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.

Doctrine of Prosecution Disclaimer Applies to Design Patents

**DOCTRINE OF PROSECUTION DISCLAIMER APPLIES TO DESIGN PATENTS Top Brand LLC v. Cozy Comfort Co. LLC, 24-2191 -- Yesterday in an opinion by Judge DYK, the Federal Circuit reversed a d[...]

IPO Deputy Executive Director and Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA) Discuss IP Issues

IPO DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CONGRESSMAN DARRELL ISSA (R-CA) DISCUSS IP ISSUES Last evening at an event in Washington, DC, IPO Deputy Executive Director & Chief Policy Counse[...]

IPO Attends WIPO General Assemblies

IPO ATTENDS WIPO GENERAL ASSEMBLIES Last week IPO attended the Sixty-Sixth Series of Meetings of the Assemblies of the Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva[...]

Final Written Decision Does Not Determine if Applicant-Admitted Prior Art Was Used as a Basis in IPR Petition

**FINAL WRITTEN DECISION DOES NOT DETERMINE IF APPLICANT-ADMITTED PRIOR ART WAS USED AS A BASIS IN IPR PETITION Shockwave Med., Inc. v. Cardiovascular Sys., Inc., 23-1864, 23-1940 -- [...]

IPO Annual Meeting Session: Recent (Patent) Developments at the USPTO

IPO ANNUAL MEETING SESSION: RECENT (PATENT) DEVELOPMENTS AT THE USPTO Register for IPO’s Annual Meeting, September 7-9, and attend a session on “Recent (Patent) Developments at the USPTO” organized[...]

IPO Annual Meeting Speakers Announced

IPO ANNUAL MEETING SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED Speakers for IPO’s Annual Meeting have been announced. To view the full program with speaker names, visit https://ipo.org/index.php/am2025/ and select the “pro[...]

2025 IPO Annual Meeting Featured Speaker: USPTO Acting Director Coke Stewart

2025 IPO ANNUAL MEETING FEATURED SPEAKER: USPTO ACTING DIRECTOR COKE STEWART Join IPO at the 2025 Annual Meeting to hear a keynote address by Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Inte[...]

Federal Circuit Rejects Blanket Rule For Presumption of Obviousness

*FEDERAL CIRCUIT REJECTS BLANKET RULE FOR PRESUMPTION OF OBVIOUSNESS Janssen Pharms., Inc. v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc. -- Yesterday in an opinion by Judge TARANTO, the Federal Circuit a[...]

Court Declines to Engage in Claim Construction on Appeal of Summary Judgment

*COURT DECLINES TO ENGAGE IN CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ON APPEAL OF SUMMARY JUDGMENT Engenera, Inc. v. Cisco Sys., Inc., 23-1428 -- Yesterday in an opinion by Judge STARK, the Federal Circui[...]

IPO’s IP Chat Channel™ Offers Live and On-Demand Webinars

IPO'S IP CHAT CHANNEL™ OFFERS LIVE AND ON-DEMAND WEBINARS IPO offers between 2-3 webinars per month and has over 75 on-demand webinars on a variety of topics that span all areas of in[...]