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Oct 21Claim Construction and Additional LimitationsThe U.S. Court of Appeals (COA), in ABS Global, Inc. v. Cytonome/ST, LLC, No. 22-1761 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 19, 2023), reversed a Patent Trial...
Mar 22, 2022Trademark Modernization ActIn an effort to help combat an increase in fraudulent trademark filings and registrations, the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (TMA)...
Mar 14, 2022Teaching Away And Motivation To CombineTeaching away and motivation to combine are defenses that may be used to help overcome an obviousness-type rejection of claims in a...
Mar 8, 2022When You Should Consider Hiring A Trademark AttorneyIf you are an inventor or business owner, you probably take great pride in your invention or business. But merely having an invention or...
Mar 1, 2022The Intersection Of Trade Secrets And PatentsA federal court in New Orleans has allowed a trade secret claim to proceed to trial, even though the alleged trade secrets were disclosed...
Feb 22, 2022Protecting Individual Replacement PartsIn Automotive Body Parts Ass’n v. Ford Global Techs. (Fed. Cir. 2019), Ford accused the Automotive Body Parts Association (ABPA) of...
Jan 18, 2022In Re Morinville: Computer Generated Business Organization Not PatentableIn the case of In re Morinville, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Court”) affirmed on appeal the decision of the Patent...