In Top Ten No. (10) ePlus v. Lawson Software (injunction following PTAB invalidation of the patent), and Arthrex v. Smith & Nephew (whether indirect infringement is negated by a good ...
Top Ten No. (1) Sequenom, Inc. v. Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc., Supreme Court No. 15A871, remains controversial as a case that could open the door to a merits affirmance and confirmation of ...
The latest Top Ten Patent Cases features: (1) Top Ten No. (1) Sequenom v. Ariosa (Patent eligibility): Certiorari grant may be possible if petitioner focuses upon the issue as one ...
Further to the note earlier today (attached below), the petitioner has filed a request for extension of time until April 1st to file its petition. The case has been docketed ...
March 1st is the deadline for a certiorari petition in a case expected to be styled as Sequenom, Inc. v. Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc., seeking review of Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc. v. ...
The TTAB affirmed a refusal to register the mark STYLEHOUSE, in the form shown below, for various clothing items, finding the mark likely to cause confusion with the registered mark ...
Inspired by Secure Web Conference Corp. v. Microsoft, __ Fed App’x __ (Fed. Cir. 2016)(Stoll, J.), the captioned paper explores the history of patent claiming and the prior role of ...
Luigi Lavazza S.p.A. opposed an application to register the mark FAVAZZA'S for "Bar services; Catering services; Restaurant services," on the ground of likelihood of confusion with the registered mark LAVAZZA ...
A very small minority of patent applicants abuse the system by presenting a large number of claims with conflicting definitions or other ambiguities. Examiners need to use the “undue multiplicity” ...
Today in Secure Web Conference Corp. v. Microsoft, __ Fed App’x __ (Fed. Cir. 2016)(Stoll, J.), the panel sustained patent validity by reading a feature of the preferred embodiments as ...