Analysis of patent litigation, PTAB practice, prosecution and pharma IP, written on the data behind LexDana.
The Trump Administration and the Republican led Congress have a mandate to get this economy moving again and if they want to maintain power they better produce results fast. To jumpstart the economy we need more than infrastructure projects (seems like we…
This week, Patexia Data Science team expanded the USPTO examiner study from last week to identify the Art Units with the highest and lowest allowance rates. Art Unit 3685 which examines financial and business practice patent applications with 35 percent…
Written by Russell Jeide and Jeremy Carney Less than a month after reversing the lower court’s determination of invalidity in McRO, Inc. v. Bandai Namco Games America, Inc. , the Federal Circuit has now upheld the invalidity of claims in FairWarning…
Written by Lynda Zadra-Symes and Julianna Simon A recent UK court held that Karen Millen, a fashion designer and co-founder of the Karen Millen brand, was prohibited from using her name, KM or K.Millen or any other confusingly similar names in connection…
Before returning to private practice, I practiced patent law in-house at two companies: first at a battery company, and then at an oil company. I’ve sat through my share of invention disclosure committee meetings. This article is intended to help…
Written by Agnes Juang, Ph.D. and Scott Siera, Ph.D. Once a European patent application has been granted, all patentees must then choose to validate the granted application in one or more European countries. Such a decision may have long-term business and…
Aging baby boomers, exposed to a lifetime of loud music, are more demanding than past generations about the quality of what and how they hear. Don’t expect them to sit by idly watching Mick Jagger mouth the words to Satisfaction . A group of leading…
This week at Patexia, our Data Science Team analyzed over 7 million patent applications and reviewed the allowance rates for the USPTO examiners over the past several years. We identified the most active USPTO Technology Centers and their average allowance…
Written by John M. Carson and Paul Chang, Ph.D. Patent applicants whose applications have been assigned to the USPTO Technology Center 3600 have been particularly impacted by the Supreme Court’s June 2014 decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int'l…
Written by Mike Fuller and Keith Lim The Federal Circuit recently decided a case concerning three patents owned by Intellectual Ventures I LLC (“IV”). Intellectual Ventures I LLC v. Symantec Corp. , Case Nos. 2015-1769, 2015-1770, 2015-1771…
Written by Dan Hart, Ph.D. and Jeffrey Wu, Ph.D. I. Overview The Supreme Court recently declined to hear several patent cases, thus leaving the decisions by the Federal Circuit intact. Issues that were not taken up by the Supreme Court include (1) whether…
Written by Maria Anderson and Samantha Hsu The Federal Circuit recently decided two related cases concerning media content delivery patents 1 owned by Affinity Labs of Texas, LLC. In both cases, the Federal Circuit held that the patents do not cover…
