Following a corporate patent career capped by a successful tenure as Chief IP Counsel and Director of the IP Department of the Ciba-Geigy Corporation in its American headquarters, upon retirement ...
Today in In re: Aqua Products, Inc., __ F.3d __ (Fed. Cir. 2016)(Reyna, J.), in the course of affirming a PTAB unpatentability ruling in an Inter Partes Reexamination proceeding, the ...
The USPTO refused to register the mark shown below left, for "retail store services featuring furniture, furniture paint and finishes, clothing, fashion accessories such as scarves, hats, shoes, rings, necklaces, ...
The controversy over whether an obvious modification of an invention published by a third party during the grace period is prior art is well known both from the analysis of ...
On May 23, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied Belmora's petition for reconsideration en banc in the FLANAX case. Belmora LLC v. Bayer Consumer Care ...
This morning the Court DENIED certiorari review in this case, without comment. Regards, Hal
The USPTO refused registration of the mark ELITE TEST 360 for “dietary and nutritional supplements for endurance sports,” finding it likely to cause confusion with the registered mark 360 TEST ...
This week in Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Hospira, Inc., Supr. Ct. No. 15-1210, the Supreme Court is scheduled to vote whether to grant certiorari on the issue of secondary considerations ...
Monday morning (May 23, 2016), the Supreme Court may announce whether it has granted certiorari inDow Chemical Co. v. Nova Chemicals Corp. (Canada), Supr.Ct. No. 15-1160, proceedings below, 803 F.3d ...
The Board dismissed this opposition to registration of the mark WOD Snob for decorative magnets and athletic apparel because opposers, claiming common law rights in WODSNOB for athletic apparel, failed ...