Archive: June 2017

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USPTO Issues Exam Guidelines Consistent with Tam Decision

| June 27, 2017

On June 26, 2017, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued an updated Examination Guideline 01-17, consistent with the recent Matal v. Tam, 582 U.S.\\\_ (2017), ruling by the United...

SCOTUS Watch: Lanham Act’s §2(a) Disparagement Clause Struck Down

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| June 21, 2017

By Brent T. Yonehara On June 19, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court finally, and somewhat as expected, handed down its ruling in Matal v. Tam (formerly Lee v. Tam). By a unanimous vote, the Supreme Court...

SCOTUS Watch: Cert Granted in Oil States: the Constitutionality of IPR Proceedings

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| June 13, 2017

By Brent T. Yonehara On June 12, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition for certiorari in Oil States Energy Services v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC. Of the three issues presented by...

SCOTUS Watch: Supreme Court Redefines the Patent Exhaustion Doctrine

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| June 6, 2017

By Brent T. Yonehara On May 30, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Impression Products, Inc. v. Lexmark International, Inc., reversing the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on the scope of...

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