News & InsightsIP News AlertsSupreme Court Limits Copyright Protection for SoftwareApril 8, 2021 By: Brian T. Moriarty, Mary Lou Wakimura, and Timothy J. Meagher On April 5, 2021, the United States Supreme Court, in Google v. Oracle, issued a landmark decision concerning the application of Copyright Laws to protect software. The Court ruled... The Transition is Over: Evaluating Your Trademark and Design Portfolios in the EU and UK Now That BREXIT is OfficialJanuary 11, 2021 As of January 1, 2021, registered European Union (EU) Trademarks and Community Designs are no longer effective in the United Kingdom (UK). The United Kingdom Intellectual Property... USPTO COVID-19 Response UpdateJune 5, 2020 The USPTO announced that it has launched the COVID-19 Response Resource Center to provide improved access to USPTO initiatives, programs, and other helpful intellectual property-related... Federal Circuit Decision Shows How Software Improvements to Computer Technologies are PatentableMay 6, 2020 The Court held that “software can make patent-eligible improvements to computer technology, and related claims are eligible as long as they are directed to non-abstract improvements... Justices Say Willfulness Not Needed For Trademark ProfitsApril 24, 2020 By: John L. DuPré and Timothy J. Meagher Supreme Court clarifies that there is no willfulness requirement for awarding profits in trademark cases Defendant’s mental state is important in determining whether... USPTO Extends Certain Patent and Trademark Deadlines Under the CARES ActApril 2, 2020 By: John L. DuPré and Deirdre E. Sanders In accordance with the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is providing for extensions of the time... Does a “Full Moon” Mean Mars too?: Supreme Court Issues a Pair of Copyright Decisions Limiting Litigation OptionsMarch 6, 2019 By: Brian T. Moriarty and Timothy J. Meagher Supreme Court resolves conflicting decision by lower courts in copyright cases A plaintiff may not file a copyright litigation until the U.S. Copyright Office registers the copyright... A Secret Sale Might be Prior Art and Bar PatentabilityJanuary 31, 2019 Under 35 U.S.C. § 102, a sale or offer for sale of an invention may bar patentability. Prior to enactment of the AIA in March 2013, § 102 barred patentability of an... USPTO Updates Guidance on Subject Matter Eligibility - Improving Chances for Grant of Software Related Patent ApplicationsJanuary 28, 2019 By: Philip T. Mazoki The USPTO published revised guidelines enumerating subject matter groupings of abstract ideas and clarifying that a claim reciting a judicial exception is patent eligible if the judicial... Supreme Court Includes Lost Foreign Profits In Patentee's RecoveryJune 26, 2018 Damages adequate to compensate for infringement include lost foreign profits when the underlying infringement is for supplying components of a patented invention in or from the United... Federal Circuit Decides that State Law is Preempted by Biosimilar Act in Amgen v. SandozDecember 19, 2017 The Federal Circuit held that the Biologics Price Competition and Invention Act of 2009 (BPCIA) provides the exclusive remedy for failure to comply with its disclosure requirements... Online Re-registration of DMCA Agents Required by the United States Copyright Office by December 31, 2017.December 8, 2017 By: Susan G. L. Glovsky and Samuel J. Sussman A new registration requirement places companies at risk of copyright suits over material hosted on their websites. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) "safe... |
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