TechPat: U.S. Patent No. 10,360,269 B2
The Oracle OpenWorld 2019 conference will be held in San Francisco from September 16-19, 2019. To commemorate Oracle OpenWorld, the blog will highlight a recently-issued Oracle, Inc. patent. U.S....
TechPat: Gilead Petitions for IPR on Truvada Patents
On August 23, 2019, Gilead Sciences, Inc. petitioned the PTAB for inter partes review of three patents behind its blockbuster TRUVADA® HIV-prevention drug. The patents, U.S. Patent No....
Update: USPTO Issues Revised Counsel Rules
On September 5, 2019, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a revised Examination Guidelines 4-19, “Requirement of U.S.-Licensed Attorney for Foreign-Domiciled Trademark Applicants and...
New TM Counsel Rules Creating Problems with Immigration Requirements
The USPTO promulgated new rules on August 3, 2019, requiring foreign entities applying for a trademark registration to retain U.S.-based counsel for filing and prosecution of the trademark...
CannabIP: U.S. Patent No. 10,245,237 B2
U.S. Patent No. 10,245,237 B2 (‘237) issued on April 2, 2019, for “Compressed Tablet Containing Cannabidiol, Method for its Manufacture and Use of Such Tablet in Oral Treatment of Psychosis or...
CannabIP: DEA Legalizes Some CBD Products
On August 26, 2019, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced an expansion of a federal program allowing legalized cannabis research, by allowing additional applications from cannabis...
TechPat: U.S. Patent No. 10,337,029 B2
Source: U.S. Patent No. 10,337,029 B2, July 2, 2019, to Jennifer A. Doudna, Martin Jinek, Krzysztof Chylinski, Emmanuelle Charpentier (inventors); Regents of the University of California, University...
Fed Circuit Watch: Fed Circuit Declines to Expand Design Patent Law
Source: U.S. Patent D489,299 S, May 4, 2004, Craig Metros, Patrick J. Schiavone, & Tyler J. Blake (inventors); Ford Global Technologies, LLC (assignee) On July 23, 2019, the Court of Appeals for the...
Fed Circuit Watch: Issued Patents are Presumptively Valid and Patent-Eligible
On June 25, 2019, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit handed down CellSpin Soft, Inc. v. Fitbit, Inc., in what is an important case dealing with patent-eligibility under 35 U.S.C. §101,...
TechPat: Monsanto Loses Third Glyphosate Jury Verdict; Fourth Trial Set in Missouri Today
Monsanto Corp., the Big Ag company which manufactures the weed killer ROUNDUP®, and was the loser in three California jury trials which $2.48 billion in potential damages, in which all the plaintiffs...
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