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Patent That Idea: How to Navigate Patenting Construction Innovations
March 24, 2020
Partner James Herkenhoff authored "Patent That Idea: How to Navigate Patenting Construction Innovations," which was published in Cons
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Four Knobbe Martens Partners Honored as “Top IP Lawyers” in California...
March 18, 2020
Knobbe Martens partners Christy Lea, Salima Merani, Ph.D., Joseph Re, and John Sganga have been named to the
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Associate Josepher Li authored "Inaccuracies in Copyright Registratio...
March 18, 2020
Associate Josepher Li authored "Inaccuracies in Copyright Registration," which was published in Daily Journal.
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En Banc Federal Circuit Denies Rehearing of Holding That Severance of ...
March 24, 2020
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Makoto Tsunozaki, Ph.D.
Kendall Loebbaka
ARTHREX, INC. v. SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. Before Prost, Newman, Lourie, Dyk, Moore, O’Malley, Reyna, Wallach, Taranto, Chen, Hughes, and Stoll. P...
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A Collision of Patents, Copyrights, and Piracy on the High Seas
March 24, 2020
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Ben K. Shiroma
Kendall Loebbaka
ALLEN V. COOPER Before Kagan, Roberts, Alito, Sotomayor, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Thomas, Breyer, and Ginsburg. Appeal from the Fourth Circuit. Summ...
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Same-Party and New-Issue Joinder Impermissible in IPRs
March 19, 2020
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Radhika K. Raman
Jeremy Anapol
FACEBOOK, INC., V. WINDY CITY INNOVATIONS LLC Before Prost, Plager, and O’Malley. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: An IP...
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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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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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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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Exact Sciences Acquires Paradigm and Viomics
March 23, 2020
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Sean S. Kim
On March 3, 2020, Exact Sciences announced completion of its acquisition of Paradigm Diagnostics, Inc. and Viomics, Inc., privately held companies ...
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Medical Devices & Procedures
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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