Yesterday, in Veritas Technologies LLC v. Veeam Software Corp.,__ F.3d __, 2016 WL 4525278 (Fed. Cir. 2016)(Taranto, J.), an Inter Partes Review proceeding where the Patent Office had denied entry ...
Kenyon& Kenyon had been one of the remaining major patent law firms of New York City. Now, all 55 lawyers of Kenyon & Kenyon have accepted offers to join Andrews ...
The Board reversed a Section 2(e)(1) mere descriptiveness refusal of WATERCRAFT SUPERSTORE for "Online retail store services featuring personal watercraft parts and accessories" [SUPERSTORE disclaimed]. Applicant convinced the Board that ...
The “New Kawai”: The Anachronistic and Discriminatory “Best Mode” Requirement of the Leahy Smith America Invents Act of 2011), recently distributed, has been revised to take into account further information. The revisions are ...
Applicant Jimmy Moore LLC struck out in its attempt to register the mark pitchingsmart (in standard character form) for "entertainment in the nature of baseball games" in Class 41. Recognizing ...
The “best mode” requirement in the Leahy Smith America Invents Act of 2011 continues the previous best mode requirement in largely an attenuated form. But, there are three problems: (1) ...
Congratulations to Andrew Dhuey for his continued contributions to the intellectual property legal field. His pro bono accomplishments go far beyond his significant contributions to his home field of patent law. ...
A statutory discrimination exists against foreign applicants who have a deficient disclosure in their priority application to meet the “best mode contemplated”; this discrimination is not made under the statutory wording ...
The Board affirmed the USPTO's refusal to register the mark HEMP HOME HEALTH for "home health care services" because Applicants, in their appeal, failed to address the three grounds of ...
The USPTO refused registration of the mark PRO. in the form shown below, finding it to be merely descriptive of "consulting services in the field of architectural design." Applicant Pic ...