Patent / Trademark Law News

By a 6-4 vote, the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit tackled one of the most contentious issues in patent law, reaffirming in Lighting Ballast Control v.

NEI Corporation announced that the USPTO has issued a notice of allowance for its patent for a self-healing coating technology.

Enactment of substantive federal tort reform legislation may be a thing of the past, a prominent tort reform advocate said Tuesday.

Connected speaker maker Sonos has cooked up an odd plan for its patents that it claims will help innovation in the music industry.

The Google Nexus smartwatch could allow you to launch apps from the wristband via special touch buttons.

Great Lakes NeuroTechnologies announced they have received a new allowance of claims from the U.S. Patent Office, the company's fourth in the past eight months focused on technology for Parkinson's disease diagnostics and treatment.

Mr. Suarez is a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Air Force Reserves. Along with Rusty Sailors of LP3, he will discuss the importance securing outside technology and intellectual property and offer advice for protecting ideas and technology investments.

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After Drew Curtis saw his website Fark.com gather a large, international following he found himself embroiled in a curious lawsuit alongside other Internet giants like Yahoo.

The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office approved the trademark ''Boston Private Jewelers'' on March 4 for registrant Todd Bello of Needham, Massachusetts on March 4 with the registration number 4490776.

Spoof of the famous Pulp Fiction movie poster starring Uma Thurman, but PepsiCo's paper bottle filing is 'pulp fact'! PepsiCo recently filed a patent describing a method for making beverage bottles from paper fibers, although it does not reveal which beverage applications might suit the package.

Uncle Sam wants a few good innovators -- again. The White House has launched the third round of its Presidential Innovation Fellows program, which pairs tech-savvy entrepreneurs from the private sector with top government officials to tackle selected challenges facing the administration.

Multiple tipsters have alerted me to the fact that Major League Soccer has recently taken over the trademark applications for the names and logos of Los Angeles SC and Los Angeles F.C., confirmed by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Database .

8,658,627 entitled, Pregnancy Hormone Combination for Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases , to the Regents of the , in conjunction with a gestagen for the treatment of multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases.

Voip-Pal.com Inc. is pleased to announce that the US Patent and Trademark Office has allowed a sixth patent application "Allocating Charges for Communications Services," Application No.

Sequenom, Inc . The SDIPLA's position in its brief is not surprising ; what is surprising is that only two amici have shared their views with the Federal Circuit.

Organized innovation is the key to bringing the U.S. ecosystem together of universities, businesses and government, according to guest columnists Steven C. Currall and Ed Frauenheim.

In October, the EPO issued a preliminary opinion that questioned the validity of this patent, and this led the Higher Regional Court Karlsruhe to order the discontinuation of the prior court ruling that prohibited .

Personal Audio LLC says that podcasters everywhere need to pay royalties on an idea it generated from its failed "Magazines on Tape" business.

The flyer claims the schedules will be distributed to local banks, grocery stores and sports bars.