Trademark Partners Catherine Holland and Jeff Van Hoosear recently authored “To Tweet or Not to Tweet: Social Media and Intellectual Property Issues” for the Orange County Business Journal. Social media…
Michael Fuller, the firm’s San Diego Co-Managing Partner and chair of the biotech practice group, wrote a piece for JD Supra Legal Perspectives discussing the High Court of Australia’s recent decision in…
When startups are in the whirlwind of launching a new product or strategizing a marketing plan, there are crucial intellectual property issues that should not be overlooked. Below are seven…
The FDA recently announced establishment of the Patient Engagement Advisory Committee (PEAC). According to a notice published by the FDA, the PEAC will advise the Commissioner of the FDA, presently Dr. Stephen Ostroff, M.D., “on complex…
A U.S. District judge for the Central District of California has determined that Warner/Chappell Music Inc. does not own a valid copyright to the lyrics of the song “Happy Birthday.”…
Knobbe Martens Partner Mauricio Uribe recently wrote “The Effect of Microsoft v. Motorola” for Bloomberg BNA’s Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal. Uribe discusses how Judge James L. Robart’s framework for…
In a recent Inter Partes Review (“IPR”) institution decision, Apotex v Wyeth (IPR2015-00873, Paper No. 8), the USPTO’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (the “Board”) found that some previously-asserted grounds…
Last week, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board added a decision declining to apply estoppel under 35 USC 325(e)(1) to dismiss a follow-on CBM proceeding in Westlake Services LLC v….
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board recently designated a decision granting a request for additional discovery as an informative opinion. Informative opinions are not binding; they rather provide guidance on…
Both Sides Come Away with Wins in Amgen v. Sandoz Today, in Amgen, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc., the Federal Circuit construed multiple provisions of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of…
