In Pinterest Inc v Pintrips Inc (No 13-CV-04608-HSG, October 21 2015), the US District Court for the Northern District of California has held that the PINTRIPS and PIN marks used…

Orange County Litigation Partner Joseph Re was recently quoted in “Patent Disputes Hit New High in 2015” in Bloomberg BNA Big Law Business.  Excerpt: The number of patent disputes reached an…

On December 31, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s decision that a STAR Envirotech patent relating to its evaporative…

Knobbe Martens client Pinnacle Spine Group, LLC, a developer of innovative spinal fusion systems, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued U.S. Patent No. 9,216,096 titled Intervertebral…

MARATHON MONDAY does not Uniquely Identify the Boston Marathon Boston Athletic Association (BAA) operates the annual Boston Marathon which has taken place on the third Monday in April every year…

Expert Testimony Not Always Necessary to Establish Prima Facie Obviousness Case in Inter Partes Review In Belden Inc. v. Berk-Tek LLC, Appeal Nos. 2014-1575, 2014-1576, on appeal from an IPR,…

The New York Times reports that Congress has passed a $1.8 trillion package of spending and tax cuts which includes a two-year-long suspension of the medical device tax and a permanent extension of…

On December 15, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s decision that a computerized gaming patent owned by John Stephenson, allegedly a competitor…

Partner Ryan Melnick and Tate Scott, CEO of KFx Medical were recently featured in the San Diego Business Journal discussing the recent success in a patent infringement case. Infringement Case…

Partner Amy Chun was featured in an Inside Counsel article titled “How the USPTO’s ‘analysis paralysis’ changed the software patent game.” She delved into the issues surrounding software patents and §101…