAB Designates Decision as Precedential
April 15, 2020
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) on April 14, 2020, designated as precedential Lectrosonics, Inc. v. Zaxcom, Inc. Case IPR2018-01129, Paper 33 (PTAB Jan. 24, 2020) (precedential). -
No Trademark for Conveyor Belt Fastener Design, 7th Cir. Says
April 14, 2020
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on April 7, 2020, held that part of a conveyor belt fastener with scalloped edges wasn’t entitled to trade dress protection because it was utilitarian. -
BASF Polymer Manufacturing Patent May Be Valid
April 13, 2020
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on April 8, 2020, held that a patent covering a process for preparing polymers was wrongly found invalid based on another company’s earlier use of a similar process that may have been confidential.