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19 Knobbe Martens Attorneys Named 2020 “Super Lawyers”
January 15, 2020
Knobbe Martens is pleased to announce that 19 partners have been recognized as 2
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Partner John Sganga was quoted in "New Evidence Precedent Gives Lawyer...
January 13, 2020
Partner John Sganga was quoted in "New Evidence Precedent Gives Lawyers a Patent Board Road Map," an article published by Bloomberg L
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Publications
Distinctiveness of Marks Suffering Genericide: A Survey of Genericide ...
January 13, 2020
Attorney Brian Reece authored "Distinctiveness of Marks Suffering Genericide: A Survey of Genericide Cases," which was published in A
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Blogs
IP Practice
Litigation
Wells Fargo Twice Found Guilty of Willfully Infringing Patents on Remo...
January 14, 2020
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Mark Kachner
USAA filed multiple patent infringement lawsuits against Wells Fargo, alleging widespread infringement of USAA’s patented technologies on remote ch...
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Litigation
A Litigation Position May Be Objectively Unreasonable Even If the Cour...
January 14, 2020
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Adam Aquino
Adam Powell
EKO BRANDS, LLC V. ADRIAN RIVERA MAYNEZ ENTERPRISES, INC. ET. AL. Before Dyk, Reyna, and Hughes. Reyna dissenting in part. Appeal from the Wes...
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Litigation
PTAB
Prior Art Disclosing Partially Overlapping Temperature Range Is Enough...
January 10, 2020
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Benjamin Ho
Mark Kachner
GENENTECH, INC. v. HOSPIRA, INC. Before Prost, Newman, and Chen. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: Prior art disclosing a t...
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Life Sciences
Biotechnology
Federal Circuit Finds That a Variant Polypeptide Sequence Infringes Un...
August 12, 2019
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Scott Siera, Ph.D.
Ajinomoto Co., Inc. vs. CH Cheiljedang Corp. (2018-1590, 2018-1629) In a pair of cross-appeals from the International Trade Commission, the Federal...
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Section 101
Biotechnology
Cleveland Clinic II: Has the Federal Circuit Undermined Patent Office ...
May 07, 2019
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Brenden S. Gingrich, Ph.D.
On April 1, 2019, the Federal Circuit issued a non-precedential decision in Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland HeartLab, Inc. v. True Health Di...
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Biotechnology
Natural Alternatives International, Inc. v. Creative Compounds, LLC.: ...
March 28, 2019
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Agnes Juang, Ph.D.
In Natural Alternatives International, Inc. v. Creative Compounds, LLC., Appeal No. 2018-1295, a divided panel of the Federal Circuit reversed and ...
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So You Want to Be Famous - Do You Have $10 Billion? Patagonia Tradema...
November 22, 2019
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David C. O’Hair
Jeff Van Hoosear
In April 2019, outdoor apparel company Patagonia, Inc. sued Anheuser-Busch, LLC in the District Court for the Central District of California. Patag...
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Fashion & Beauty
Trademarks Require “Use in Commerce” – But What If You Need Regulatory...
November 05, 2019
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Tom Cowan
Ian W. Gillies
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) allows for a trademark application to be filed on an “Intent to Use” basis to establish a priority dat...
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Fashion & Beauty
Where's the Beef? Establishing Fame in Trademark Disputes
August 14, 2019
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Ryan S. Furtado
Peter Law
A decision from the Federal Circuit clarified how the USPTO should analyze evidence of fame under the fifth DuPont factor. The decision sheds ligh...
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Trademarks Require “Use in Commerce” – But What If You Need Regulatory...
December 06, 2019
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Tom Cowan
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) allows for a trademark application to be filed on an “Intent to Use” basis to establish a priority dat...
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Medical Devices & Procedures
Google Buys Fitbit for $2.1B
November 05, 2019
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Michael P. Burns, Ph.D.
Wearable fitness products company Fitbit Inc. announced Friday it entered a definitive agreement to be acquired by Alphabet Inc.-owned Google for $...
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Medical Devices & Procedures
FDA Issues Guidance on "Abbreviated" and "Special" 510(K) Pathways
September 18, 2019
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Tom Cowan
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued two new guidance documents related respectively to an “abbreviated” and a “special” approach...
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