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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Get to Know: Anita Hodea - The Katten Kattwalk | Issue 29

Tell me about key moments or mentors that have most influenced your legal career and shaped your current intellectual property (IP) practice?...more

K&L Gates LLP

EU Designs: Genuine Design Activity and Intellectual Effort are not Required for Protection

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Advocate General Nicholas Emiliou has delivered his opinion in the case Deity Shoes, S.L. v Mundorama Confort, S.L. and another (Case C 323/24). The case considers whether a footwear design made by Deity Shoes, S.L. (Deity...more

Jones Day

PTAB Issues First Post-LKQ Design Patent Decision

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On August 6, 2024, the PTAB issued its first written decision applying a new test for obviousness of design patents. In Next Step Group, Inc. v. Deckers Outdoor Corp., IPR2024-00525, Paper 16 (P.T.A.B. Aug. 6, 2024)...more

Knobbe Martens

It’s No Secret That A Related Company’s Physical Presence In A Jurisdiction May Not Be Enough For Proper Venue

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Andra Group, LP v. Victoria’s Secret Stores, L.L.C. Before Reyna, Mayer, and Hughes. Appeal from the District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. An entity’s physical presence in a jurisdiction does not automatically...more

Hogan Lovells

Copycat Flattened by Patent & Trade Dress Jury Verdict in Win for Tieks Shoes

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The maker of the Tieks ballet flat Gavrieli Brands walked away with over $2.1 million when a federal jury found Soto Massini’s competing designs infringed on Tieks’ patents and trade dress....more

Carlton Fields

Second Circuit Holds “Offering For Sale” Is “Advertising Injury” Under CGL Policy, But Allegation Not Enough to Trigger Duty to...

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Several months ago we blogged about the duty to defend advertising injury claims under commercial general liability (CGL) policies, noting that many courts continue to struggle with the practical application of basic duty to...more

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