Trademark licensors are scrambling to keep up with the evolving use of social media as a tool for business advertising. As technology changes, so must the provisions in a trademark…

This blog post was originally published by Mason Marks, M.D. on the KnobbeMedical.com Blog.  Robotic technology has been used in medicine for over 30 years. In 1985, a robot called the Puma…

Partners Irfan Lateef and Jarom Kesler authored “Intellectual Property Can Make or Break the Best Ideas,” which was published in the March 2016 edition of RTC Magazine.      …

In Neutron Depot, LLC v Bankrate Inc the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas entered judgment in plaintiff Neutron Depot’s favour, enjoining defendant Insurance Depot Marketing Corporation…

Knobbe Martens attorneys Jeff Van Hoosear and Diana Wade discuss the dispute over the use of clearly iconic names associated with Yosemite National Park.

Article by Bruce S. Itchkawitz, Ph.D.; originally published on LinkedIn Pulse on March 14, 2016. Are card games or other games of chance patentable?  Does it matter whether the game is played…

Litigation Partner Joseph Re was interviewed by Law360 for their Trial Pros series. Joe discusses his most interesting trial, unexpected experiences while in trial, and more.

Orange County attorney Kent Shum wrote an article for Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry (MD+DI), an online resource for original equipment manufacturers of medical devices and in vitro diagnostic products. His article "How…

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…

IP firm Knobbe Martens scored a win for client STAR envirotech at the end of 2015 when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a PTAB decision…