CannabIP: U.S. Patent No. 9,888,703 B2
U.S. Patent No. 9,888,703 was issued on February 13, 2018, for “Method for Making Coffee Products Containing Cannabis Ingredients,” to Christopher Bhairam. It is one of the latest issued patents...
CannabIP: U.S. Patent No. PP27,475 P2
U.S. Patent No. PP27,475 was issued on December 20, 2016, for “Cannabis Plant Named ‘Ecuadorian sativa’.” It is the first plant patent issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a new strain...
Fed Circuit Watch: Google Upends Patent Troll’s Claims as Obvious
This is the third recent precedential case issued by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in January that disposed of patent claims as obvious. This case is noteworthy because the losing...
CannabIP: U.S. Patent No. D798,739
U.S. Patent No. D798,739 was issued for “Cannabis Storing Container with Individual Tear Off Lids,” a design patent, on October 3, 2017. It was issued to Brian K. Reaux. The invention is actually...
Fed Circuit Watch: Motion-Tracking Patent Beats Obviousness Finding
This is the second of a trio of recent Federal Circuit precedential cases that have dealt with the law of obviousness that we will review for this blog. Here, in Elbit Systems of America, LLC v....
Fed Circuit Watch: Still Another §101 Decision Signals Sea Change
On February 14, 2018, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit handed down Aatrix Software, Inc. v. Green Shades Software, Inc., which signals a possible sea change in the §101 patent-eligibility...
Fed Circuit Watch: Who Let the Cat Out? Faulty USPTO Obviousness Analysis
On February 9, 2018, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit handed down Polaris Indus., Inc. v. Arctic Cat, Inc., where a Fed Circuit panel criticized the invalidation of all 38 claims of...
No Tribal Sovereign Immunity in IPR
On February 23, 2018, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a decision denying the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe’s various motions to terminate several inter...
Embedded Tweet Can Be Copyright Infringement, According to NY Court
On February 15, 2018, a federal judge sitting in the Southern District of New York issued an opinion that could have profound ramifications for the average Internet user. In the case, Goldman v....
Fed Circuit Watch: Fed Circuit Lacks Jurisdiction to Review Antitrust Claim
On February 9, 2018, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a short order refusing jurisdiction over a Walker Process antitrust claim, and transferred the case, Xitronix Corp. v....
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