The AIPLA 2022 Spring Conference is off to a great start in New Orleans. The event takes place from May 17-19, 2022. Further details regarding the AIPLA may be found here.
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Background
The food tech industry has been rapidly growing in recent years with the rise in popularity of alternative (“alt-“) animal products. Such alt-animal products typically consist of non-animal (e.g., plant-based) proteins or lab-grown meat that serve as a substitute
On April 18, 2022, the Supreme Court invited the Solicitor General to file a brief expressing the views of the United States in the Amgen, Inc. v. Sanofi, Inc. case, which involves important questions of enablement for genus claims. We
The Korean Intellectual Property Office has put out a useful guide to recent Korea Trademark Act amendments. Below is a summary of amendments effective as of April 20, 2022:
Extension of Trial Request Period. The time to request a trial
The annual INTA Conference is now back live in Washington, DC. This is the first annual live event since the beginning of the global COVID pandemic.
The event, scheduled for April 30, 2022 through May 5, 2022, will bring
Background
In 2018, Hunting Titan, Inc. filed a petition for inter partes review (“IPR”) of U.S. Patent No. 9,581,422 (“the ’422 patent”), which is owned by DynaEnergetics Europe GmbH, a manufacturer of industrial explosives. In pertinent part, Hunting Titan asserted
A recent trademark opposition is a lesson in how to properly establish a likelihood of confusion for apparel goods.
In Roots Corporation v. Colorful Roots LLC, the Opposer, Roots Corporation, relied on several of its trademark registrations of ROOTS and
On March 16, 2022, the Federal Circuit denied Biogen’s petition for rehearing of its November 2021 decision in Biogen Int’l GmbH v. Mylan Pharms., Inc., 18 F.4th 1333, 1343 (Fed. Cir. 2021), which found that Biogen’s patent U.S. 8,399,514 (“the
On March 14, 2022, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“Regeneron”) filed a statutory disclaimer under 37 CFR § 1.321 disclaiming all claims of U.S. Patent No. 10,857,231 B2 (the “’231 patent”) in response to a petition for a post-grant review submitted by
A recent trademark opposition decision shows that protecting your nutritional supplement trademark is good for overall brand health.
In Tom Miles v. Five Star Gourmet Foods, Inc., the Applicant (Five Star) sought to register the mark ENERGY2GO for fresh and