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  • Elizabeth Tassi - Woman to Watch 400x200 Elizabeth Tassi is a Woman to Watch!

    February 5, 2020

    The Women in IP Committee of the AIPLA is pleased to announce Elizabeth Tassi as a Woman to Watch!
  • TV Guide 400x200 Comcast Prevails in TV Guide Patent Challenge

    February 5, 2020

    The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on January 13, 2020, upheld Comcast Corp.‘s successful challenge to a patent covering an interactive television guide, finding it invalid based on prior art.
  • WiiMote_with_MotionPlus-400 Nintendo Knocks Out $10 Million ‘Wiimote’ Patent Verdict on Appeal

    February 3, 2020

    The US District Court for the Northern District of Texas on January 17, 2020, invalidated iLife Technologies Inc.'s $10.1 million patent infringement verdict against Nintendo of America over the latter's Wii and Wii U motion control wands known as "Wiimotes". iLife Techs. Inc. v. Nintendo of Am. Inc., N.D. Tex., No. 3:13-cv-04987, 1/17/20.
  • Dashboard-v2 Carmakers Trounce CD-Copying Copyright Case

    January 31, 2020

    The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on January 28, 2020, held that the Audio Home Recording Act of 1992, which was enacted to curb digital audiotape copying, did not apply to music copied by an automobile dashboard device that copies CDs to a vehicle’s hard drive.
  • USPTO Crest USPTO and Mexican Institute of Industrial Property Launch New Worksharing Agreement

    January 30, 2020

    The US Patent and Trademark Office and the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) agreed to launch a new worksharing arrangement that will accelerate the process of obtaining a patent in Mexico for businesses and individuals already in possession of a corresponding US patent.