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  • Drug Patents Hatch, Tillis, and Flores Introduce Hatch-Waxman Integrity Act

    January 3, 2019

    Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Representative Bill Flores (R-TX), on Tuesday, December 11 2018, introduced H.R. 7251, the “Hatch-Waxman Integrity Act of 2018.”
  • GPS ITC Should Have Considered Reducing $6M Penalty in Patent Fight

    December 12, 2018

    The Federal Circuit on November 27, 2018, ruled that the International Trade Commission wrongly denied DNB Holding LLC’s request to rescind or modify a $6 million penalty in a patent infringement case.
  • Schlafly Beer Saint Louis Brewery Wins Battle Over SCHLAFLY Mark

    December 10, 2018

    The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on November 26, 2018, affirmed a Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) decision against Phyllis and Bruce Schlafly, thereby allowing the Saint Louis Brewery (SLB) to obtain trademark registration for the word mark “SCHLAFLY”.
  • Strategic Plan USPTO Releases 2018-2022 Strategic Plan

    December 10, 2018

    The United States Patent and Trademark Office published its 2018-2022 Strategic Plan.
  • Airplane AirFacts Wins in Trade Secret Case

    December 6, 2018

    The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on November 20, 2018, remanded a breach of contract case brought by software company AirFacts Inc. against one of its former developers the company said misappropriated trade secrets.