Patent / Trademark Law News

On February 20, 2014, Ivera announced that the USPTO denied Excelsior's petition for inter partes review and declined to institute trial on any of the asserted grounds as to any of the challenged claims of US 7,282,186 .

MobileHelp , a leader in Mobile Personal Emergency Response System solutions, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office have issued Patent No.

Attorney: Kathleen Sullivan [for Coke] did a terrific job but she faced a court that was far more focused on its visceral reaction to the product name than her arguments The questions posed by Supreme Court Justices during oral arguments in a false advertising case brought by POM Wonderful against Coca Cola were nothing short of " astonishing ", ... (more)

In olden days, the Lanham Act was the preferred method for many consumer product companies to attack a competitor and force it to modify or stop an advertising campaign.

With Apple's automotive projects - Car Play and Siri Eyes Free - rolling out in more vehicles throughout the year, the company has been beefing up its in-car technology suite.

On March 25, 2014, the Supreme Court clarified the standing requirements for false advertising claims brought under the Lanham Act.

In a decision issued on April 18, 2014, Judge Payne of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted the USPTO's motion to dismiss the case brought by Dominion Dealer Solutions, LLC to challenge the USPTO's decisions denying petitions to institute inter partes review of five patents granted to Autoalert, Inc. As I predicted ... (more)

Fish & Richardson has married two hot sectors in the technology space: mobile apps and post-grant review before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

The PlayStation 4 era is still very young, but in support of the new console, Sony hasn't been shy in releasing new IP.

With less than two months until E3, the trademark applications continue piling up for Microsoft , which filed a listing for "Eden Falls" with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on April 16. Spotted on NeoGAF , Microsoft's application for "Eden Falls" doesn't reveal too much information, other than the fact that the trademark is for "entertainment ... (more)

The patent office has issued its first ruling in our challenge to Personal Audio's so-called podcasting patent.

Polaris Industries has registered a design patent with the European Union for what appears to be a new liquid-cooled Victory motorcycle.

The company will provide software design and development services to develop and implement Phase 2 of the Agency's Cooperative Patent Classification Database project.

Acentia, a premier provider of technology and management solutions, today announced it was awarded a 1-year, $2.5-million contract by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office .

When the Senate returns from its current recess the Judiciary Committee is expected to take up a bill by Chairman Patrick Leahy to deter plaintiffs from using patents for the primary purpose of bullying defendants into paying them off to go away.

Can-Fite's A3AR predictive biomarker kit is designed for use at any molecular biology lab prior to treatment to help identify an individual patient's responsiveness to the Company's drugs, thus providing personalized medicine.

The America Invents Act has been good to Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox, the 130-attorney law firm whose first and only office is in downtown Washington.

Our nation has a long and proud history as a global leader in the development of technological breakthroughs and the development of revolutionary products that change and save lives around the world.

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Candy Crush Saga is one of the most popular mobile games ever; On the last count, the game had been played more than 150 billion times and had 500 million users downloading it.