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No License No Cry: Ninth Circuit Nixes Jammin Java Appeal in Bob Marley Trademark Case

February 2, 2019

Early last month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a memorandum affirming the district court’s grant of partial summary judgment in Hope Road Merchandising v. Jammin…

Other Barks & Bites: IP News to Watch, February 1, 2019

February 1, 2019

Stone Law, P.C.

Business, Copyright, Litigation, Patent, Trademark

This week in Other Barks & Bites: Huawei is in hot water with both the U.S. and UK governments, while Qualcomm has just completed a new patent licensing deal with…

District of Delaware Makes it Harder to Corner the Market on Antibody Patents in MorphoSys v. Janssen

January 31, 2019

Stone Law, P.C.

Enablement, Litigation, Patent

Patents covering an antibody are often claimed by the antibody’s function (the residues where it binds to the antigen) rather than its structure (amino-acid sequence). This tactic can successfully cast…

IBM Calls for an End to the ‘Legal Fiction’ of Current 101 Law

January 30, 2019

Stone Law, P.C.

Business, Litigation, Patent

This marks the final installment in my four-part interview with IBM’s Vice President and Assistant General Counsel Mark Ringes and Chief Patent Counsel Manny Schecter. I found our conversation fascinating…

Wayne Evans: One Inventor’s Battle With the Patent Troll Issue

January 29, 2019

Stone Law, P.C.

Litigation, Patent

When you see a docket report with a patent lawsuit filed by a non-practicing entity (NPE), do you think it’s just another ‘patent troll’ taking advantage of the system? Or…

Other Barks & Bites: IP News to Watch, January 25, 2019

January 25, 2019

Stone Law, P.C.

Business, Copyright, Litigation, Patent, Trademark

Today marks the return of our Other Barks & Bites feature, which will profile a collection of news headlines from around the IP world and across practice areas every Friday.…

The Supreme Court Should Grant Cert in Zup to Correct Obviousness Doctrine

January 23, 2019

Stone Law, P.C.

Litigation, Patent

On behalf of nonprofit, U.S. Inventor, Inc., and over a dozen other amici, Flachsbart & Greenspoon, LLC has submitted a Brief of Amici Curiae urging the Supreme Court to grant…

Motivation to Combine Unnecessary Under Section 103 if Secondary Reference Does Not Supply Element or Teaching

January 21, 2019

Stone Law, P.C.

Litigation, Patent

On January 10, the Federal Circuit issued an opinion affirming a decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) invalidating several claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,597,812 (the ‘812…

Supreme Court Weighs Meaning of ‘Full Costs’ in Rimini Street v. Oracle USA Oral Arguments

January 20, 2019

Stone Law, P.C.

On the morning of January 14th, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Rimini Street v. Oracle USA, a case that asks the nation’s highest court to decide whether…

Smells Like Trademark Infringement: Nirvana Sues Over Smiley Face Logo

January 18, 2019

Stone Law, P.C.

On December 28, 2018, the limited liability company representing famed Seattle-area grunge rock band Nirvana sued clothing designer Marc Jacobs and fashion retailers Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue in…