Eastern District IP Cases
IPWatchdog
Patently-O
- Grounds for Reversal: Federal Circuit Finds KAHWA Registrable for Coffee Shops (even though the word means Coffee in Arabic)
- Label-Plus Liability: The Government Warns the Federal Circuit Misread Hatch-Waxman
- The Unreviewable Director: How § 314(d) Shields the USPTO’s IPR Denial Regime from Judicial Oversight
- Verdict Deflated: Fed Circuit Punctures Coda’s $64M Win Over Goodyear
- Subject Matter Eligibility Declarations (SMEDs) to Overcome Eligibility Rejections
- The Mythic Source of USPTO Institution Discretion?
- Guest Post: The Supreme Court Should Clarify How to Apply Loper Bright in the Patent Law Case of Lynk Labs, Inc. v. Samsung Co. Ltd.
- When Juries Don’t Matter: Written Description Effectively Becomes a Question of Law
- So You’re Telling Me There’s a Chance: IPR Institution Rate Rises to 4%
- Objective Boundaries or Bust: CAFC Reaffirms Indefiniteness for the Best Metrics
TTABlog
- CAFC Upholds TTAB’s Grant of Counterclaim for Cancellation: Applicant Proved Priority Through Assignment of Common Law Mark After Proceeding Commenced
- CAFC Reverses TTAB: KAHWA not Generic for, or Descriptive of, Cafés and Coffee Shops – Substantial Evidence Lacking
- VETEMENTS AG Files Reply to USPTO’s Certiorari Opposition: TTABlog Asks, What About the Perception of 99 Percent of American Purchasers as to Genericness?
- TTABlog Test: How Did These Three Section 2(d) Appeals Turn Out?
- USPTO Seeks Applicants for Chief Administrative Trademark Judge at the TTAB
- On Remand, TTAB Again Denies Petition to Cancel BABIE’S MAGIC TEA Registration: Confusion Unlikely with BABY MAGIC for Skincare Products
- TTABlog Test: Is WISHBONES for a Casino Bar Confusable with WISHBONE FARMS for Restaurant Services?
- TTAB Denies SMARTLING/EASYLING Cancellation Petition for Translation Software Due to Differences in Marks, Purchaser Sophistication, and Lack of Actual Confusion
- TTABlog Test: Is "MUSIC.AI" Merely Descriptive of Music Production Software?
- Precedential No. 11: TTAB Awards Section 44(d) Priority to Domiciliary of British Virgin Islands Based on Reciprocity, Grants Summary Judgment Motion Contingent on Ultimate Registration
- Supreme Court Developments in TTAB cases