Today in In re Nuvasive, __ F.3d __ , __ , slip op. at 8-13 (Fed. Cir. 2016)(Wallach, J.), in the process of reversing a PTAB ruling of obviousness under ...
The USPTO refused to register the mark shown below for "Restaurant and catering services; restaurant services featuring middle-eastern cuisine" [KABOB, ORIGINAL, and 1976 disclaimed], finding the mark likely to cause ...
The latest list of top patent cases at the Supreme Court is attached. New to this list are certiorarisleepers that have a significant chance of review, Google v. Arendi (obviousness ...
Today in Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. v. Apple Inc., __ U.S. __ (2016), opinion below, Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., 786 F.3d 983 (Fed. Cir. 2015)( Prost, C.J.), ...
Breaking its string of Section 2(e)(4) affirmances, the TTAB reversed a refusal to register the mark VEASY for "plant and flower seeds; live plants and flowers; live tropical plants, orchids ...
Last week in Miller v. Department of Justice, __ F.3d __, 2016 WL 7030359 (Fed. Cir. 2016)(Stoll, J.),a thorough exposition was made of an MSPB legal issue in the principal ...
Try your luck on this Section 2(d) bar. The USPTO refused registration of the mark LUCKY SUSHI BAR for bar and restaurant services [SUSHI BAR disclaimed], finding a likelihood of ...
International patent exhaustion is on the Supreme Court docket for the current Term! Today the Supreme Court granted certiorari to review both “Questions Presented” by the Petitioner in Impression Products, ...
The Board affirmed a refusal to register the mark ULTRA TRIMMER for "agricultural machines, namely, a trimming machine for trimming leaves, plants, flowers and buds" on the ground that the ...
Congratulations to Mr. Uemura upon his recognition at the November 9th Decoration Ceremony where he was awarded the historic “Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon". This high ...