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 […]

By:  Gene M. Garner II, Partner In a June 29, 2021 opinion in Minerva Surgical, Inc., v. Hologic, Inc., et al., 594 U.S. __(2021), on Writs of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit), the United States Supreme Court (“the Court”) upheld the […]

By:  Gene M. Garner II, Partner In a June 21, 2021 opinion in United States v. Arthrex, Inc., et al., Smith & Nephew, Inc., et al. v. Arthrex, Inc., et al., and Arthrex, Inc. v Smith & Nephew, Inc., et al., 594 U.S. __(2021), on Writs of Certiorari to the […]

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 […]

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 […]