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November 12, 2024 | By Mehdi D. Sheikerz | Gene M. Garner II
Posted in: S&H IP Blog
Posted in: S&H IP Blog
USPTO Terminates AFCP 2.0
December 4, 2023 | By Gene M. Garner II
Posted in: S&H IP Blog
Posted in: S&H IP Blog
USPTO Semiconductor Technology Pilot Program
STAAS & HALSEY LLP CELEBRATED 50 PLUS YEARS IN 2022 Specializing exclusively in intellectual property, Staas & Halsey LLP brings together technical and legal expertise in our commitment to provide quality legal representation. Since 1971, we have provided clients with technical expertise and intellectual property protection. We provide our clients […]
Since about the year 2010, our firm has maintained duplicative paper and electronic “official” files for each of our client’s matters. Effective January 1, 2020, our firm discontinued maintenance and use of our “official” paper client files, and instead relies only on our electronic official client files. This change in […]
USPTO Petition Data for July 2023 – Frequently Filed Petitions in the Office of Petitions Petition Type Avg Days Pending of Decided Petitions in the Past 12 Months Grant Rate Percent of Total Petitions Decided in the Past 12 Months To Make Entity Status Large from Small 125 81% To […]
September 15, 2023 | By Gene M. Garner II
Posted in: General
Posted in: General
VOLVA PENTA OF THE AMERICAS, LLC V. BRUNSWICK CORPORATION 2022-1765 Decided August 4, 2023
September 15, 2023 | By Gene M. Garner II
Posted in: General
Posted in: General
APPLE INC. V. COREPHOTONICS, LTD. 2022-1350, 2022-1351 Decided September 11, 2023
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February 24, 2022 | By S&H
Posted in: S&H Firm News
Posted in: S&H Firm News
STAAS & HALSEY LLP CELEBRATES 50 PLUS YEARS IN 2022
Specializing exclusively in intellectual property, Staas & Halsey LLP brings together technical and legal expertise in our commitment to provide quality legal representation. Since 1971, we have provided clients with technical expertise and intellectual property protection. We provide our clients with high quality and high value intellectual property protection through […]
February 24, 2022 | By Mehdi D. Sheikerz
Posted in: S&H IP Blog
Posted in: S&H IP Blog
USPTO DEFERRED SUBJECT MATTER ELIGIBILITY RESPONSE (DSMER) PILOT PROGRAM
February 24, 2022 | By Gene M. Garner II
Posted in: S&H IP Blog
Posted in: S&H IP Blog
USPTO Fiscal Year 2021 Performance and Accountability Report
February 24, 2022 | By Gene M. Garner II
Posted in: S&H IP Blog
Posted in: S&H IP Blog
TRAVEL SENTRY, INC. V. TROPP 2022 U.S.P.Q.2d 155 (Fed. Cir. 2022)
February 24, 2022 | By Gene M. Garner II
Posted in: S&H IP Blog
Posted in: S&H IP Blog
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY V. BROADCOM LTD. 2022 U.S.P.Q.2d 130 (Fed. Cir. 2022)
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September 22, 2021 | By S&H
Posted in: S&H IP Blog | U.S. District Courts
Posted in: S&H IP Blog | U.S. District Courts
A CLAIM RECITING AN ABSTRACT IDEA PERFOMED BY GENERIC COMPONENTS MAY NOT RECITE PATENTABLE SUBJECT MATTER
By: Sunil Chacko, Associate In Zyrcuits IP LLC v. Acuity Brands, the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware invalidated US Patent. No. 6,667,307 under 35 USC §101 for claiming ineligible subject patent matter. Patent 6,667,307 Patent ‘307 is directed to method for sending data over a communication channel. […]
September 22, 2021 | By Gene M. Garner II
Posted in: U.S. Court of Appeals For The Federal Circuit
Posted in: U.S. Court of Appeals For The Federal Circuit
PROSECUTION LACHES IS A DEFENSE AVAILABLE TO THE PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
September 22, 2021 | By Gene M. Garner II
Posted in: S&H IP Blog
Posted in: S&H IP Blog
DOCTRINE OF ASSIGNOR ESTOPPEL LIMITED TO REPRESENTATIONS MADE IN ASSIGNING A PATENT
By: Sunil Chacko, Associate The Citizen Centric Report put out annually by the Advisory Committee highlights the USPTO’s performance for the previous year and its goals for the upcoming year. This year’s report focused on the USPTO initiatives to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, the USPTO performance, and its management […]
June 23, 2021 | By S&H
Posted in: S&H IP Blog | USPTO News
Posted in: S&H IP Blog | USPTO News
USPTO Taking Steps to Implement Provisions of the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020
By: Jeremy Stroh, Partner The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has recently proposed several changes to the Trademark rules of practice in an effort to implement the Trademark Modernization Act (TMA), which was enacted on December 27, 2020. Many of the changes are directed to providing new avenues […]
June 23, 2021 | By Mehdi D. Sheikerz
Posted in: S&H IP Blog
Posted in: S&H IP Blog
DivX LLC v Hulu LLC – Patent marking can impact damages.
