In Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Fed. Cir. 2016-1284, the Federal Circuit is expected to consider whether the secret commercialization bar of Metallizing Engineering survives the redrafting ...
Last week we had olive oil and restaurant services. Now it's restaurant services and beef. The USPTO refused registration of the mark BLACK BARK for restaurant services, finding it likely ...
Today in Largan Precision Co., Ltd. v. Genius Electronic Optical Co., Ltd., __ F. App’x __ (Fed. Cir. 2016)(Moore, J.), distinguishing O2 Micro Int’l Ltd. v. Beyond Innovation Tech. Co., ...
There haven't been many 2(d) reversals lately, but here's one. The Board overturned a refusal to registerFAVORIT in the stylized form shown below, for bicycles, bicycle parts, games, toys, and ...
Today in Merck & Cie v. Gnosis S.P.A., __ F.3d __ (Fed. Cir. 2016)(den. reh’g en banc)(Newman, J., dissenting) and South Alabama Medical Science Foundation v. Gnosis S.P.A., __ F.3d ...
Congratulations to Administrative Patent Judge McManus, recently appointed to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Judge McManus previously was with Duane Morris LLP; McKool Smith; Adduci, Mastriani & Schaumberg and ...
On April 29th a second Conference is scheduled for SCA Hygiene Prods. Aktiebolag v. First Quality Baby Prods.,LLC, S.Ct. No. 15-927, and concurrently a third Conference is scheduled for Medinol ...
Today in U.S. Ethernet Innovations, LLC. v. Texas Instruments, Inc., __ Fed. App’x __ (Fed. Cir. 2016)(Linn, J.), the panel issued its opinion in a “short form” where the heart ...
Booking.com, B.V. has filed a complaint (here) in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, seeking review, under Lanham Act Section 1071, of the TTAB's decision [TTABlogged ...
Today in SCA Hygiene Prods. Aktiebolag v. First Quality Baby Prods.,LLC, S.Ct. No. 15-927, opinion below, __ F.3d __ (Fed. Cir. Sept. 18, 2015)(en banc), the Court did not issue ...