Judge Leonard P. Stark Will Bring a Wealth of Patent Experience to the Federal Circuit

On Wednesday, November 3, 2021, the White House announced President Biden’s nomination of Judge Leonard P. Stark (U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware) to the U.S. Court of

SNIPR Technologies Ltd. v. The Rockefeller University (PTAB 2021)

By Kevin E. Noonan -- It is well to recall that the battle over inventorship and thus ownership of CRISPR technology is not limited to the parties in the various interferences surrounding the Doudna and Zhang patents and applications (see "CRISPR...

Vidal tackles Senate questions on Section 101, Fintiv and SEPs

The nominee for USPTO director got the most attention from the Senate Judiciary Committee panel aside from New York judge nominee Dale Ho

Indivior UK Ltd. v. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories S.A. (Fed. Cir. 2021)

By Kevin E. Noonan -- The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act prescribed two very different post-grant review proceedings in U.S. patent law. The first, post-grant review (PGR), had some analogies with European opposition practice, in that petitions...

Eligo Bioscience Announces Successful Outcome in US Patent Interference against SNIPR Biome on CRISPR-Cas antimicrobials

/PRNewswire/ -- Eligo Bioscience today announced that the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued on Nov 19, 2021, a decision and a judgement...

This week in IP: Software developer jailed for IP theft, AI co-author seeks US protection, and more

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Dallas Invents: 127 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 16 » Dallas Innovates

Check out this week's ranking for inventive activity in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington.

A Split Develops: Can Artificial Intelligence Invent Stuff? | JD Supra

There is a split developing in the world over whether artificial intelligence software (AI) can be listed as an inventor on a patent application. ...

Easy Patent law Quiz for 2021:

You should be able to easily answer these questions:  Prof. Crunch stays fit with his rebounder (a mini-trampoline).  These already …

Crandall Tech patent successfully challenged — Unified Patents

On November 17, 2021, the USPTO issued a final office action rejecting all claims of U.S. Patent 9,645,720 at issue. The '720 patent is related to data sharing, owned by Crandall Technologies LLC , an NPE, and has been asserted against Vudu ....

Arsus final decision affirmed by Federal Circuit — Unified Patents

On November 16, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit summarily affirmed the PTAB’s ruling that Arsus's disclaimer of all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 10,259,494 should be treated as a request for adverse judgment...

Disclaiming Patent Claims Leads PTAB to Grant a Request for Adverse Judgment

In Arsus, LLC v. Unified Patents, LLC, (Fed. Cir. Nov. 16, 2021), the Federal Circuit affirmed, through a Rule 36 judgment, the PTAB’s ruling granting a Request for Adverse Judgment After I

President Biden Wants to Put Microsofter in Charge of the Patent Office, Soon to Penalise Patent Applicants Who Don't Use Microsoft's Proprietary Formats

The tradition of GAFAM or GIAFAM inside the USPTO carries on (e.g. Kappos and Lee; Kappos lobbies for Microsoft and IBM, whereas Lee now works for Amazon/Bezos after a career at Google); it's hard to believe anymore that the USPTO exists to serve...

Biden nominates Winston & Strawn partner Kathi Vidal to lead USPTO

U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced the nomination of Winston & Strawn partner Kathi Vidal, who leads the firm's Silicon Valley office, to head the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Another CommWorks Solutions patent challenged — Unified Patents

On November 22, 2021, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination against U.S. Patent 6,832,249 owned and asserted by CommWorks Solutions, LLC, an NPE and subsidiary of IP Investments Group LLC . The '249 patent is generally directed to...

Gesture Tech patent likely invalid — Unified Patents

On November 22, 2021, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 7,933,431 , owned by Gesture Technology Partners, LLC. The ‘431 patent is generally related to using human motion as an input...

$4,000 for Be-Labs prior art — Unified Patents

On November 8, 2021, Unified Patents added two separate PATROLL contests with an opportunity to collect up to $4,000 in cash for prior art on at least claim 1 of two patents, U.S. Patent 7,827,581 and U.S. Patent 9,344,183 , owned by...

USPTO News Briefs

By Donald Zuhn -- USPTO Delays Fee for Failure to File Applications in DOCX Format In a notice published in the Federal Register earlier today (86 Fed. Reg. 66192), the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it was delaying the effective...