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Yesterday, a group of 324 American innovators sent a letter to the bipartisan leadership of the Senate and House Judiciary Committees to express support for several improvements in the patent…

This Week in Washington IP: Senate Commerce Committee to Grill Tech CEOs on Section 230, House Big Tech Antitrust Report and USPTO’s Quarterly TPAC Meeting

October 26, 2020

This week in Washington IP news, the Senate Commerce Committee will be busy with a major hearing on Section 230 liability shields for tech platforms in light of charges of…

Determining the Likelihood that an AI Patent Application Will Be Allowed at the USPTO

October 25, 2020

As computing power and large datasets become more available, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in technology is exploding around the world. As an indicator of the impact of AI,…

Examining Samsung’s and LG’s LCD Patent Portfolios Following Decisions to Halt LCD Production

October 24, 2020

Business, Patent

Samsung Display and LG Display, the two South Korean technology behemoths, announced plans earlier this year to stop the production of LCDs by the end of 2020. The announcements first…

Types of Subsequent Patent Applications in the United States (Part II)

October 23, 2020

In Part I of this five-part guide to U.S. subsequent patent applications, the authors reviewed the law governing such applications. In Part II, we review the different types of subsequent…

Will SCOTUS Tell Bad Spaniels to Roll Over?

October 22, 2020

Litigation, Patent, Trademark

Sometimes a dog toy is just a dog toy. Maybe that’s how Sigmund Freud would have put it; certainly, that’s the message from our client, the International Trademark Association (INTA),…

DOJ Takes Key Step Toward Breaking Up Big Tech with Antitrust Complaint Against Google

October 21, 2020

Business, Litigation, Patent

The U.S. Department of Justice and Attorneys General from 11 U.S. states filed a complaint on Tuesday in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against Google,…

Practice Tips Following USPTO Guidance on Applicant Admitted Prior Art

October 20, 2020

On August 18, 2020, the USPTO issued a guidance memorandum on the treatment of applicant statements in the challenged patent in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings under Section 311, which…

Federal Circuit Rejects St. Jude’s Challenge to Validity of Snyders’ Heart Valve Patent

October 19, 2020

Litigation, Patent

On October 15, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC), in St. Jude Medical, LLC v. Snyders Heart Valve LLC, affirmed an inter partes review (IPR)…

CAFC Affirms District Court Dismissal of Declaratory Judgment Under Doctrine of ‘Abstention’

October 18, 2020

Litigation, Patent