DELIVERING Results
June 23, 2016
On June 21, 2016, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) reversed the district court’s decision in Immersion Corporation v. HTC Corporation (2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20577 (D. Del. 2015)) and upheld the…
Supreme Court Upholds USPTO ‘Broadest Reasonable Construction’ Standard for IPRsJune 22, 2016
On June 20, 2016, the Supreme Court upheld the Federal Circuit's decision in In re Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC., (739 F.3d 1268 (Fed. Cir. 2015)), regarding the claim construction standard used by the USPTO during…
Exhibiting at the 2016 BIO International ConventionJune 6, 2016
Wenderoth is excited to announce that we will be exhibiting again this year at the 2016 BIO International Convention in San Francisco from June 6th-9th. Our firm will be represented by attorneys from our Chemical, Biotechnology...
Join us at 138th INTA Annual MeetingMay 21, 2016
We invite you to join us in attending the 138th INTA Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL this year. It would be our pleasure to meet with you during this event to learn how we can…
USPTO Produces Inter Partes Review Motion to Amend StudyMay 9, 2016
On May 9, 2016, in a guest post on the USPTO’s Director’s Forum Blog, Acting Chief Administrative Patent Judge Nathan Kelley reported the results a Patent Trial and Appeal Board Motion to Amend Study. The…
New USPTO Guidance Regarding Subject Matter Eligibility DeterminationsMay 6, 2016
A Federal Register Notice published today announced new USPTO guidance regarding subject matter eligibility determinations under 35 U.S.C. § 101. The new information can be found on the USPTO website HERE, within the “2014 Interim…
31st Annual ABA-IPL ConferenceApril 6, 2016
On April 8th, Rebeccah Gan will be speaking at the 31st Annual ABA-IPL Conference in Bethesda, Maryland. Rebeccah will be a panelist on the “Pure Bologna or Pure Baloney: The Global Food Fight Over Geographic…
CAFC Holds Willful Misconduct is a Pre-requisite for Recovering Profits for TM InfringementApril 4, 2016
In Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil, Inc., No. 14-1856 (Fed. Cir. 2016), the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) upheld a district court decision that Romag could not recover a trademark infringer’s profits…
Enfish, TLI, and USPTO MemoMarch 26, 2016
On May 19, 2016, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued a memo titled Recent Subject Matter Eligibility Decisions (Enfish, LLC v. Microsoft Corp. and TLI Communications LLC v. A.V. Automotive, LLC). This memo…
Cafc Recognizes Patent-Agent PrivilegeMarch 8, 2016
On March 7, 2016, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) in In Re Queen’s University At Kingston (2015-145) granted mandamus review on the issue of whether there exists a patent-agent privilege. The…