The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently issued what it labeled as Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions [Docket No. PTO-P-2023-0043]. Despite its name, the document provides little in the way of...more
For more than two decades, the Federal Circuit has held that correspondence alone from a patentee to a possible infringer would not subject it to personal jurisdiction in any declaratory-judgment action the alleged infringer...more
The use of forced labor in the Xinjiang province of the People’s Republic of China continues to receive public scrutiny as more than one million Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities have been arbitrarily detained in...more
An administrative agency lacks jurisdiction to decide a constitutional challenge that asks it to act contrary to its statutory provisions. See, e.g., Riggin v. Off. of Senate Fair Emp. Pracs., 61 F.3d 1563, 1565 (Fed. Cir....more
The Seventh Circuit took the extraordinary measure of circulating by email to all admitted practitioners in the Northern District and Seventh Circuit its decision in two cases from two different lower courts consolidated for...more
On this week’s episode, George Summerfield and Kelly Plummer explore five key questions academic medical centers often face with respect to patent ownership and enforcement. Their discussion covers a number of issues,...more
9/19/2019
/ Assignment of Inventions ,
Change of Ownership ,
Co-Ownership ,
Educational Institutions ,
Enforcement ,
Intellectual Property Agreements ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inventions ,
Inventors ,
IP Assignment Agreements ,
IP License ,
Medical Centers ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Ownership ,
Patents ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Startups ,
Transfer of Rights ,
Universities
The U.S. International Trade Commission is charged with remedying unfair acts in the importation of products into the United States. While alleged unfair acts at issue before the Commission tend to take the form of...more
9/14/2018
/ Cease and Desist ,
Child Labor ,
Corporate Culture ,
Ethics ,
Exclusion Orders ,
Forced Labor ,
Imports ,
Manufacturers ,
Section 337 ,
Supply Chain ,
Unfair Competition ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
USITC