Analysis of patent litigation, PTAB practice, prosecution and pharma IP, written on the data behind LexDana.
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A trademark battle seems to have started, and it’s quite unusual not only because it involves a child battling his parent but also because it represents a possibly unprecedented case where the consent to register a trademark was first granted and now…
Imagine if someone, right now, went to the USPTO and filed a trademark registration that is too similar to yours? One of the options is to present an opposition before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and challenge the trademark registration. There…
This morning we released our third annual ANDA Litigation Intelligence Report. The report covers high-level statistics related to Hatch-Waxman litigation including the analysis of the outcomes, most popular district courts, filing trends and of course, the…
With just $5 billion in online sales in 1998, e-commerce has grown several times two decades later. Especially with the pandemic situation, the e-commerce industry in the USA experienced a boom rising from $571.2 billion in 2019 to $815.4 billion in 2020…
The FDA evaluates the generic versions of a drug and approves them only if studies show that it is bioequivalent with the brand, meaning that both drugs have the exact same amount of the active ingredient. As for size, color, shape, and other visual…
In early 1983, Bolar Pharmaceutical Inc. wanted to bring a generic version of the Dalmane drug, a sleeping pill, to the market. At that time, Roche Products Inc. held patent rights for flurazepam hydrochloride, the active ingredient in the drug.…
In the day you begin to use your business’s name and logo, you have actually begun to build your trademark as well as take advantage of its protection. Even without a registration in the USPTO, you have some legal rights over your trademark, however…
IP generally and patents specifically, prevent others from using your solution, trademark and design. In this direction, having a patent for your products or services will help you for legal purposes and that’s one of the main reasons why business…
Among the first things you think when you are building your startup, surely logo and business name come right after the product or service you plan to sell. Based on your choices, you may or may not have a trademark, even though nowadays business owners…
On November 16, 2021, Miramax, LLC (“Miramax”) brought claims of breach of contract, copyright infringement, trademark infringement, and unfair competition against director Quentin Tarantino. A copy of the complaint can be found here . Miramax…
A part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act for 2021 passed on 27 December 2020, was the Trademark Modernization Act which comes in effect in few weeks. This update to the Lanham Act aims to combat the rise in scamming and fraudulent trademark filings…
Yesterday, Mark Zuckerberg announced the Facebook company changing its name into Meta as part of his plan to focus on developing a virtual world. While the history of rebranding knows successful and futureless occurrences, today we are going to focus on…
