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Can state law contracts limit the right to repair even when patent protection has expired?
“The right to repair is not a statutorily granted right, and thus, the question remains as to whether contracts altering the right to repair are ...
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Where Steps of a Method Claim are Connected with “And”, a Covered method must perform each step
Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: The Board erred by finding method-claim steps connected ...
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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick disbands PPAC & TPAC
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has decided to end all current appointments to both the Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC) and Trademark Public Advisory Committee (TPAC), ...
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Purpose Legal
We are living in an age where information is a valuable resource. Data, ideas, and business secrets are highly sought after, especially by individuals or ...
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Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
In this edition of The Precedent, we outline the Federal Circuit’s decision in Kroy IP Holdings, LLC v. Groupon, Inc. Overview The Federal Circuit held ...
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CAFC Says Prior Art Requires Written Support in Jepson Claim Ruling
“The CAFC pointing out that you cannot get a Jepson claim on things that are purely fictional, like a time machine, is hardly insightful and ...
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Saul Ewing LLP
This Such a strategy would allow subsequent child applications to claim priority to the same parent application without fear of invalidation of the parent application ...
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Rescission of the Fintiv Guidance Memorandum, and What Comes Next | Holland & Knight LLP
The U.S. Patent and Trade Office (PTO) on February 28, 2025, rescinded former PTO Director Kathi Vidal’s June 21, 2022, memorandum (Memorandum) addressing discretionary denial ...
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CAFC confirms TTAB ruling that FIREBALL Is Not Generic, but Competitor’s Mark Won’t Confuse
The decision was written by CAFC Chief Judge Kimberly Moore. The decision was authored by CAFC Chief Judge Kimberly Moore. Bullshine Distillery LLC applied to ...