by Stephen Kennedy | Mar 21, 2017 | Blog
In a 7-1 decision, the United States Supreme Court has held that laches cannot be invoked as a defense against a claim for patent infringement damages within § 286’s six year statute of limitations period in SCA Hygiene Products v. First Quality Baby Products. Laches...
by Stephen Kennedy | Mar 7, 2017 | Blog
It was 141 years ago today, March 7, 1876, that Alexander Graham Bell received U.S. Letters Patent No, 174,465 covering his latest invention – the telephone. The original patent application was filed just three weeks earlier on February 14, 1876. In fact, Bell’s...
by Stephen Kennedy | Feb 22, 2017 | Blog
On February 15, 2017, the Federal Circuit affirmed a default-type death penalty sanction against a party found to have intentionally destroyed evidence in an investigation of patent infringement by the International Trade Commission. The case is Organik Kimya v....
by Stephen Kennedy | Feb 20, 2017 | Blog
In honor of President’s Day, we’ve rounded up a few Presidential trademarks registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office: PRESIDENT PUTZY PANTS- Children’s book, t-shirts, bumper stickers, and coffee mugs. PRESIDENT’S CUP-professional golf tournament...
by Stephen Kennedy | Jan 18, 2017 | Blog
The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in Lee v. Tam. We’ve previously covered the case extensively here on the blog. A copy of the transcript from the oral argument is available here. During argument, Justice Kagan characterized the...
by Stephen Kennedy | Dec 6, 2016 | Blog
Lara Croft, the CGI character in the popular Tomb Raider video game, unwittingly trained hackers how to steal your credit card data. This is the third blog in a series of four blogs I am writing about how hackers are stealing your money. Today we discuss how Video...
