This week in Other Barks & Bites: Representatives DelBene and Schweikert introduce bill to curb abuse at the International Trade Commission; the Federal Circuit issues a pair of precedential decisions regarding proper claim construction in patent cases; India’s Supreme Court upholds “Coronil” trademark over COVID-19 concerns; UK’s Supreme Court affirms the jurisdiction of English courts in setting global FRAND rates for SEP licensing; Commerce Department’s revised second quarter GDP figures still mark the worst economic contraction for the U.S. in history; activist research group KEI asks the DoD to investigate Moderna’s nondisclosure of DARPA funding for mRNA technology; Kanye West faces lawsuit for misappropriating e-commerce technology platform; and Judge Connolly finds that Fish & Richardson’s representation of a client suing a former Fish client does not pose a conflict of interest.
Patent
- Enablement
- Fee Shifting
- Litigation
- COVID IP Waiver Attempts are Becoming Harder to Justify
- Coons and Hirono Raise Concerns Over Pride in Patent Ownership Act Penalties
- The Fintiv Deception: Leahy’s Legislative ‘Fix’ is Unwarranted in Light of Sotera Wireless
- An Ax(le) Needs Grinding: Can the Federal Circuit Turn the Wheel?
- India’s Prius Judgment and Trans-Border Reputation of Trademarks
Recent Posts
- COVID IP Waiver Attempts are Becoming Harder to Justify
- Coons and Hirono Raise Concerns Over Pride in Patent Ownership Act Penalties
- The Fintiv Deception: Leahy’s Legislative ‘Fix’ is Unwarranted in Light of Sotera Wireless
- An Ax(le) Needs Grinding: Can the Federal Circuit Turn the Wheel?
- India’s Prius Judgment and Trans-Border Reputation of Trademarks