England and Wales Court of Appeal Rules in SkyKick Trademark Case
Followers of European trademark developments will be familiar with the Sky v SkyKick litigation, in which the UK courts and the Court of Justice of the EU have addressed questions concerning trademark...
View ArticleCommerce Office of Inspector General Says USPTO is Failing to Prevent...
On August 11, the U.S. Department of Commerce Office of Inspector General (OIG) published a final report on the audit of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) trademark registration...
View ArticleFederal Circuit Says Rambus Illegally Destroyed Documents
On Friday, May 13, 2011, the Federal Circuit issued the latest decision in a long line of Rambus decisions stemming out of conduct of Rambus as it participated in the JEDEC standard-setting body, as...
View ArticleNintendo Wins Attorneys’ Fees Fighting Baseless Patent Lawsuit
This is an exceptional case; IA Labs brought an objectively baseless claim, which the Court finds was brought in bad faith. Interaction Laboratories, Inc. — the original '226 patent holder — developed...
View ArticleCrocs Chase Dawgs With Motion for Sanctions After Allegations of Bad Faith...
On December 1st, Niwot, CO-based shoe manufacturer Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ:CROX) filed a motion for sanctions against Las Vegas, NV-based rival firm USA Dawgs Inc., which outlined a series of harassing...
View ArticleCanada’s National IP Strategy Stoking Fears About Patent Trolls
The strategy also includes legislative changes to ensure ethical standards among patent and trademark agents and to “remove barriers to innovation, particularly any loopholes that allow those seeking...
View ArticleEU Trademark Owners Relieved by CJEU Judgment in SkyKick Case
The Court of Justice of the European Union has provided reassurance to European trademark owners in its judgment today in the SkyKick case. (Case C?371/18 Sky plc, Sky International AG, Sky UK Limited...
View ArticleUK Inventor Loses 3D Scanner Patent Infringement Case Due to Repeated ‘Bad...
On Wednesday, June 21, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) ruled in a nonprecedential opinion that a Florida district court correctly dismissed a UK-based patent owner’s...
View ArticleCAFC Vacates TTAB Decision on FLEX Trademark Due to ‘Errors of Significance’
On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a precedential opinion that vacated a Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) ruling that a trademark registration from GPS...
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