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, January 17, 2023

Udupa Joins USPTO as Commissioner for Patents

UDUPA JOINS USPTO AS COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS Today VAISHALI UDUPA joins the USPTO as Commissioner for Patents. Most recently, Udupa was a top intellectual property attorney at Hewlett Packard Ente[...]

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Friday, January 13, 2023

District Court Erred in Reliance on Extrinsic Evidence to Invalidate Claim Term as Indefinite

**DISTRICT COURT ERRED IN RELIANCE ON EXTRINSIC EVIDENCE TO INVALIDATE CLAIM TERM AS INDEFINITE Grace Instrument Industries, LLC v. Chandler Instruments Co., LLC, 21-2370 -- Yesterday[...]

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Thursday, January 12, 2023

Transfer Order Based on Non-Resident Defendant’s Unilateral Consent to Personal Jurisdiction in Another Forum Was Improper

** TRANSFER ORDER BASED ON NON-RESIDENT DEFENDANT’S UNILATERAL CONSENT TO PERSONAL JURISDICTION IN ANOTHER FORUM WAS IMPROPER In Re Stingray IP Solutions, LLC, 23-102 -- On Monday in [...]

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Wednesday, January 11, 2023

FTC Proposes Ban on Non-Compete Clauses

FTC PROPOSES BAN ON NON-COMPETE CLAUSES On January 5th, The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) proposed a complete ban on non-compete clauses between an employer and its “workers” as constituting an [...]

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Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Court Vacates USPTO’s Rejection of Claims

*COURT VACATES USPTO'S REJECTION OF CLAIMS In Re Google LLC, 22-1012 -- Yesterday in an opinion by Chief Judge MOORE, the Federal Circuit vacated the USPTO’s rejection of Google’s cla[...]

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Monday, January 09, 2023

Federal Circuit Upholds USPTO Interference Finding

*FEDERAL CIRCUIT UPHOLDS USPTO INTERFERENCE FINDING Dionex Softron GMBH v. Agilent Technologies, Inc., 21-2372 -- On Friday in an opinion by Judge STARK, the Federal Circuit upheld a [...]

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Friday, January 06, 2023

USPTO Director Finds Statement Was Not “Unequivocal Abandonment of the Contest”

USPTO DIRECTOR FINDS STATEMENT WAS NOT “UNEQUIVOCAL ABANDONMENT OF THE CONTEST” In December USPTO Director KATHI VIDAL designated as precedential her opinion in Apple Inc. v. Zipit Wireless, Inc. v[...]

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Thursday, January 05, 2023

Federal Circuit Lacked Jurisdiction Over Interlocutory Appeal

*FEDERAL CIRCUIT LACKED JURISDICTION OVER INTERLOCUTORY APPEAL Modern Font Applications LLC v. Alaska Airlines, 21-1838 -- On December 29 in an opinion by Judge CUNNINGHAM, a split Fe[...]

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Wednesday, January 04, 2023

IPO Members Set Resolutions for 2023

IPO MEMBERS SET RESOLUTIONS FOR 2023 IPO's Leadership Development Committee welcomes the new year with accountability. The committee compiled videos from IPO members sharing their resolutions for 2[...]

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Tuesday, January 03, 2023

FY2023 Omnibus Appropriations Bill Contains IP Provisions

FY2023 OMNIBUS APPROPRIATIONS BILL CONTAINS IP PROVISIONS The U.S. Congress passed an omnibus appropriations bill to fund the federal government for the remainder of fiscal year 2023 that was signe[...]

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