January 31 – February 2 Harness Dickey attorney Robert Siminski will be attending the Pharma IPR conference in Mumbai, India – January 31.-Feb.2. The conference is intended to bring pharmaceutical patent attorneys together from all over the world to discuss issues relevant to the pharmaceutical industry. You are invited to follow Mr.
The USPTO issued a total of 247741 patents in 2011, more than any previous year. Of these, 224519 were utility patents. It is interesting to note that
The USPTO issued 21256 design patents in 2011, which is down slightly from 2010 (22799) continuing the downward trend since 2008 when issuances peaked
Patent “Reform” — the America Invents Act — which is being implemented over the next eighteen months, makes significant changes
On July 21, 2011 the USPTO published a notice of proposed rulemaking to amend Rule 56 (37 CFR §1.56) to define materiality in accordance with the Federal
The USPTO issued 239346 trademark registrations in 2011. The most active trademark classes are Class 9 – scientific and electronic apparatus (24,590);
TTAB: Prompt Filing of Supplemental Response Cures Procedural Deficiency in Expert Disclosures The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) held
Troy Attorney, Robert Siminski, was recently published as contributing author to The Innovation
Today I met with the Korean Patent Court (KPC), which is essentially equivalent to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC). Despite its
The music industry has butt heads with the sports world again. See,
Week of March 8, 2010 United States Patent No: 7,674,969 Issue
By Robert J. Lenihan, II and Allen E. Pittoors In 1962, Michigan slightly revised, and then adopted, the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC). The UCC governs
So your company has just been sued in the ITC? Perhaps this is a result of a dispute with one of your competitors; or perhaps your company simply supplies
In those heady days of yesteryear, when the patent filing fee was $35 and prior art was printed on crumbling paper, patent attorneys relished the word
En banc Federal Circuit Modifies Standard on Findings of Contempt Regarding Permanent Injunctions; $90 million sanctions ruling against EchoStar survives
Today I had the privilege of meeting with five Justices of The Supreme People’s Court. The Justices were very engaging and did a great job educating our group on procedural issues. We discussed everything
This morning I met with a delegation of the State Intellectual Property Office led by Deputy Commissioner Yang Tiejun in Beijing. He participated in a question and answer session covering various topics.
From Oct. 29 – Nov.5 Harness Dickey attorney Robert (Bob) Siminski will a delegate of
In CyberSource v. Retail Decisions, Inc., No. 2009-1358 (August 16, 2011), the Federal Circuit held that an Internet-related method claim and a “computer readable medium” claim both fail to recite
In CBT Flint Partners, LLC v. Return Path, Inc., No. 2010-1202, -1203 (Fed. Cir. August 10, 2011), CBT appealed a district court’s judgment that a claim was invalid as indefinite. The claim was for
The panel decision in AMP v. Myriad Genetics, written by Judge Lourie, contained law and fact rulings consistent with the Amicus Brief submitted by HDP on behalf of Gilead Sciences, Inc., Biogenerator