On Tuesday, the en banc Federal Circuit released its highly anticipated decision in LKQ v. GM Global Technology Operations LLC, rejecting as “improperly rigid” the previous standard for evaluating whether a design patent is...more
5/24/2024
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En Banc Review ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Prosecution ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
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Prior Art ,
USPTO ,
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Assignor Estoppel: When Are Inventors Allowed to Attack Their Own Inventions?
In Minerva v. Hologic, the Supreme Court recently upheld the patent-law doctrine of assignor estoppel—which bars the...more
8/26/2021
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Antitrust Division ,
Appeals ,
Arbitration ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Assignor Estoppel ,
Best Practices ,
Copyright ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
EU ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Final Written Decisions ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
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Inventions ,
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Music Modernization Act ,
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Trade Secrets
With few substantive decisions addressing design patents, it’s always exciting to see new guidance from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on how these valuable IP assets are prosecuted and enforced. In two...more
10/22/2019
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Article of Manufacture ,
Automotive Industry ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Design Patent ,
Ford Motor ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Ornamental Design ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents