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Staas & Halsey LLP is pleased to note that Mr. Paul Kravetz, a partner in Staas & Halsey LLP, was a panelist on the webinar hosted by The Knowledge Group, at https://www.theknowledgegroup.org, entitled “Artificial Intelligence and The Patent Law: Promises and Perils Event.”
Nothing points to the arrival of spring in Washington D.C. quite like the full bloom of the cherry blossom trees and the National Cherry Blossom Festival.
On January 10, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”) upheld the patentability of multiple patents under 35 U.S.C. § 101 (”§ 101”) in Finjan, Inc. v. Blue Coat Systems, Inc., but reversing on both infringement counts of two patents and one of the two patents”™ damage amounts for failure to apportion.
On January 11, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”) issued its opinion in Advanced Video Technologies LLC v. HTC Corp., holding that a co-inventor of a patent does not transfer ownership interests in the patent under a California employment agreement that includes a “will assign” provision, a trust assignment provision, and a quitclaim assignment provision.