June 23, 2021 | By Gene M. Garner II
Posted in: S&H IP Blog
Posted in: S&H IP Blog
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED VS. APPLE INC. – ORAL ARGUMENT, APPEAL No. 2020-1558
June 23, 2021 | By S&H
Posted in: S&H IP Blog | U.S. Court of Appeals For The Federal Circuit
Posted in: S&H IP Blog | U.S. Court of Appeals For The Federal Circuit
IN RE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
By: Raph Y. Kim, Associate In the two opinions issued in March (Appeal No. 2020-1012 (March 11) and 2020-1288 (March 25)), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”) held that that biotechnological patent applications owned by Stanford University and involving computational methods for predicting genetic outcomes […]
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April 29, 2021 | By Richard A. Gollhofer
Posted in: S&H IP Blog
Posted in: S&H IP Blog
U.S. Supreme Court Says Google Can Use Java API
April 29, 2021 | By Gene M. Garner II | An Nguyen
Posted in: S&H IP Blog
Posted in: S&H IP Blog
USPTO Year in Review – 2020 Trademark Trends
April 29, 2021 | By Gene M. Garner II | An Nguyen
Posted in: S&H IP Blog
Posted in: S&H IP Blog
USPTO Year in Review – 2020 Patent Trends
April 28, 2021 | By S&H
Posted in: S&H IP Blog | USPTO News
Posted in: S&H IP Blog | USPTO News
USPTO Fast-Track Appeals Pilot Program – An Update
As reported in the Staas & Halsey New Bulletin of July 13, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) launched a Fast-Track Appeals Pilot Program to speed up patent examination and ex parte appeals. Under the Fast-Track Appeals Pilot Program, the USPTO expected the average ex parte appeal […]
In Infinity Computer Products, Inc. v. Oki Data Americas, Inc. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s decision to invalidate US Patent. No. 6,894,811 (‘811) and three other related patents due to indefiniteness. Patent 6,894,811: Patent ‘811 was directed to “using a fax machine […]
April 28, 2021 | By Mehdi D. Sheikerz
Posted in: S&H IP Blog
Posted in: S&H IP Blog
“AT LEAST ONE …” – The Trend to Clarify Ambiguities
April 28, 2021 | By S&H
Posted in: S&H IP Blog | U.S. Court of Appeals For The Federal Circuit
Posted in: S&H IP Blog | U.S. Court of Appeals For The Federal Circuit
Amgen v. Sanofi and Regeneron – Enablement and the In re Wands Factors
On February 11, 2021, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”) affirmed a district court’s judgment as a matter of law (“JMOL”) that Amgen’s asserted claims to binding affinity of antibodies were invalid for lack of enablement, holding that undue experimentation would be required to practice the […]
April 28, 2021 | By Gene M. Garner II | An Nguyen
Posted in: S&H IP Blog
Posted in: S&H IP Blog
United States v. Arthrex Inc. – Constitutionality of PTAB Judge Appointments
Staas & Halsey LLP Winter Newsletter 2021
Since 1971, we have provided clients with technical expertise and intellectual property protection.
December 17, 2020 | By S&H
Posted in: S&H IP Blog | U.S. Supreme Court
Posted in: S&H IP Blog | U.S. Supreme Court
Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc.
In 2008, Google LLC (”Google”) released Android, ”an open-source platform designed to enable mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. The Android platform was built using the Java programming language developed by Sun Microsystems, which was later acquired by Oracle American, Inc. (”Oracle”). Prior to Oracle”™s acquisition of Sun Microsystems, Google replicated the syntax and structure of the Java application programming interface (”API”) within the Android platform to ensure third-party developers could utilize the prewritten methods and declarations known within Java”™s API libraries. Google replicated ”37 Java API libraries that were determined by Google to be ”˜key to mobile devices,”™” which attributed to only 3% of the Android environment. Google independently wrote the remainder of the code to ”accommodate the unique challenges” of the mobile device environment. Upon its acquisition of Sun Microsystems, Oracle sued Google in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (”District Court”), alleging copyright infringement for the replicated code.
October 2, 2020 | By S&H
Posted in: S&H IP Blog | U.S. Supreme Court
Posted in: S&H IP Blog | U.S. Supreme Court
Honoring Ruth Bader Ginsburg: An Intellectual Property Rights Champion
As the nation continues to mourn the loss of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, we would like to recognize Justice Ginburg”™s dedication to preserving intellectual property rights.
September 17, 2020 | By S&H
Posted in: S&H IP Blog
Posted in: S&H IP Blog
S&H Practice TIP: 30-Day IDS Optional Benefit of Additional PTA Days
The USPTO is required to extend or reduce the 20-year patent term from the application filing date when the delay was caused by the USPTO under the patent term adjustment (PTA) system created by the U.S. Congress. The PTA also accounts for the Applicant”™s delay and reduces the PTA term (but not the original 20-year patent term) if any PTA term is granted.