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,…
I AM Similar The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) affirmed the examiner’s decision to deny three applications for “I AM” marks filed by i.am.symbolic, LLC (“Applicant”), finding that Applicant’s…
Federal Circuit Declines to Reverse Invalidity, Noninfringement Holdings In Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Sandoz Inc., Appeal No. 2014-1407, the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment of…
TTAB Delivers Sobering Hit to THCTea The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board found the mark “THCTea” to be deceptively misdescriptive when the underlying product contained no THC—the chief intoxicant in…
Federal Circuit Revives Possibility of Permanent Injunction in Apple-Samsung Patent Dispute In Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Appeal No. 2014-1802, the Federal Circuit reversed for abuse of discretion the…
The TTAB Finds Confusion Between WINEBUD Wine and BUD Beer The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) found that Applicant’s mark WINEBUD for wine is confusingly similar to Anheuser-Busch’s (“AB”)…
Federal Circuit Remands Record Damages Award For New Trial On Extraterritorial Sales In Carnegie Mellon University v. Marvell Technology Group, Ltd., Appeal No. 2014-1492, the Federal Circuit reversed a damages…
The Redskins Lose Again (Off the Field) A federal District Court affirmed the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board’s (TTAB) ruling that “Redskins” cannot be registered as a trademark for use…
Online Banking Patents Based On “Abstract Ideas” Held Patent Ineligible Under Alice In Intellectual Ventures I LLC v. Capital One Bank (USA), NA, Appeal No. 2014-1506, the Federal Circuit held…
Applicant’s Application for Concurrent Use Registration of DELMONICO’S is Denied Due to Likelihood of Confusion with Other Restaurants The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) refused Southwestern Management’s (Applicant) petition…
