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  • Boats Brunswick Dodges $5 Million Boating Patent Infringement Award

    June 4, 2019

    The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on May 31, 2019, reversed a $5,396,250 patent infringement verdict against Brunswick Corp., owner of many popular boating brands. Cobalt Boats, LLC v. Brunswick Corp., Fed. Cir., No. 2018-1376, unpublished 5/31/19.
  • shutterstock_686344315-400 Senate Hearings on Section 101 Reform

    June 3, 2019

    This week, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Intellectual Property will hold its first two hearings on “The State of Patent Eligibility in America.”
  • negative-space-illuminated-keyboard-400x200 Juniper Evades Finjan Malware Protection Patent Claims

    June 3, 2019

    The US District Court for the Northern District of California on May 29, 2019, held that Juniper Networks Inc., an American networking products developer, did not infringe Finjan Inc.’s malware protection patents.
  • USPTO Crest PKI Outage for EFS-Web and Private PAIR

    May 30, 2019

    The US Patent and Trademark Office announced that PKI authentication for EFS-Web and Private PAIR will be unavailable starting 12:01 a.m., Thursday, May 30, and ending at 11:59 p.m., Friday, May 31 ET. There is the potential for further outages as well.
  • Bud Light’s Barrel of Corn Syrup Jokes Comes to a Stop

    May 29, 2019

    The US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin on May 24, 2019, granted a preliminary injunction preventing Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC from implying in its advertisements that MillerCoors LLC beers contain corn syrup.