Jul 6, 2017 | Intellectual Property law, News
Michelle Lee, the director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office resigned on June 6, 2017, apparently effective the same day. Michelle Lee was a favorite of large technology companies, many of which lobbied to keep her in place during a Trump...
Jun 12, 2017 | Intellectual Property law, News
Download the PDF here This morning, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Oil States Energy Services v. Greene’s Energy Group. The question presented* by that case is: 1. Whether inter partes review—an adversarial process used by the Patent and Trademark Office...
May 30, 2017 | Intellectual Property law, News
Click here to download the PDF In an opinion handed down on May 30, 2017 in a case titled Impression Products, Inc. v. Lexmark International, Inc., the Supreme Court overruled previous lower court decisions relating to “exhaustion” of patent rights. The...
May 26, 2017 | Intellectual Property law, News
By: Jennifer T. Poochigian In an 8-0 decision, SCOTUS ruled that the term “resides” in the patent venue statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1400 subd. (b), shall refer only to the State of incorporation (as applied to domestic corporations). In TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group...
Mar 21, 2017 | Intellectual Property law, News
Latches is an equitable doctrine that says you can’t know about a claim you could bring and then wait years before bringing a lawsuit. The idea is that after a while, people should be able to rely on the fact that you haven’t sued to indicate that you...
Feb 24, 2017 | Intellectual Property law, News
Since Donald Trump’s inauguration, there has been confusion about who is running the USPTO. The USPTO’s site says it is Michelle Lee, but the Department of Commerce’s site (which is in charge of the USPTO) says the position is vacant. Because of a...
