News

  • Laptop PTAB Denial of IPR Challenge is Precedential

    September 4, 2019

    The US Patent and Trademark Office on August 29, 2019, designated as precedential its decision to deny Cisco Systems Inc.'s bid to invalidate claims in an equipment-tracking patent though the petitioner voluntarily dismissed an earlier civil action.
  • Surgical ‘Minor Variation’ in Wording Not Enough to Throw Out PTAB Ruling

    August 29, 2019

    The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on August 21, 2019, held that a “minor variation in wording” between Smith & Nephew, Inc.’s IPR petition and the PTAB’s decision doesn’t justify throwing out the ruling.
  • AI USPTO Seeks Comments on AI Patent Issues

    August 28, 2019

    The US Patent and Trademark Office on August 27, 2019, issued a Federal Register Notice requesting comments on artificial intelligence patent issues.
  • Ennio Morricone Oscar-Winning Composer Gets Victory in Copyright Assignment Dispute

    August 27, 2019

    The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on August 21, 2019, held that Ennio Morricone, an Academy Award-winning Italian composer, can terminate an assignment of copyrights for six film scores he created in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
  • Double Dare Viacom ‘Double Dare’ Trademark Declaration Will Have to Wait

    August 22, 2019

    The US District Court for the Southern District of New York held that Viacom’s request for declaration of its “Double Dare” trademark was too premature to be heard, as the alleged harm from Armstrong Interactive’s trademark registration applications was too speculative.