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Broad Definition of “Article of Manufacture” Costs Apple $400M

Since May 2015, Filewrapper, along with the intellectual property community, has been closely watching the heated Apple v. Samsung design patent and trade dress row.  On December 6th, the Supreme Court upset the controversial $400 million damages award to Apple, essentially holding that such penalties are available for the “article of manufacture,”which may not mean the […]

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The New Trade Secret Law Impact on Business

     It’s just nine months old, but the new Defend Trade Secrets Act provides for a new stronger defense of key intellectual property.  Enacted May 11, 2016, the law provides for the first time for a uniform federal law protecting trade secrets.  Previously, trade secrets could be enforced only according to variable state law, and […]

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Federal Circuit Determines the Statutory Standard for Instituting Review of Covered Business Method Patents

      Unwired Planet v. Google involved a review of what standard the Patent Trial and Appeal Board should use in order to institute reviews of Covered Business Method (CBM) patents. Unwired owns the patent in question which describes a system and method for restricting access to a wireless device’s location information. Google petitioned for CBM […]

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Unity of Control over a Family of Marks

Wise F&I, LLC and a number of its subsidiaries recently opposed Allstate Insurance Company’s application to register the marks MILEWISE and ALLSTATE MILEWISE for ” insurance services, namely, writing and underwriting of property and casualty insurance and providing ancillary services thereto, namely, administration and claims adjustment,”in International Class 36. Wise F&I, LLC and subsidiaries jointly […]

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