CAC requires entity responsibilities for personal data collection by apps. In a dispute case involving infringement of a utility model or design patent, the people’s court may require the plaintiff to ...

“If the ‘sufficiently distinct’ test is intended to impose a special gloss on Rule 56, that gloss cannot stand.” – North Star Petition for Rehearing This April, a Federal Circuit panel including ...

U.S. Patent No. 11,988,839, titled "Augmented Reality Apparatus and Optical System Therefor," was duly and legally issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on May 21, 2024, based on an ...

In Smartrend Manufacturing Group (SMG), Inc. v. Opti-Luxx Inc., the Federal Circuit vacated a finding of design patent infringement due to an erroneous claim construction. The panel also reversed the ...

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently affirmed a summary judgment of no design patent infringement in North Star Tech. Int’l Ltd. v. Latham Pool Products, Inc., ruling that the ...

“We see no reason to distinguish between disclaimer by amendment and disclaimer by argument and conclude that a patentee may surrender claim scope of a design patent by its representations to the ...

In-house and private practice lawyers say that proposed legislation could help companies fight counterfeiters and enforce design patents, though others say the bill raises prior art concerns Lawyers ...

According to Canadian Solar, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has ruled in its favor, stating that “all claims asserted by Maxeon ...

Court, in patent infringement litigation, found that defendants adequately pleaded inequitable conduct and fraud when they alleged that plaintiff stole a third party's drawings and filed them with the ...

The inability of Apple and Samsung to agree on proposed jury instructions has hinged upon a few key issues, particularly the distinction between simple copying and patent infringement. Arguing the ...