By:  Gene M. Garner II, Partner The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently announced: Microsoft Teams rather than Webex is now available for virtual interactions, including Examiner interviews; a new Patent Public Search webpage and a new Patent Public Search tool are available. The new Patent Public Search […]

By:  Gene M. Garner II, Partner The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Performance and Accountability Report (PAR), which is a comprehensive report on the state of the USPTO, is available online.  According to a blog in the USPTO Director’s Forum by Jay Hoffman, USPTO […]

By:  Gene M. Garner II, Partner TRAVEL SENTRY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee v. DAVID A. TROPP, Defendant-Appellant; DAVID A. TROPP, Plaintiff-Appellant v. CONAIR CORPORATION, HP MARKETING CORP., LTD., MAGELLAN’S INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL CORPORATION, TITAN LUGGAGE USA, TRG ACCESSORIES, LLC, Defendants BRIGGS & RILEY TRAVELWARE LLC, DELSEY LUGGAGE INC., L.C. INDUSTRIES, LLC, OUTPAC DESIGNS […]

Broadcom Limited, Broadcom Corporation, and Avago Technologies Ltd. (collectively “Broadcom”) and Apple, Inc. (“Apple”) appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) from an adverse decision in the District Court for the Central District of California in an infringement suit filed by the California Institute […]

By:  Gene M. Garner II, Partner In a June 1, 2021 opinion in Gilbert P. Hyatt v. Andrew Hirshfeld, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent Office, Case:  18-2390, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”) held that […]