Further to the note earlier today (attached below), the petitioner has filed a request for extension of time until April 1st to file its petition. The case has been docketed ...
March 1st is the deadline for a certiorari petition in a case expected to be styled as Sequenom, Inc. v. Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc., seeking review of Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc. v. ...
The TTAB affirmed a refusal to register the mark STYLEHOUSE, in the form shown below, for various clothing items, finding the mark likely to cause confusion with the registered mark ...
Inspired by Secure Web Conference Corp. v. Microsoft, __ Fed App’x __ (Fed. Cir. 2016)(Stoll, J.), the captioned paper explores the history of patent claiming and the prior role of ...
Luigi Lavazza S.p.A. opposed an application to register the mark FAVAZZA'S for "Bar services; Catering services; Restaurant services," on the ground of likelihood of confusion with the registered mark LAVAZZA ...
A very small minority of patent applicants abuse the system by presenting a large number of claims with conflicting definitions or other ambiguities. Examiners need to use the “undue multiplicity” ...
Today in Secure Web Conference Corp. v. Microsoft, __ Fed App’x __ (Fed. Cir. 2016)(Stoll, J.), the panel sustained patent validity by reading a feature of the preferred embodiments as ...
Eric Pelton reports here on the February 15th meeting of the Trademark Public Advisory Committee (TPAC). PowerPoint slides included. With regard to Our Favorite Tribunal, Chief Judge Gerard F. Rogers ...
Coming on the heels of the recent Blank Rome acquisition of much of the Dickstein Shapiro firm, it has been reported that Polsinelli PC is set to acquire many of ...
Within the next two weeks the expected certiorari petition may be filed in the captioned case. The petition will challenge the Federal Circuit denial of patent-eligibility under 35 USC § 101 ...