Advising the Entrepreneur Do you have a client starting his/her own business? This program will educate attendees on what issues an entrepreneur might face during the business formation process. Learn from experienced startup, tax, and IP-focused lawyers as they draw upon experiences and share tips to build out the practitioner’s “tool kit” for advising entrepreneurial…
On February 19, 2019, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board) ruled in favor of NIKE in a pair of inter partes reviews, holding that adidas failed to carry its burden of proving the challenged patents invalid. The NIKE patents-at-issue relate to innovations in NIKE’s Flyknit business. adidas filed its petitions in April 2016. After…
Brad Van Pelt outlines the biggest risks for companies working with outside consultants during product development and why patent ownership disputes can make or break consumer product launches, in the Journal of the Patent & Trademark Office Society. Click here to read the article.
Brad Van Pelt outlines the biggest risks for companies working with outside consultants during product development and why patent ownership disputes can make or break consumer product launches, in the Journal of the Patent & Trademark Office Society. Click here to read the article.
With the patent litigation changes that occurred at the Supreme Court level in 2018, Docket Navigator executed a year in review that resulted in their annual Patent Litigation Special Report. The report recognizes Banner Witcoff as a Top PTAB Firm by Number of Proceedings and Top Patentee Firm. In addition, Banner Witcoff attorney Bradley C. Wright is…
INO Therapeutics v. Praxair Distribution: Trying to make sense out of subject matter eligibility By: Sarah A. Kagan February 22, 2019 — Praxair Distribution Inc. challenged a set of patent claims for a similar infirmity under 35 U.S.C. § 101 in a district court and under 35 U.S.C. § 103 in an inter partes review (IPR)…
Craig W. Kronenthal discusses a recent decision that involved a patent application from Ford Global Technologies LLC on a method for facilitating software updates in a vehicle’s computer system. The examiner had found various claims were directed to the abstract idea “of updating software.” “The examiner has not determined that the claims recite an abstract…
“First PTAB Reversals Under New Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance” written by Aseet Patel and Craig Kronenthal published in IP Watchdog. Click here to read the full article.
Athena v. Mayo: Are pure diagnostic claims per se ineligible for patenting? By Sarah A. Kagan The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued its decision in Athena Diagnostics, Inc., v. Mayo Collaborative Services, LLC, (2017-2508) on February 6, 2019. The court held diagnostic method claims subject-matter ineligible, unless they embody a separate…
First PTAB Decision Reversing Examiner Under New Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance By Craig W. Kronenthal and Aseet Patel February 2, 2019 – The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), in an ex parte appeal (Appeal No. 2017-002898), reversed the examiner’s § 101 rejection based on the USPTO’s new January 2019 subject matter eligibility guidance. On…
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