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 ...
The USPTO refused registration of the mark BAJATUSEGURO.COM, in standard character form, for "insurance brokerage and reinsurance underwriting services offered via a global computer network," deeming the mark merely descriptive ...
It was a tough week for National Presto Industries. First, the Board pulled the plug on its popcorn popper configuration mark, and yesterday its electronic skillet configuration mark was short-circuited. ...