The captioned paper (attached) explores patent validity challenges at the PTO are now under fire in the Restasis case, Allergan, Inc. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.(on its way to the Federal Circuit), as ...
The USPTO refused registration of the mark BAZAAR HOME, finding it merely descriptive of "Retail and online retail store services featuring furniture, home décor items, bedding and kitchenware." On appeal, applicant ...
Applicant Soundscape, Inc. pulled out all the stops but its arguments for reversal of this Section 2(d) refusal failed to move the TTAB. The Board affirmed the refusal to register ...
On Monday November 27, 2017, in the Oil States and SAS Institute cases, the Supreme Court entertains oral arguments dealing withinter partes review (IPR). Merits decisions in both cases are expected before the Court completes ...
Today in Smart Systems Innovations, LLC v. Chicago Transit Authority, __ F.3d __, __, CAFC App. No. 2016-1233(Fed. Cir. 2017)(Linn, J., dissenting in part and concurring in part), the Court once again denied patent-eligibility ...
Applicant Coastal Sunbelt sought to register the mark SUNBELT ORGANIC, in standard form and in several design forms, for "organic foodstuffs, namely, salsa" and "processed organic fruits and vegetables" [ORGANIC ...
Today at the Annual AIPLA meeting in Washington, D.C., before the Japan Practice Committee, the Hon. Naoko Munakata, Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office, delivered an important speech which chronicles ...
In a rare opposition based on the ground of Section 2(e)(2) geographical descriptiveness, the Board rejected applicant's Section 2(f) claim of acquired distinctiveness based on five years of use, finding ...
(1) AIPLA Japan Committee Meeting Oct. 17-18, 2017: The most important annual meeting held in North America concerning Japanese patent practice occurs in Washington, D.C., October 17-18, as part of the ...
In a 74-page opinion, the Board dismissed an opposition to the mark GREATER OMAHA & Design, shown below left, finding the mark not likely to cause confusion with the registered mark OMAHA ...