News

  • 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.
  • POP-400 Precedential Opinion Panel Issues Precedential Decision

    December 23, 2019

    The Precedential Opinion Panel (POP) concludes that, at institution, a petitioner must identify with particularity sufficient evidence to establish a reasonable likelihood that an asserted reference was publicly accessible before the critical date of the challenged patent and thus qualifies as a printed publication.
  • Gym Blackbird Must Pay Attorney’s Fees in Home Gym Patent Suit

    December 20, 2019

    The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on December 16, 2019, affirmed a district court ruling that awarded Health In Motion LLC and Leisure Fitness Equipment LLC attorneys’ fees and expenses after the parties petitioned the court for fee reimbursement in a patent infringement suit.