IP Watchdog

MAY 9, 2022

A large portion of the technology that we rely on daily—cell phones, computers, and the sensors and infrastructure that connect them, as well as an increasing percentage of drugs—is manufactured outside the United States, and in particular China.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 8, 2022

Only two days after being sworn in, Director Kathi Vidal announced the release of the USPTO’s Summary of public views on the article of manufacture requirement of 35 U.S.C. § manufacturers. manufacturers. This report summarized public comments received in response to a December 2020 request by the USPTO.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

House of Representatives passed a major piece of legislation known as the America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology, and Economic Strength (COMPETES) Act of 2022, which is the House’s counterpart to the U.S. Senate’s United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Which happened again in the ’80s when Japanese pen manufacturer Sakura introduced gel pens. Pentel’s gel technology is top-notch, delivering a deeply opaque ink (even if it’s yellow or orange). The Craft Lab 005 is a wingnut pen with a weird design and technology and I love it. Pentel Energel RTX.

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Insurance Journal

AUGUST 11, 2024

DLD Insurance Brokers specializes in serving companies in the construction, real estate, manufacturing, medical device and technology sectors. PCF Insurance Services acquired the insurance business of DLD Insurance Brokers in Irvine, California. PCF Insurance Services is headquartered in Lindon, Utah, …

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 29, 2023

The decision presently applies only to “ingredients and processes necessary for the manufacture of the COVID-19 vaccine” and contemplates extending that to therapeutics and diagnostics no later than six months after the date of the decision, which would have been December 17, 2022.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 11, 2022

Patent licensing and technology transfer is a cornerstone of modern economies, where the efficiencies of collaboration and division of labor do not require firms to be vertically integrated. The Wright brothers did not build commercial aviation, and yet commercial aviation was born thanks to the Wright brothers’ invention.

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Insurance Journal

JULY 23, 2024

Wade has specialized in property/casualty insurance for construction, manufacturing, health care and technology sectors, Hub said in … Hub International Ltd., a global insurance brokerage and financial services firm, has acquired Wade Associates, an independent agency with offices in North Carolina.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 16, 2022

Reports overnight indicated that the European Union, United States, India and South Africa have reached a compromise on language for a waiver of intellectual property rights related to COVID-19 vaccine technology under the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 17, 2022

Following a week of round-the-clock deliberations, the World Trade Organization (WTO) this morning announced a deal on waiver of IP rights for COVID-19 vaccine technologies under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS).

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The report was produced by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Instead, they proposed a number of alternative solutions to solve the “real problems.”.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 25, 2021

In district court, there were two new IP Edge entities this week: Burley Licensing LLC [IP Edge] filed against Wal-Mart and Micro-Star International, while Shingletop IP LLC filed against Acer and Sun Cupid Technology, a Hong Kong-based device manufacturer.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 29, 2024

GlaxoSmithKline filed a four-count civil action for patent infringement in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware late last week seeking damages for Pfizer and BioNTech’s infringing manufacture, use, sale and marketing of both the original “monovalent” and “bivalent” Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccines.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 16, 2022

filed suit against Chinese television manufacturer, TCL, through several of its affiliates and related entities, in the Eastern District of Texas for patent infringement. The patents relate to display hardware, wireless transmission technology, and user interface controls. On April 21, 2022, LG Electronics Inc.

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Complex Discovery

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

By examining lessons from medieval warfare, mechanized combat, and generative AI in legal technology, this article highlights a crucial truth: true innovation isnt just about inventionits about integration. These examples highlight a common thread: The reluctance to embrace change often delays the realization of a technologys potential.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 18, 2023

That statement argued that Moderna should be released from infringement liability under the terms of a government contract that “authorize[d] and consent[ed] to all use and manufacture” of any U.S. patented invention.

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Complex Discovery

AUGUST 6, 2024

This milestone decision by Judge Amit Mehta not only underscores Google’s extensive market dominance but also sets a significant precedent for future antitrust cases against major technology firms. This decision is part of a wider movement towards stronger antitrust enforcement in the technology sector.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 15, 2023

And under the guise of increasing domestic manufacturing, they’re well on their way to reasserting control. For more than 40 years, they’ve been resisting the Bayh-Dole Act’s mandate cutting Washington out of micro-managing the commercialization of federally funded inventions.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 4, 2023

manufacturing. I argued in “The Made in China Act,” November 16, 2022, that juries are not an effective or reliable check on patent validity and that eliminating contested validity reviews at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) would be a disaster for U.S.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 25, 2022

