In the five years since the Leahy Smith America Invents Act became law, many Americans have adapted to the new reality of first-to-file. Yet, theRules of Practice in Patent Cases ...
The Board affirmed a refusal to register the mark SAVE IT YOUR WAY for "creating an on-line community for registered users ...," finding that Applicant FTD failed to show use ...
Yesterday at the George Washington University Law School in a patent law conference focused on Brazil, former Federal Circuit Chief Judge Randall R. Rader presented interesting views on several issues: ...
I once heard a TTAB judge say that the outcome of most Section 2(d) likelihood of confusion cases can be predicted just by looking at the marks and the identified ...
Today in Enfish, LLC v. Microsoft Corp., __ F.3d __ (Fed. Cir. 2016) (Hughes, J.), the court reversed a summary judgment holding that the claims of the patent lack patent-eligibility ...
The USPTO refused registration of the mark DIGITAL BOOTH for "metal phone booths." Applicant Packaging 22 argued that the mark is merely suggestive because "there is nothing digital about a ...
Today in the Bexsero case, GlaxoSmithKline UK Ltd. v. Wyeth Holdings LLC, [2016]EWHC 1045(CH)(Carr, J.), in the course of a lengthy opinion dealing with validity and infringement, the trial judge ...
According to a reliable source, congratulations are in order for Nate Kelley, named Solicitor of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; and David Ruschke, to be the permanent permanent Chief ...
Belmora LLC yesterday filed a petition for reconsideration en banc [pdf here] of the FLANAX decision issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Belmora LLC ...
“Mountain Time Zone” Strategy for a Third Party Presidency: As previously reported, a conservative third party candidate running only in select Mountain Time Zone states would represent an “insurance policy” ...