The previous note concerning the grace period (attached below) raises the question whether the grace period has much value under the Leahy Smith America Invents Act. Until the Federal Circuit ...
Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Hospira, Inc., Supr. Ct. No. 15-1210, opinion below, 805 F.3d 1112 (Fed. Cir. 2015)(Bryson, J.), is scheduled for Conference today. The First Question Presented asks: “Whether ...
Petitioner sought to cancel a registration for the mark ZEN DELITES for "cookies," claiming a likelihood of confusion with its mark ZEN BAKERY for bakery goods, including cookies [BAKERY disclaimed]. ...
Today in David Netzer Consulting Engineer LLC v. Shell Oil Co., __ F.3d __ (Fed. Cir. 2016)(Lourie, J.), in the course of affirming a noninfringement ruling, the panel provides an ...
Following a corporate patent career capped by a successful tenure as Chief IP Counsel and Director of the IP Department of the Ciba-Geigy Corporation in its American headquarters, upon retirement ...
Today in In re: Aqua Products, Inc., __ F.3d __ (Fed. Cir. 2016)(Reyna, J.), in the course of affirming a PTAB unpatentability ruling in an Inter Partes Reexamination proceeding, the ...
The USPTO refused to register the mark shown below left, for "retail store services featuring furniture, furniture paint and finishes, clothing, fashion accessories such as scarves, hats, shoes, rings, necklaces, ...
The controversy over whether an obvious modification of an invention published by a third party during the grace period is prior art is well known both from the analysis of ...
On May 23, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied Belmora's petition for reconsideration en banc in the FLANAX case. Belmora LLC v. Bayer Consumer Care ...
This morning the Court DENIED certiorari review in this case, without comment. Regards, Hal