Accounts that the head of the Patent Office is job shopping or otherwise frequently absent from the Patent Office have been complemented by an interview she recently gave to Law360: ...
In connection with the grant of certiorari today in the SCA Hygiene case, the question must be asked: Precisely why did the appellate tribunal issue a badly split en banc ...
The grant of certiorari this morning in Top Ten No. (6) SCA Hygiene Prods. Aktiebolag v. First Quality Baby Prods.,LLC, S.Ct. No. 15-927, opinion below, LLC, 807 F.3d 1311 (Fed. ...
The Board rendered a split decision in this opposition to registration of the marks MINIMELTS and MINI-MELTS for "pharmaceutical preparations for use as an expectorant." It dismissed opposer's Section 2(d) ...
Patent Procedures Amendment Act of 2016 is a discussion draft of proposed legislation to provide a dual track for post grant procedures, one for amendment of claims and the other ...
Today, the Court GRANTED certiorari in this case. The case will be briefed in the coming months and then argued later this year or early next year, with a merits ...
At 9:30 AM this morning the Court releases its Orders List that is expected to show whether it has granted certiorari in SCA Hygiene. Stay tuned! Hal
In In re: TC Heartland LLC, __ F.3d __ (Fed. Cir. 2016)(on petition)(Moore, J.), the panel rejected petitioner’s attempt torepeal the venue law of VE Holding Corp. v. Johnson Gas Appliance ...
Ray Stewart was the founding partner of Stewart & Kolasch, later known as Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, one of the leading Washington, D.C. area patent boutiques. Ray was well ...
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board has scheduled three (III) oral hearings for the month of May, as listed below. The hearings will be held in the East Wing of ...