News

  • Keypad-400 Google Wins Keypad Patent Validity Appeal

    January 7, 2020

    The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on January 6, 2019, reversed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruling that held claims of a Koninklijke Philips NV keypad patent valid.
  • Bycicle-400 Fed. Cir. Remands Bicycle Chainring Patent Dispute

    January 3, 2020

    The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on December 18, 2019, vacated and remanded a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision which invalidated SRAM’s improved bicycle chainring patent for obviousness.
  • Garage-400 Fed. Cir. Reverses ITC in Garage Door Opener Dispute

    December 27, 2019

    The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on December 12, 2019, held that a garage door opener patent didn’t cover openers without a motion detector in a wall unit because the detector’s placement in a wall unit constituted the patent’s invention.
  • Sturgis_2010_(2)-400 Walmart Wins Cancellation of ‘Sturgis’ Trademark

    December 26, 2019

    The US District Court for the District of South Dakota on December 11, 2019, canceled trademark registrations for the word “Sturgis” in light of Walmart and others’ success defeating the trademark owner’s related infringement claims.
  • Christmas Closed Announcement for Christmas Eve

    December 24, 2019

    The AIPLA Newsstand is on hiatus today to celebrate Christmas Eve.