Partner John Sganga was interviewed by the Daily Journal for an article discussing the decrease of patent lawsuits. Read below for the full story.  Patent Suit Drop Has Lawyers Mulling…

Guest Post by Brent M. Dougal and Philip M. Nelson on Patently-O. Dougal and Nelson are Partners in our Orange County office. In today’s age of international commerce, product development often takes…

Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear LLP has scored a $466.7 million verdict for its client, Irvine-based medical technology company Masimo Corp., in a patent infringement case against Philips Electronic North…

The AIA sets a one-year deadline to file a petition for IPR of a patent from the date a complaint for patent infringement is served.  35 U.S.C. § 315(b).  There is…

In January 2013, Petitioner IBS filed a petition for IPR.  Five months later, IBS filed a second petition for IPR on the same patent claims.  The follow-on petition relied on…

Petitioner Unilever filed an earlier petition for IPR of 33 claims of a patent.  In the Decision on Institution, the Board denied review of 11 claims and granted review of…

Petitioner Unified filed a petition for IPR of 11 claims of a patent.  Unified acknowledged that the patent was already subject to three other petitions for IPR and that the…

Petitioner Medtronic had previously filed two other petitions for IPR of a patent. The Board instituted trial on one of the petitions and denied the other. Medtronic then filed a…

In this inter partes review proceeding, the challenged patent, filed in July 2011, purported to be a continuation of a parent application filed in September 2009.  Petitioner PRISM argued the…

Authors: Diane M. Reed and Diana Wade Publication: World Trademark Review Daily Excerpt: In Target Brands Inc v Artificer Life Corp (Opposition Nos 91206421 and 91206422), the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board…