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McDermott Will & Schulte

No Green Light to Register Color Mark for Medical Gloves

Addressing for the first time the test for determining whether a color mark is generic, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit adopted the Trademark Trial & Appeal Board’s Milwaukee test as the appropriate standard,...more

Proskauer - The Patent Playbook

Value and Risk of Overlapping Intellectual Property Protections

A well-orchestrated intellectual property strategy requires carefully and thoughtfully leveraging copyright, trademark, and patent laws, as highlighted by a recent decision handed down by the United Sates Court of Appeals for...more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

The Precedent: Federal Circuit Clarifies Functionality Doctrine in CeramTec v. CoorsTek

In this edition of The Precedent, we outline the recent federal circuit decision in CeramTec v. CoorsTek. ...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

USPTO Warns Against Blind Reliance on Artificial Intelligence

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Share on Twitter Print Share by Email Share Back to top U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Kathi Vidal recently released a memorandum on the subject of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) by parties during...more

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USPTO Sets to Clarify Attorney Guidelines in the Age of Generative AI

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As attorneys, we’ve all taken Legal Research and Writing. This is where we first encountered Westlaw and Lexis, using these sites to delve into case law for various assignments while chasing Westlaw and Lexis points in the...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Nothing Lost in Translation: Book’s Spanish Version Isn’t Different Creative Work

In a precedential opinion, the Trademark Trial & Appeal Board of the US Patent & Trademark Office upheld an examiner’s refusal to register a trademark on the ground that the proposed mark was the title of a single creative...more

Knobbe Martens

How Far Can the Music Go: The Limited Reach of the Trademark Tacking Doctrine

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BERTINI v. APPLE INC. Before Moore, Taranto and Chen. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: Tacking a mark for one good or service does not grant priority for every other good or service in the...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2022 Decisions

As part of the recovery from the global COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit took steps to return to normal operations. It began requiring live oral arguments in August 2022 and, by November,...more

Weintraub Tobin

The Briefing: COVID 19 Bill Stimulates the Economy and Changes in the Intellectual Property Law

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In this episode, Scott and Josh discuss the changes in Intellectual Property Law stemming from the recently passed COVID-19 Stimulus Bill. The IP law blog is a publication of Weintraub Tobin (www.weintraub.com). The...more

Knobbe Martens

2015 IP Law Year In Review

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Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc., 135 S. Ct. 1920 (May 26, 2015) - ..Does a defendant’s belief that a patent is invalid serve as a defense to charges of inducing infringement? NO - ..Inducement requires...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

MBHB Snippets: Review of Developments in Intellectual Property Law: Spring 2015 - Vol. 13, Issue 2

In This Issue: - After B&B Hardware, What is the Full Scope of Estoppel Arising From a PTAB Decision in District Court Litigation? - When You Don’t Know What You Know: The Role of Unappreciated Inherency in the...more

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