Decision Date: September 15, 2014 -
Court: District of New Jersey -
Patents: D485,990 -
Holding: Defendant’s motion for summary judgment: GRANTED -
Opinion:
Allyson Wallace, initially acting pro se,...more
Decision Date: October 20, 2014 -
Court: Northern District of Illinois -
Patents: D564,834 and D609,045 -
Holding: Defendants’ proposed claim construction is REJECTED -
Opinion:
Plaintiff...more
Decision Date: September 3, 2014 -
Court: Southern District of Indiana -
Patents: D500,646 -
Holding: Defendants’ motion for summary judgment of non-infringement GRANTED -
Opinion: Plaintiff Kenneth...more
Decision Date: February 21, 2014 -
Court: E.D. Arkansas -
Patents: D561,294 and D576,246 -
Holding: Defendants’ motion to dismiss GRANTED -
Opinion:
Plaintiffs P.S. Products, Inc. (“P.S.”)...more
Decision Date: September 5, 2014 -
Court: Patent Trial and Appeal Board -
Patents: D525,731 and D526,429 -
Holding: Petitions to Institute Inter Partes Review DENIED
Opinion:
Dorman...more
The State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) of China has issued the first four design patents protecting graphical user interfaces (GUIs). The patents issued were filed by Beijing Qiyi Century Science & Technology Co.,LTD.,...more
Decision Date: April 21, 2014 -
Court: Patent Trial and Appeal Board -
Patents: D617,465 -
Holding: Claimed design is obvious and therefore UNPATENTABLE -
Opinion:
Petitioners Munchkin, Inc. and Toys...more
Decision Date: November 5, 2013 -
Court: Central District of California Patents: D642, 743 -
Holding: Make-Up Art Cosmetics’ motion for summary judgment of non-infringement is GRANTED...more
Decision Date: April 2, 2014 -
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit -
Patents: D634,488 and D634,487 -
Holding: N.D. of Ohio’s Grant of Summary Judgment of Invalidity AFFIRMED...more
On April 21, 2014, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a final written decision in the first inter partes review proceeding involving a design patent (IPR2013-00072). In...more
Decision Date: September 24, 2013 -
Court: Patent Trial and Appeal Board -
Patents: D527,834 -
Holding: ATAS’s petition to institute inter partes review is DENIED.
Opinion:
ATAS International, Inc....more
Decision Dates: August 25, 2011 and November 12, 2013 -
Courts: D. NJ and United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit -
Patents: D469,689 -
Holding: The terms of the ‘689 Patent are construed;...more
Decision Date: October 2, 2013 -
Court: M.D. Florida -
Patents: D643,474 -
Holding: Defendant’s motion for summary judgment of patent invalidity and non infringement...more
Decision Date: September 11, 2013 -
Court: Fed. Cir.
Patents: D598,183 -
Holding: Grant of summary judgment of invalidity REVERSED and REMANDED.
Opinion:
Buyer’s Direct, Inc. (“BDI”)...more
Decision Date: December 27, 2012
Court: D. Florida -
Patents: D555,070 -
Holding: Defendants’ motion for partial summary judgment of non-infringement GRANTED.
Opinion:
Plaintiff, Pacific Coast...more
- Decision Date: May 7, 2013
- Court: E.D. California
- Patents: D534,254
- Holding: Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment of infringement DENIED
- Defendant’s motion for summary judgment of...more
Decision Date: January 31, 2013 -
Court: N.D. Ohio -
Patents: D634,488 and D634,487 -
Holding: Defendants’ motion for summary judgment of invalidity GRANTED -
Opinion: Plaintiff MRC Innovations,...more
Decision Date: May 24, 2013 -
Court: D. Massachusetts -
Patents: D502,362 -
Holding: Defendant’s motion for summary judgment of non-infringement GRANTED -
Opinion: Plaintiff Keurig, Inc. sued JBR,...more
Since our last article on the topic of design patent reexaminations (see “All or Nothing Design Patent Reexaminations: On the Rise,” June 8, 2010), design patents are more popular than ever.
Interest in design patents...more
Decision Date: September 30, 2011 -
Court: D. Maryland -
Patents: D523,263 -
Holding: Defendants liable for design patent infringement -
Opinion: Plaintiff, Victor Stanley, Inc. sued Creative Pipe, Inc....more
Telebrands Corp v. Del Laboratories, Inc. -
Decision Date: September 8, 2011 -
Court: S.D. New York -
Patents: D596,802 -
Holding: Coty’s motion for summary judgment of invalidity denied -
Opinion:...more