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PATENT—Fed. Cir.: Ruling to name co-inventor of expandable garden hose patents affirmed

Based on contributions and collaboration, the district court properly concluded an engineer was the co-inventor of patents for an expandable garden hose. In a dispute over patents for an expandable garden hose, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Feder...

PATENT—Fed. Cir.: Ruling to name co-inventor of expandable garden hose patents affirmed
Law Firms Mentioned:Choate Hall & Stewart LLC | Cooley LLP | Desha Jackson Law Group, LLC | Duane Morris LLP | Erise IP, P.A. | Fish & Richardson P.C. | Genova Burns LLC | Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone LLP | Kirkland & Ellis LLP | Law Offices of Robert Besser | McHale & Slavin, P.A. | Mitchell Silberberg and Knupp LLP | Morrison & Foerster LLP | Stone & Magnanini LLP | Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | Venable LLP
Organizations Mentioned:Apple Inc. | Blackhawk Network, Inc. | Blue Gentian, LLC | Democratic Party of NJ, Inc. | IBM Corp. | Interactive Communications International, Inc. | LBT IP I LLC | Micro Focus (US), Inc. | Microsoft Corp. | National Express, Inc. | Ragner Technology Corporation | TXU Energy Retail Co. LLC | Telebrands Corp. | Tristar Products, Inc. | Ubiquitous Connectivity, LP | Virtru Corp. | Warner Records, Inc.

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TRADEMARK—U.S.: ‘Bad Spaniels’ dog toy maker must face infringement claims by Jack Daniel’s

Use of “a trademark as a trademark”—i.e. , as a source identifier—fell within “the heartland of trademark law” and was not entitled to special First Amendment protection, even if the use was purportedly “expressive.” The maker of a dog toy with a des...

TRADEMARK—U.S.: ‘Bad Spaniels’ dog toy maker must face infringement claims by Jack Daniel’s
Law Firms Mentioned:Baker & Hostetler LLP | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP | Dickinson Wright PLLC | Dorsey & Whitney LLP | Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP | Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP | Law Office of Howard Neu, P.A. | McDermott Will & Emery | Michelman & Robinson LLP | Miller Nash LLP | Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP | Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP | Susman Godfrey LLP | Williams & Connolly LLP | Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
Organizations Mentioned:Cartessa Aesthetics, LLC | Edge Systems LLC | Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. | Mira Holdings, Inc. | Rhapsody International, Inc. | VHT, Inc. | VIP Products LLC | Zillow Group, Inc. | Zillow, Inc. | ZoomerMedia, Ltd.

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PATENT—M.D. Fla.: Xfinity X1 platform does not infringe streaming video patent

No reasonable jury could find literal infringement of the “adding or deleting channels” or the “interactive program guide application installed on the device” limitations. In a jury trial brought by WhereverTV, Inc. against Comcast over a patent for ...

PATENT—M.D. Fla.: Xfinity X1 platform does not infringe streaming video patent
Law Firms Mentioned:Allen Vellone Wolf Helfrich & Factor PC | Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC | Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | Fox Rothschild LLP | Holland & Hart LLP | Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP | Luedeka, Neely Group PC | Reese Marketos LLP | Susman Godfrey L.L.P. | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Organizations Mentioned:Arrow Electronics, Inc. | BioNTech Manufacturing GmbH | BioNTech SE | Chegg, Inc. | Comcast Cable Communications, LLC | Google LLC | Latham Pool Products Inc. | Moderna US, Inc. | Moderna, Inc. | ModernaTX, Inc. | North Star Technology International Ltd. | North Star Technology Ltd. | Pearson Education, Inc. | Pfizer Inc. | Promosome LLC | SecureNet Solutions Group, LLC | WhereverTV, Inc.

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PATENT—Fed. Cir.: PTAB’s obviousness finding reversed; Board applied erroneous standard to analysis of secondary considerations

The Board had found secondary considerations overcame conclusion that prior art had disclosed a feature of the patent for WeatherTech vehicle floor mats. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has reversed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board...

PATENT—Fed. Cir.: PTAB’s obviousness finding reversed; Board applied erroneous standard to analysis of secondary considerations
Law Firms Mentioned:Baker Botts LLP | Budd Law PLLC | Dechert LLP | Friedemann Goldberg Wargo Hess LLP | Goodman Mooney, LLP | Hueston Hennigan, LLP | Law Office of Craig C. Reilly | Lowe Graham Jones PLLC | Norton Rose Fulbright | Parness Law Firm, PLLC | Spotts Fain PC | Stark & Knoll Co. L.P.A. | Thomson Ollunga LLP | Walsh Pizzi O'Reilly Falanga LLP
Organizations Mentioned:El Burro, Inc. | Enigma Software Group USA, LLC | Health Care Facilities Partners, LLC | Knuckle Sandwich LLC | LG Electronics Inc. | MacNeil IP LLC | Malwarebytes, Inc. | Mondis Technology Ltd. | Wudi Industrial (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. | Yita LLC

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TRADEMARK NEWS: TRUMP TOO SMALL gets a hearing in the Supreme Court

The Court will decide whether a t-shirt maker’s right of expression outweighs a former President’s right to protect his name. The Supreme Court will hear arguments next year over the merits of Lanham Act provision that prohibits registration of a tra...

TRADEMARK NEWS: TRUMP TOO SMALL gets a hearing in the Supreme Court
Law Firms Mentioned:Baker Botts LLP [#1, #2] | Carson, Caspers, Vendenburgh & Lindquist PA | Doniger / Burroughs APC | Ernst Brown & Draper PLLC | Haug Partners, LLP | McCurdy LLC | Stris and Maher, LLP | Walsh Pizzi O'Reilly Falanga LLP | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Organizations Mentioned:ADP, Inc. | ClearPlay, Inc. | Dish Network LLC | Echostar Technologies L.L.C. | H&M Hennes & Mauritz, LP | Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | Medtronic, Inc. | PepsiCo, Inc. | Pet C. Cola Corp. | Teleflex Innovations S.a.r.l. | Unicolors, Inc. | Wise Payments Ltd. | Wise US Inc.