Federal Circuit Upholds Grant of Summary Judgment Under Section 101 for Claims Directed to Anonymous Loan Shopping InMortgage Grader, Inc. v. First Choice Loan Services Inc., Appeal No. 2015-1415, the…
The Federal Circuit Considers Constitutionality of Refusal to Register Scandalous and Immoral Marks The Lanham Act prohibits registration of marks that are defamatory, scandalous or immoral. Last month, in In…
Dr. Mason Marks was interviewed by HealthZette and his insight was featured in the article titled “Grab that Printed Heart, Would You?” The article discusses human organs created by 3D…
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP, one of the nation’s leading intellectual property law firms, is pleased to announce that partner Salima Merani, Ph.D., has been selected as the exclusive…
In July of 2015, Sanofi filed petition for an inter partes review (IPR2015-01624) for 15 claims of U.S. Pat. No. 6,331,415 (“Cabilly II”). In the antibody field, the Cabilly family…
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP is pleased to announce that BTI Consulting has named San Francisco Managing Partner, Adeel Akhtar, a “Client Service All Star.” Akhtar is one of…
On January 27, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted summary judgment in favor of Nomadix, Inc., ruling that competitor Blueprint RF infringes Nomadix’s patented Internet-access…
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, LLP is pleased to sponsor once again the “Astounding Inventions” Competition at Irvine Valley College, to be held January 30, 2016. More than 450 South…
The Federal Circuit Will Review Appeals from Inter Partes Review Proceedings Under the “Substantial Evidence” Standard In Merck & Cie v. Gnosis S.p.A., Appeal No. 2014-1779, the Federal Circuit affirmed…
Federal Circuit Holds Refusal to Register Disparaging Trademarks is Unconstitutional The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, sitting en banc, issued a ruling that Section 2(a) of the…
