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Federal Circuit Review - June 2020
 
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IP Procurement and Protection in The United States
We recently partnered up with Maple Business Council for a webinar on IP Procurement and Protection in the United States.
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News
Partner Joseph Re was quoted in "These 10 Decisions Remade The Patent ...
Partner Joseph Re was quoted in "These 10 Decisions Remade The Patent Landscape," which was published in Law360.
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Data Privacy

Data Privacy
Court of Justice of the European Union Invalidates Privacy Shield, but...
|Arsen KourinianJessica C. Sganga
Generally, personal data may not be transferred to countries outside of the European Economic Area (“EEA”) under the EU General Data Protection...
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Data Privacy
Minimizing the Effect on Brand Value After a Data Breach
|Ryan W. McBrideMichael Friedland
A brand owner discloses almost every week that a security or data breach has occurred. For privacy, operations, and trademark professionals alike, ...
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Data Privacy
Nevada’s Privacy Law: Following in the CCPA’s Footsteps or Forging Its...
|Ryan W. McBrideJessica C. Sganga
With all the buzz about the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), it seems easy for businesses to miss or overlook other important state le...
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IP Practice

Litigation
Natural Law and Nothing More
|Ryan W. McBrideKaren Cassidy
AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING v. NEAPCO HOLDINGS LLC Before Dyk, Moore, and Taranto. Appeal from the District Court for the District of Delaware. ...
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Litigation
PTAB
PTAB Must Evidence Decision Path During IPR Proceedings
|David C. O’HairKaren Cassidy
ALACRITECH, INC. V. INTEL CORP., CAVIUM, LLC, DELL, INC. Before Stoll, Chen, and Moore. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary:...
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Litigation
Improvements to Operation of an Apparatus Were Not Abstract
|Atiya M. MyersKaren Cassidy
XY, LLC v. TRANS OVA GENETICS, LC Before Wallach, Plager, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Colorado....
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Life Sciences

Biotechnology
Federal Circuit Finds That a Variant Polypeptide Sequence Infringes Un...
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 ...
|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.: ...
|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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Lifestyle

Fashion & Beauty
Design Patent Protection for Fashion
|Peter LawJason J. Jardine
On May 12, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued over 700 new design patents. Fashion-related designs figured prominently amo...
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Fashion & Beauty
The FTC: Influencing the Future of the Influencers
|David C. O’HairIan W. Gillies
With social media popularity comes more followers. With more followers comes opportunities to market products online. But as the wellness-company T...
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Fashion & Beauty
The Importance of Being First – Fashion and Trademarks for Coronavirus...
|Justin Culbertson, Ph.D.Peter Law
About 40 years ago, marketing strategists Al Ries and Jack Trout offered the world a way to think about making a brand memorable. The best way to ...
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Medical

Medical Devices & Procedures
Medtronic Gains FDA and CE Mark Clearance for LINQ II
|Brandon G. Smith
Medtronic recently announced that it received clearance from the FDA and CE Mark approval for its LINQ II insertable cardiac monitor (ICM). The ann...
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Medical Devices & Procedures
One-Stop-Shop Apps for COVID-19 Information
|Alexander D. Zeng
COVID-19-related web applications have been popping up from the very start of the pandemic, and many, including Apple and others, have stepped up t...
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Medical Devices & Procedures
Balancing Intellectual Property (IP) Interests With National Interest ...
|Christopher L. Lewis
Traditionally, it has been fairly uncommon to see new legislation in intellectual property (IP) law, compared to other areas of law. Instead, cour...
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