NCAA Football, the College Football Playoff, and…Patents?
The debate had been played out by hundreds of people, across thousands of bars and homes, a million times over: should the college football post-season move from a bowl system to a playoff system?…
A Brief History of Beer and Patents
The brewing of beer has been recorded for over 7,000 years. Originally a by-product of an agrarian culture, the brewing of beer evolved into a domestic profession performed by brewsters (a term…
Federal Circuit Ruling in Zeroclick, LLC v. Apple Inc.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a decision in a patent infringement suit against Apple (Zeroclick, LLC v. Apple Inc.). The lawsuit, brought by Zeroclick LLC,…
Supreme Court to Hear On-Sale Bar Case
The Supreme Court of the United States granted a petition for writ of certiorari in Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. This will be one of the first cases to address the…
Sturgis Motorcycle Rally and Trademarks
Sturgis, South Dakota is home to the world’s largest motorcycle rally. Sturgis® Motorcycle Rally started in 1938 with only nine participants and it was called the Black Hills Classic. After the…
Patents, The Hatch-Waxman Act, and Pharmaceutical Companies
The Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act, known as the Hatch-Waxman Act, was enacted to balance incentives for both pharmaceutical innovation and drug affordability by allowing…
New Technology Tells Uber if You’re Drunk
Uber has changed the way people get to and from places, especially those that may have had one cocktail too many. In March of 2018, it was reported that Uber had 75 million riders with 10 million…
South Dakota Innovation
Although many associate outdoor wonders such as Mount Rushmore, the Blackhills, and the Badlands with South Dakota, the state also has a rich history of innovation. In 2013, South Dakota set a state…
Play-Doh is Granted Trademark on Signature Scent
There are not too many people in the world that don’t have some sort of memory of playing with PLAY-DOH® when they were a child. Tearing the lid off the PLAY-DOH container and getting a whiff of that…
The 10 Millionth Patent Issued
The 10 millionth patent has issued! In addition to this milestone, this patent will also be the first issued patent with the newly released patent cover.
The CAFC Finds the Term “Substantially Filled” is Not Indefinite in Tinnus v. Telebrands
On May 30, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) entered a decision in Tinnus Enterprises v. Telebrands Corporation to reverse and remand a decision by the Patent…
Nike Sues Puma for Patent Infringement
Nike, the Oregon based sportswear company, is the largest sportswear manufacturer in the world. Nike was founded on January 25, 1964, as Blue Ribbon Sports by Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight. On May 4,…