USPTO Director Andrei Iancu Testifies at Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Oversight of USPTO
On Wednesday, April 18th, Andrei Iancu, Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) appeared at the Senate Judiciary…
Court Finds Animals Do Not Have Legal Capacity to Hold a Copyright Claim
The Ninth Circuit wasn’t “monkeying around” when they handed out their decision in the famous monkey selfie copyright lawsuit. The selfie saga began…
Waymo and Uber Settle Trade Secrets Dispute
One of the most contentious legal battles over self-driving car technology between Uber and Waymo has finally come to an end. We previously wrote…
Can Embedding an Image in a Social Media Post be Copyright Infringement?
In 2016, Justin Goldman took a picture of New England Patriots’ quarterback, Tom Brady, walking with the president and manager of the Boston Celtics,…
Amazon Files Patent Application on Technology That Could Analyze Conversations
By now, everyone is familiar with Amazon Alexa and other voice command-based technologies. These technologies typically require a user to address…
LeBron James Accuses the University of Alabama of Copyright Infringement
Star of the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron James, is not pleased with the University of Alabama’s latest endeavor. Recently, the University of…
Office Hours May 24 at the Brookings, SD Office
Suiter Swantz IP will hold office hours at our Brookings, SD satellite office located in the South Dakota State University Research Park on May……
World IP Day
Today is World IP Day and this year’s theme is “Powering Change: Women in Innovation and Creativity.” The United States Patent and Trademark Office’s…
Supreme Court Rules AIA Reviews are Constitutional
Inter Partes Review On April 24, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down two opinions pertaining to inter partes review (IPR); a relatively new mechanism…
Suiter Swantz IP Attorneys to Attend the AIPLA’s 2018 Spring Meeting
Suiter Swantz IP attorneys Matt Poulsen and Faisal Abou-Nassr will attend this year’s American Intellectual Property Law Association’s (AIPLA) Spring…
USPTO Director Iancu Wants to Change the Current Patent Dialogue
Andrei Iancu, director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), spoke at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Patent Policy Conference on…
CAFC Grants Stay to St. Regis Mohawk Tribe in Sovereign Immunity Case
On Wednesday March 28, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) granted the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe a stay. The motion…
Patent of the Week: Spatial Logical Toy (Rubik’s Cube)
On March 29, 1983, Ernö Rubik was granted the patent for SPATIAL LOGICAL TOY, U.S. Patent No. 4,378,116. The spatial logic toy, known today as the…
BlackBerry Sues Facebook for Patent Infringement
Close to a decade ago BlackBerry was one of the most popular mobile phone providers. BlackBerrys were known for their signature rollerball, keyboard,…
Patent of the Week: Method and System for Placing a Purchase Order Via a Communication Network
On September 28, 1999, inventors Peri Hartman, Jeffrey P. Bezos, Shel Kaphan, and Joel Speigel were granted the patent for METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR…
STRONGER Patents Act Introduced in House
On March 22, 2018, Rep. Steve Stivers (R-OH) and Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL) introduced the Support Technology & Research for Our Nation’s Growth and…
Office Hours April 11 at the Brookings, SD Office
Suiter Swantz IP will hold office hours at our Brookings, SD satellite office located in the South Dakota State University Research Park on April…
Matt Poulsen to Judge New Venture Competition
Suiter Swantz IP attorney Matt Poulsen will serve as a judge at the 2018 UNL New Venture Competition held April 3 -4 at the Nebraska Union. The New…
Patent of the Week: Flaked Cereals and Process of Preparing the Same (Corn Flakes)
On April 14, 1896, John Harvey Kellogg was granted the patent for FLAKED CEREALS AND PROCESS OF PREPARING THE SAME, U.S. Patent No. 558,393. Cereal…
Guidance for Functional Language in Apparatus Claims to Avoid Indefiniteness
On October 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a precedential opinion in Mastermine Software, Inc. v.…