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Samsung Losses Piling Up It’s been a tough go recently for Samsung in the patent space.  Here are some losses...

Classic Trademark Cease And Desist Letters I enjoyed reading this letter when it came out in 2012.  And I enjoyed recently reading...

Ericsson V. Intellectual Ventures Two IP heavy weights faced off at the Federal Circuit over Intellectual Ventures’ wireless technology patent:...

Chocolates And Trademarks Chocolate and trademarks, does it get any better?  Here’s an interesting read on why the KitKat shape could not...

Salt Lake City - A Great Place To Start A Career In non-IP related news, Salt Lake City has been...

It's Official, The IPR Process is not Unconstitutional In case there was any doubt, the Supreme Court has held the...

Antique American Inventions on Display in China According to this piece by Forbes, a university in China is displaying past miniature prototypes...

uspto what is "well-understood routine and conventional" is not well understood On April 19, the USPTO issued a memo with...

Contumacious Conduct = $450,000 Attorney Fee Award The line of attorney fee cases following Octane Fitness continues to grow.  In Raniere v....

Remarks By Director Andrei Iancu Of The USPTO At US Chamber Of Commerce Patent Policy Conference At Teak, we love...

Office Action Grant Rate Shine Su, has written an interesting paper on a new metric for patent examiner activity called...

Newegg Wins $550K in Attorney Fees Over Acacia Ever since the seminal Icon Fitness decision by the Supreme Court, attorney fee decisions...

Trademark Infringement Of Keywords In An Online Search Most courts have found that the use of a trademarked keyword can’t...

Alice Jurisprudence is Not A Beacon Of Absolute Clarity Surprise!  This research suggests patent eligibility jurisprudence lacks clarity.  The study showed that...

Why Are So Many RCE'S Filed in U.S Patent Prosecution. This article suggests that RCEs favor the examiner over the applicant.  The...

measuring and managing IP performance This is a fascinating study about measuring and managing IP performance.  This article derscribes ways to measure...

There is nothing better than a good patent war Patent wars are fun when watching from the outside in.  I...