Dissent by Judge Newman highlights the expanding instability in the patent eligibility inquiry under § 101 By Joseph M. Hallman On June 11, 2021, in Yu v. Apple Inc., the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”) affirmed a decision by the Northern District of California dismissing a patent infringement case on the grounds that the asserted claims were invalid due to patent ineligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101. A decision […] Continue Reading →
Oatly – wow no cow, yes patents By Brian D. Keppler, Ph.D. Oatly, the Swedish oat milk company, has been in the news recently with their initial public offering occurring just last month. Initially priced at $17, shares jumped to $22 on the first day of trading and have been as high as $29 since (which equates to a market cap of over $17 billion!). In the […] Continue Reading →
Increase in Trademark Applications Means Delays at the USPTO By Commissioner for Trademarks, David Gooder, recently announced that a surge of trademark application filings at the USPTO has created significantly longer processing times. Gooder stated that as of June 17, 2021, new trademark applications have increased roughly 63%, or about 211,000 more applications, over the previous year. In December 2020 alone, the USPTO received 92,608 […] Continue Reading →
Edmund J. Sease Conceives and Coordinates Important Drake Law Review Spring 2021 Intellectual Property Special Edition Issue By MVS is pleased to announce that Edmund J. Sease, intellectual property attorney and named partner, conceived and coordinated the Drake Law Review Spring 2021 Intellectual Property Special Edition Issue dedicated to controversial and timely patent law topics. This publication includes articles that are authored by several prominent people in this field of law including: Honorable […] Continue Reading →
THE FIGHT IS ON: MOHAMMAD ALI V. ALIBABA By Kirk M. Hartung The U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board will referee the thriller action between two giants over the rights to the trademark/name ALI. In case number 91269471, Alibaba Group Holding Limited has challenged application serial number 90/203382 filed by Mohammad Ali Enterprises, LLC. Alibab’s opposition filing is 419 pages long, including a 20 page brief and […] Continue Reading →
Aevum UAV’s Ravn X to Deliver Cargo AND Launch Rockets By Gregory Lars Gunnerson The Ravn X (Aevum) unmanned aircraft will be used to both deliver cargo and launch rockets, pending approval from the Federal Aviation Administration. For its intellectual efforts in this space, the company was awarded U.S. Patent No. 10,994,842. The heart of the invention concerns a payload delivery system for an aircraft. Aevum is the first […] Continue Reading →