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Other Barks & Bites for Friday, March 22: Vanda Action at Supreme Court, Apple Has to Pay, and Senators Express Concerns Over Fourth Estate

March 22, 2019

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This week in Other Barks & Bites: the Supreme Court asks for the U.S. Solicitor General’s view on whether patents that claim a method of medically treating a patient automatically…

Apple is Afraid of Inventors, Not Patent Trolls

March 21, 2019

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Apple made headlines with its recent decision to close its stores in Frisco and my home town of Plano, Texas. The rumor is that Apple was afraid of the dreaded…

Special Interests are Watching Academic Tech Transfer

March 21, 2019

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The original motivation for the Bayh-Dole Act was to encourage the commercialization of academic innovation so that new technologies could be available for the benefit of all. Yet today, I…

Senate IP Subcommittee Hears Testimony from Iancu, Debates Hot-Button IP Issues

March 20, 2019

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On the afternoon of Wednesday, March 13, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Intellectual Property held an oversight hearing of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office featuring testimony from and…

Innovator Organizations Applaud Delrahim Action on SEPs, Plead for Restoration of Injunctive Relief for Infringement

March 18, 2019

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A number of organizations, including Ericsson, Nokia, Philips, Qualcomm, the Innovation Alliance and the Licensing Executives Society, have sent two separate letters to U.S. Attorney General William Barr, USPTO Director…

Federal Circuit Again Reverses PTAB’s Finding of Unpatentability in Apple IPR Challenge

March 18, 2019

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The Federal Circuit recently reversed a decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board) finding claims of a patent owned by PersonalWeb Technologies, LLC to be invalid. Apple, Inc.…

TPAC Leadership Provides Update on Key U.S. Trademark Issues for 2019

March 16, 2019

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Trademark Public Advisory Committee (TPAC), a small group of senior industry trademark professionals who provide guidance to USPTO leadership, kicked off the…

Top Five Takeaways From a Deep Dive Into Obviousness at the PTAB

March 15, 2019

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Since the America Invents Act ushered in a series of sweeping changes to the U.S. patent system in 2011, IP stakeholders have been grappling with Inter Partes Review proceedings (IPRs)…

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, March 15

March 15, 2019

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This week in Other Barks & Bites: the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office promotes Scott Boalick to Chief Judge of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB); the agency also…

Why Huawei is Unlikely to Win Its Case Against the United States

March 13, 2019

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In an expected move, Huawei filed a lawsuit against the United States in the U.S. District Court for the District of Texas on March 6. Huawei Technologies v. U.S., 4:19-cv-00159,…