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Stephen Colbert Retires Himself as ‘Stephen Colbert’
Stephen Colbert, host of the Late Show, brought back his infamous character ‘Stephen Colbert’ from his previous Comedy Central Show, The Colbert Report. After the Republican National Convention aired…
Whole Foods Denied Request to Be Called “World’s Healthiest Grocery Store”
Whole Foods is known for selling natural, organic products. The store also claims to be “America’s Healthiest Grocery Store” and filed a trademark application on June 27, 2016, with the United…
Samsung Sues Huawei in China Over Patent Violations
Samsung Electronics Co., Asia’s top smartphone manufacturer, has filed a lawsuit in China against Huawei Technologies Co. Samsung is accusing Huawei Technologies, the third largest Asian smartphone…
ITC Ruling a win for Jawbone
As an update to a previous article posted in May, Fitbit and Jawbone continue to wage their patent war in the court room. On July 20, 2016, almost three months after the U.S. International Trade…
USPTO launches "Patents 4 Patients" to help cure cancer
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), along with Vice President Joe Biden, announced a new plan targeted at advancing President Obama’s call for a “Cancer Moonshot” to make “…America…
Trademark Battle over Converse's Chuck Taylors
On June 23, 2016, the International Trade Commission (ITC) barred any company from importing shoes into the United States that copy Converse’s “Chuck Taylor” diamond-patterned outsole and bottom of…
Yahoo Excalibur Patent Portfolio Sale Not as Good as Promised
Not a lot has gone right for Yahoo recently. In a July 6th article, we discussed how Yahoo was touting nearly 3,000 patents in an auction estimated to bring in over $1 billion to the company that has…
MedCo v. Hospira—Federal Circuit Guidance on What Constitutes a “Sale” under § 102(b)
On July 11, 2016, the Federal Circuit issued a unanimous decision, which addressed what constitutes a “sale” for the purposes of the “on sale” bar to patentability pursuant to 35 U.S.C § 102(b)…