In this episode of Trending Now - An IP Podcast, Tom Bergert and Clint Brannon discuss considerations for AI patent applicants and investors in light of emerging AI state and federal regulatory laws....more
On December 1, 2022 an amended version of Local Civil Rule 7.1 went into effect in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, adding a disclosure requirement for citizenship information in...more
Technology companies frequently enter into patent licensing transactions, sometimes in order to settle patent litigation, and sometimes as a simple licensing or cross-licensing deal. But the parties to such agreements...more
Intellectual property infringement damages awards have been on the rise, with several recent patent damages awards in the billions of dollars. On the latest episode of Trending Now - An IP Podcast, Tom Bergert, Clint Brannon...more
4/8/2021
/ Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Damages ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademarks
Intellectual property infringement damages awards have been on the rise, with several recent patent damages awards in the billions of dollars. On the latest episode of Trending Now - An IP Podcast, Tom Bergert, Clint Brannon...more
On the latest episode of Williams Mullen's Trending Now - An IP Podcast, Janet Cho and Clint Brannon discuss the ins and outs of patent marking, including the benefits and risks of marking, and give some practical advice on...more
On the latest episode of Williams Mullen's Trending Now - An IP Podcast, Clint Brannon is joined by Janet Cho for a discussion on “marking” or posting notice to trademarks and copyrighted works, encompassing what to include...more
This program will cover important patent and trademark trends and cases in 2020, including:
- The Trademark Modernization (TM) Act of 2020
- Counterfeiting: Tiffany v. Costco
- Transformation from Generic to Protectable:...more
10/8/2020
/ America Invents Act ,
Best Practices ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Counterfeiting ,
Diagnostic Method ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inventions ,
Marketing ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Popular ,
Software Patents ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademarks ,
Venue ,
Webinars
Patents are a complex subject governed by rapidly evolving statutory, judicial and administrative regimes. Even sophisticated executives at large companies often have misconceptions about what patents are, how they work and...more
On the latest episode of Williams Mullen's Trending Now - An IP Podcast, Clint Brannon is joined by Tom Bergert, Amy Pruett and Janet Cho to discuss their thoughts on developing and protecting back-burner ideas....more
On the latest episode of Williams Mullen's Trending Now - An IP Podcast, Tom Bergert and Clint Brannon discuss whether a patentability search or freedom to operate search is needed in order to manage my business risks.
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On the latest episode of Williams Mullen's Trending Now - An IP Podcast, Tom Bergert and Clint Brannon discuss what companies operating in the national security space need to know. Each episode is less than 15 minutes in...more
We are very pleased to announce the launch of Williams Mullen's Trending Now - An IP Podcast, a new legal podcast focused on providing innovative companies and investors with important and timely information concerning...more
On October 15, 2019, the PTAB designated as informative two decisions providing insight into when it is an appropriate for an examiner to reply upon a so-called “design choice” rationale in support of an obviousness...more
On July 10, 2019, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board designated as precedential Focal Therapeutics, Inc. v. Senorx, Inc., IPR2014-00116, Paper 19 (PTAB, July 21, 2014), which concerned the rules governing depositions in the...more
On June 10, 2019 the United States Supreme Court held in Return Mail, Inc. v. United States Postal Service, 587 U.S. ____ (2019) that agencies of the federal government cannot challenge the validity of a patent via USPTO...more
6/18/2019
/ Administrative Agencies ,
America Invents Act ,
Congressional Intent ,
Covered Business Method Proceedings ,
Ex Partes Reexamination ,
Government Entities ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent Validity ,
Patents ,
Post-Grant Review ,
Return Mail Inc v United States Postal Service ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
USPS