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.

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Tuesday, April 11, 2023

IPO Submits Comments to EPO on Updated Guidelines for Examination

IPO SUBMITS COMMENTS TO EPO ON UPDATED GUIDELINES FOR EXAMINATION IPO President KAREN COCHRAN (Shell Oil Company) recently submitted comments to the European Patent Office on the updated Guidelines[...]

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Monday, April 10, 2023

Non-Literal Elements of Software Program Were Not Copyrightable

**NON-LITERAL ELEMENTS OF SOFTWARE PROGRAM WERE NOT COPYRIGHTABLE SAS Institute, Inc. v. World Programming Limited, 21-1542 -- On April 6 in an opinion by Judge REYNA, a split Federal[...]

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Friday, April 07, 2023

Court Upholds District Court Judgment of Noninfringement

*COURT UPHOLDS DISTRICT COURT JUDGMENT OF NONINFRINGEMENT Salazar v. AT&T Mobility LLC, 21-2320 -- On Thursday in an opinion by Judge STOLL, the Federal Circuit upheld a district [...]

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Thursday, April 06, 2023

**Federal Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Opposition to Register Trademark on APPLE MUSIC

**FEDERAL CIRCUIT REVERSES DISMISSAL OF OPPOSITION TO REGISTER TRADEMARK ON APPLE MUSIC Bertini v. Apple Inc., 21-2301-- On Tuesday in an opinion by Chief Judge MOORE, the Federal Cir[...]

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Wednesday, April 05, 2023

Patent Owner Bears Burden of Proving IPR Estoppel Applies to Grounds Petitioner Reasonably Could Have Raised

***PATENT OWNER BEARS BURDEN OF PROVING IPR ESTOPPEL APPLIES TO GROUNDS PETITIONER REASONABLY COULD HAVE RAISED Ironburg Inventions Ltd. v. Valve Corp., 21-2296 -- On Monday in an opi[...]

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Tuesday, April 04, 2023

Federal Circuit Upholds ITC’s Limited Exclusion Order

**FEDERAL CIRCUIT UPHOLDS ITC’S LIMITED EXCLUSION ORDER Philip Morris Products S.A. v. ITC, 22-1227 -- On Friday in an opinion by Judge STOLL, the Federal Circuit upheld an ITC decisi[...]

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Monday, April 03, 2023

IPR Decision was Supported by Substantial Evidence

*IPR DECISION WAS SUPPORTED BY SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE Roku, Inc. v. Universal Electronics, Inc., 22-1058 – On Friday in an opinion by Judge STOLL a split Federal Circuit upheld a USPTO [...]

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Friday, March 31, 2023

Lessons From the U.S. Supreme Court

LESSONS FROM THE U.S. SUPREME COURT The Curmudgeon learned a few things this week from the 90-minute oral argument at the Supreme Court in the possibly landmark patent case Amgen Inc.[...]

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Thursday, March 30, 2023

IPO Testifies at U.S. International Trade Commission Hearing on “COVID-19 Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Supply, Demand, and TRIPS Agreement Flexibilities”

IPO TESTIFIES AT U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION HEARING ON “COVID-19 DIAGNOSTICS AND THERAPEUTICS: SUPPLY, DEMAND, AND TRIPS AGREEMENT FLEXIBILITIES” As previously reported, yesterday the U.S.[...]

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Wednesday, March 29, 2023

U.S. International Trade Commission Begins Hearing Today on “COVID-19 Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Supply, Demand, and TRIPS Agreement Flexibilities”

U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION BEGINS HEARING TODAY ON “COVID-19 DIAGNOSTICS AND THERAPEUTICS: SUPPLY, DEMAND, AND TRIPS AGREEMENT FLEXIBILITIES” This morning at 9:30a.m. ET the U.S. Internati[...]

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