Patent

This week in Other Barks & Bites: China’s IP administration releases draft provisions on the protection of geographical indications; Chief APJ Scott Boalick announces a new form for PTAB practitioners…

UK Judge Upholds Refusal of DABUS Patents

September 24, 2020

Litigation, Patent

In the latest decision regarding inventions made by the DABUS artificial intelligence machine, the England & Wales High Court has upheld two decisions of the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO)…

USPTO Rulemaking on PTAB Precedential Opinions Deserves Public Support

September 23, 2020

Litigation, Patent

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has submitted proposed rulemaking for review by the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Although the details are not public, the…

AAM v. Neapco Comes Full Circle: The Foundation of Invention Becomes its Trap (Part II)

September 22, 2020

Litigation, Patent

In Part I of this article, we briefly summarized how O’Reilly v. Morse was relied upon in the denial for rehearing in the recent case of AAM v. Neapco to…

Senate IP Subcommittee Continues Search for Balance on Potential Copyright Reforms

September 21, 2020

On September 16, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Intellectual Property held a hearing titled “Are Reforms to Section 1201 Needed and Warranted?”, which continued the Subcommittee’s year-long series of…

Gathering Business Data? Be Careful, Mom is Watching – A Comment on Data Scraping and the Compulife Case

September 20, 2020

When people say that “data is the new oil,” they’re talking about new ways of creating wealth. No matter what business you’re in, success today depends on learning everything you…

Recent Trademark Developments: Four Cases Shaping the Law in the United States and Beyond

September 19, 2020

Litigation, Patent, Trademark

Trademark law has seen substantial developments in 2019 and 2020, with four major cases in the United States and Europe rising to the top. The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) issued…

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, September 18: USPTO Announces COVID-19 Provisional Patent Pilot, Copyright Office Issues MMA Ruling and China Issues Draft Patent Linkage Measures

September 18, 2020

This week in Other Barks & Bites: China’s IP agency announces that registered trademarks have increased past 28 million and also releases draft patent linkage measures in conjunction with China’s…

Squire Patton Boggs Is Seeking to Hire a Patent Attorney or Agent

September 18, 2020