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IBM Sues Home Search Giant Zillow for Patent Infringement

IBM’s Patent Battle with Zillow: Mapping Out the Limits of Eligible Subject Matter

Executive Summary IBM owns a patent (“‘789 patent”) for a method of selecting an area on a map by drawing…

USPTO Eliminates Voluntary CLE Certification for Patent Practitioners – What You Need to Know

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced a final rule that eliminates the existing provisions of 37…

Unlock the Power of Your Intellectual Property with the USPTO’s New IP Identifier Tool

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently announced the launch of its new Intellectual Property (IP) Identifier tool.…

Disclaimer Don’t Stick in an IPR

CUPP Computing AS (“CUPP”) appeals three inter partes review (“IPR”) decisions of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) concluding…

Common Law Collateral Estoppel Applies to Board’s decisions

In SYNQOR, INC., v. VICOR CORPORATION, No. 19-1704 (Feb. 22, 2021), the Court held that common law collateral estoppel, also…

The Sole Test for Anticipation in Design Patents is the “Ordinary Observer Test”

In MOJAVE DESERT HOLDINGS, LLC, v. CROCS, INC., No. 20-1167 (Feb. 18, 2021), the Court upheld the Board’s finding that…

Hats off to the American inventor, Mr. Garrett Brown

Hats off to the American inventor, Mr. Garrett Brown, for inventing Steadicam (below left) more than 40 years ago, which…

USPS Seeks a Patent for a Blockchain-Based Mail-in Voting System

The United States Postal Service (“USPS”) is seeking a patent protection for a more secure vote by mail system. In…

$1.9 Billion Patent Judgment

In Centripetal Networks, Inc.  v. Cisco Systems, Inc., No. 2:18cv94 (District Ct., October 5, 2020), the US District Court for…