Prosecution
September 20, 2019
CAFC 2018-2207 – The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that “wherein” clauses in patent claims can be limiting if they are material to patentability.
September 13, 2019
2019 FC 1065 – Canada's Federal Court ruled that two fiber optics patents were obvious in light of an admission made in the background sections.
August 23, 2019
A draft bill released May 22nd proposes significant reforms to section 101 of the US Patent Act. Businesses should be aware of the commercial impact.
August 16, 2019
SCOTUS, No. 18-302 (Iancu v Brunetti): In a recent decision, the US Supreme Court abolished the longstanding ban on registering vulgar and offensive words as trademarks.
July 22, 2019
Lone Star Silicon Innovations v Nanya Tech. Corp. (Fed. Cir., 2018-1581) When is a patent agreement an “assignment” as opposed to a mere “license”? A case […]
July 18, 2019
Return Mail v United States Postal Service (USSC, No. 17-1594) In a decision released June 10, 2019, the United States Supreme Court blocked government bodies from […]
July 11, 2019
Glasswall Solutions Limited v Clearswift, Ltd (USSC, No. 18-1448) A cybersecurity start-up is asking the US Supreme Court to take a bold stance on the judicial […]
July 8, 2019
Uniloc USA, Inc v ADP, LLC (Fed. Cir., 2018-1132, 2018-1346) Software patents are notoriously difficult to obtain because they often claim outcomes or results, which are […]
July 2, 2019
Endo Pharmaceuticals v Actavis LLC, Fed. Cir., 2018-1054 A recent decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) confirmed that an […]
June 18, 2019
The Raptors may have won the NBA championship but they still have a court battle ahead, this time against popular energy drink Monster Energy.