The appointments of George Pologeorgis and of Christoper Larkin to the position of Administrative Trademark Judge at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, coupled with the retirement of David E ...
The Board affirmed a Section 2(e)(4) refusal to register the mark BARR GROUP for engineering, training, and expert witness services in the field of computer hardware and software [GROUP disclaimed], ...
More blowback has been received concerning the writer’s position in an earlier paper that the “state of the art” as of the filing date minimizes the value of the grace ...
Does the exclusive patent right granted for a software invention conflict with free speech rights of individuals under the Constitution? This is an issue raised in Intellectual Ventures I case,Intellectual ...
Today in Intellectual Ventures I LLC v. Symantec Corp., __ F.3d __, __(Fed. Cir. 2016)(Mayer, J., concurring), one member of the court took the unique view that grant of a ...
In addition to former leaders of the Patent Office, eight judges are amongst the featured speakers at the 2017 Naples Annual Patent Experts Roundtable that will be held in FloridaJanuary ...
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The Board entered summary judgment in favor of petitioner on the issue of claim preclusion in this proceeding seeking cancellation of a registration for the mark DANTANNA'S for "steak and ...
Today in Drone Technologies, Inc. v. Parrot S.A., __ F.3d __ (Fed. Cir. 2016)(Newman, J., concurring), in a case involving a multitude of issues, the senior member of the panel ...
The Board dismissed a petition for cancellation of registrations for the marks QUIRK and QUIRK AUTO PARKfor "automobile dealership" because petitioner failed to prove its claim of fraud on the ...