IPO Daily NewsTM

A quick read, the IPO Daily NewsTM is three to five concise paragraphs a day. It includes summaries of all patent and trademark opinions of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the next day after opinions are issued and wire service stories of other selected IP cases.

USPTO May Be Able to Reconsider Trademark Registrability After Failed Opposition

**USPTO MAY BE ABLE TO RECONSIDER TRADEMARK REGISTRABILITY AFTER FAILED OPPOSITION Heritage Alliance, AFA Action Inc. v. Am. Policy Roundtable, 24-1155 -- Yesterday in an opinion by J[...]

Application’s Prosecution History Did Not Affect Claims of Related Parallel Application

**APPLICATION’S PROSECUTION HISTORY DID NOT AFFECT CLAIMS OF RELATED PARALLEL APPLICATION  Azurity Pharms. Inc. v. Alkem Labs. Ltd., 23-1977 -- Yesterday in an opinion by District Jud[...]

Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Bills Related to Drug Patents

SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE APPROVES BILLS RELATED TO DRUG PATENTS On April 3, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved several bills related to patents, intellectual property and pharmaceutical drug[...]

Trade Secret Was Properly Accessible When Defendant Could Have Discovered It

**TRADE SECRET WAS PROPERLY ACCESSIBLE WHEN DEFENDANT COULD HAVE DISCOVERED IT ams-OSRAM USA Inc. v. Renesas Elecs. Am. Inc., 22-2185, 22-2186 -- On Friday in an opinion by Judge TARA[...]

Provisional Rights Cannot Be Granted to Patents Issued Beyond Expiration Date

*PROVISIONAL RIGHTS CANNOT BE GRANTED TO PATENTS ISSUED BEYOND EXPIRATION DATE In re Forest, 23-1178 -- Yesterday in an opinion by Judge CHEN, the Federal Circuit dismissed Forest’s a[...]

IPO to Celebrate World IP Day on April 30

IPO TO CELEBRATE WORLD IP DAY ON APRIL 30 In 2000 the World Intellectual Property Organization’s member states designated April 26 as World IP Day, with the aim of increasing general awareness and [...]

IPOEF Seeking Volunteers to Work with Start-ups

IPOEF SEEKING VOLUNTEERS TO WORK WITH START-UPS Are you looking for a way to pay it forward this summer?  IPO Education Foundation is seeking mentors with a background in start-ups across various i[...]

Today on the IP Chat Channel: Deepfakes and Digital Replicas: What Is Old and What Is New

TODAY ON THE IP CHAT CHANNEL™: DEEPFAKES AND DIGITAL REPLICAS: WHAT IS OLD AND WHAT IS NEW Tune in today to the IP Chat Channel™ at 2:00pm ET for a webinar focused on AI. During the 1[...]

Munich Appeal Court Delivers Highly Anticipated FRAND Decision

MUNICH APPEAL COURT DELIVERS HIGHLY ANTICIPATED FRAND DECISION The Higher Regional Court of Munich in the FRAND case of VoiceAge v. HMD issued a ruling on March 20th affirming the decisions of Regi[...]

Reader Says “Oh, Comma on!”

READER SAYS “OH, COMMA ON!” Comma Clutter - Last week I asserted that many IP briefs and opinions are cluttered with unneeded commas. I said don’t put a comma everywhere you would pau[...]