MEET THE BLOGGERS is back for the twelfth time. Perhaps the best non-INTA event ever devised by woman or man, MTB XII will be held on Monday, May 23rd, 8 ...
Today in “Ariosa II”, Genetic Technologies Ltd. v. Merial L.L.C., __ F.3d __ (Fed. Cir. 2016)(Dyk, J.), the court followed its notorious Ariosa opinion to deny patent-eligibility to an invention ...
The Board granted a petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark NOBLE HOUSE for furniture, ruling that Respondent Floorco had abandoned the mark. The Board held that use ...
A highly reliable source has said that there is to be an imminent departure of someone from the leadership of the Patent Office. Whither Director Michelle Lee? Whether the exit vel ...
Congratulations to the George Mason University Law School, newly rechristened as the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University. CPIP @ George Mason, Leadership in Patent Academic Studies: The ...
On Monday, April 4th, the USPTO published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking entitled "Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Rules of Practice," Federal Register, Volume 81, No. 64, ...
Congratulations to Philippe Riesen who has joined Foley & Lardner LLP based in its Tokyo Office. Philippe has been a long time resident of Japan including membership in the Intellectual Property ...
Today in HP Inc. v. MPJH Technology Investments, LLC, __ F.3d __ (Fed. Cir. 2016)(Lourie, J.), petitioner in a merits appeal to the PTAB unsuccessfully challenged denial of institution of ...
The Board sustained a rare Section 2(e)(4) opposition to registration of the mark AYOUB for “retail carpeting and rug stores” and “carpet and rug cleaning services,” finding that applicant failed ...
Fred McKelvey was an important career employee and leader of the Patent Office. He served as Solicitor in the 1990’s and then moved to the position of Chief Judge of ...