News

  • IPP Far East IPP Far East Committee Visits Taiwan, Singapore

    June 18, 2019

    On April 29 – May 3, 2019, the IPP Far East Committee dispatched a delegation to visit Taiwan and Singapore. The trip delegation was headed up by Patrick Coyne, AIPLA’s Second Vice President, and Tiep Nguyen, the Far East Committee Chair.
  • No State Sovereign Immunity for University of Minnesota in IPR

    June 18, 2019

    The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on June 14, 2019, held that 11th Amendment Sovereign Immunity does not protect patents owned by individual states from being cancelled via inter partes review (IPR).
  • AIPLA Attends Meetings of the Industry IP5

    June 17, 2019

    AIPLA attended meetings of the Industry IP5, IP5 Heads of Offices, and the Industry Trilateral in Incheon, Korea June 10-13, 2019.
  • Chambord French Press Coffeemaker Bodum Gets Trade Dress Win

    June 17, 2019

    The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on June 12, 2019, affirmed a $2 million win for Bodum USA Inc., makers of the Chambord French press coffeemaker, in a trade dress infringement case.
  • ON Semiconductor’s PTAB Win Canceled by Federal Circuit

    June 17, 2019

    The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on June 13, 2019, vacated and remanded a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision which had invalidated Power Integrations’ Patent No. 6,212,079 (the ’079 patent) because the inter partes review (IPR) was time-barred under § 315(b).