A group of patent practitioners told the Supreme Court on Thursday that a case involving a patent for a type of content player would be a better vehicle for unraveling the patent eligibility problem than American Axle & Manufacturing v. Neapco Holdings, which has been awaiting a brief of the U.S. Solicitor General for about one year now.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The Federal Circuit’s denial of en banc rehearing and the Supreme Court’s denial of certiorari review mean the decision in American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. Neapco Holdings LLC, 967 F.3d 3d 1285 (Fed. 2020), is the latest word on subject-matter eligibility under 35 U.S.C. §

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 1, 2023

A manufacturer of Radio Frequency Identification Device transponders (RFIDs), Avery Dennison Corporation, yesterday petitioned the U.S. s patent for RFID technology as patent eligible. Supreme Court to grant certiorari in its appeal of a decision upholding ADASA, Inc.’s

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E-Discovery LLC

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The agency warned car manufacturers earlier this year it “will take action to protect consumers against the illegal collection, use, and disclosure of their personal data.” The e-discovery issues presented by these articles and technologies are fascinating.

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Complex Discovery

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

As AI innovation accelerates, this case exemplifies the growing tension between technological progress and regulatory oversight. Nvidia, founded in 1993 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, has risen to be the world’s preeminent AI chip manufacturer. As the investigation proceeds, all eyes remain on Nvidia and the DOJ.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

This week in Washington IP news, the Senate Judiciary Committee is holding an Executive Business Meeting in which they will discuss the Pride in Patent Ownership Act, while several Senate subcommittees hold hearings related to American manufacturing, diversity in entrepreneurship, and increasing access to capital in underserved markets.

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Insurance Journal

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Schools were closed and residents were ordered to shelter-in-place Tuesday after a large fire broke out at an aerospace manufacturer’s facility in a town north of Philadelphia, officials said. The fire broke out at SPS Technologies in Jenkintown around 9:30 …

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 17, 2024

If you manufacture a highly colorful product, are the owner of a well-known trademark, are an AI start-up company or are testing the waters as to whether a certain, unsavory word is protectable, pay attention to developments that have happened in just the first half of 2024. It has already been quite a year in the world of U.S.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 12, 2022

Tropp, who owns two patents relating to luggage lock technology that enables airport screening of luggage while still allowing the bags to remain locked, is asking the Court to answer the question: “Whether the claims at issue in Tropp’s patents reciting physical rather than computer-processing steps are patent-eligible under 35 U.S.C. §

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

In the statement, the organization argues that “enshrining pharmaceutical companies’ demands in a pandemic treaty or other pandemic preparedness plans would normalize global inequalities and tie the hands of governments in future health crises.”

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Complex Discovery

APRIL 29, 2025

For cybersecurity, information governance, and eDiscovery professionals, understanding the rise of unmanned systemsand the new security, regulatory, and governance challenges they bringis critical as these technologies reshape global defense and risk landscapes.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 16, 2022

Among those cases, note: Peter Pedersen has continued to add defendants to what promises to be a wide-ranging assertion campaign based on a single patent covering organizing email lists; Samsung has settled a tranche of IPRs against Trenchant Blade Technologies (associated with Tanit Ventures, Inc.,

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WA Bar News

JUNE 12, 2025

5 The applications of artificial proteins, however, also extend beyond medicine, reaching into fields like energy—where they can serve as catalysts for biofuels—and technology, where they can enable the development of novel materials and biosensors. It must: 1) constitute eligible subject matter; and 2) demonstrate utility.

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Complex Discovery

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Against the backdrop of geopolitical tensions and technological disruption, this session highlighted critical intersections between innovation and defense, underscoring the challenges and opportunities facing Europe and democratic allies worldwide.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 7, 2022

GlaxoSmithKline; Micron announces plans to invest up to $100 billion over the next 20 years in constructing a computer chip manufacturing campus in a suburb of Syracuse, NY; Amgen files a supplemental brief with the U.S. Supreme Court denies cert to several patent cases but asks the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that the U.S.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 12, 2024

Teva Pharmaceuticals (2019), the Federal Circuit rejected Celanese’s contentions that statutory changes wrought by the America Invents Act (AIA) altered the on-sale bar such that sales of products manufactured by an undisclosed process would not invalidate patents claiming that process.

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Complex Discovery

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Their latest initiative integrates Waabis virtual driver technology into Volvos autonomous trucking platform, setting the stage for large-scale deployment. The vehicle will be manufactured at Volvos New River Valley assembly plant in Virginia, aligning cutting-edge AI innovation with Volvos established production expertise.

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E-Discovery LLC

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Ultimately, it is the responding party’s obligation to address requests for production as required by Rule 34, consistent with the principle that “[r]esponding parties are best situated to evaluate the procedures, methodologies, and technologies appropriate for preserving and producing their own electronically stored information.”

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