Newsletter June/July 2024
The June/July edition of our newsletter is now available. Here’s a brief glance at what you’ll find in this edition: “Parody shoe can’t outrun trademark infringement claim”, “Is there a substitute for the human touch?” AI-generated work isn’t copyrightable, “When the doctrine of equivalents results in patent infringement” and “Patentee’s claim term definition comes back […]
Shannon Smith coached the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law team
Shannon Smith coached the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law team in the USPTO’s National Patent Application Drafting Competition. The team won the Midwest Regional Championship, and placed third at Nationals in Washington DC. The team beat over 50 other law schools from across the country.
Corey Beaubien and Colin Cicotte traveled to participate in Chisum’s Patent Academy
Corey Beaubien and Colin Cicotte traveled to Washington D.C. to participate in Chisum’s Patent Academy. The Patent Academy involved a small group participating judges, law professors, and seasoned patent attorneys, including retired Chief Judge Paul Michel formerly of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Professor Don Chisum, and Professor Janice Mueller. The group […]
Alaina Norrito wrote a Note published in The Wayne Law Review
Alaina Norrito wrote a Note published in The Wayne Law Review (citation 69 Wayne L. Rev. 565).¬† The Note is titled “Coulda, Shoulda, Woulda: Why Federal Courts Can and Should Apply a Would Standard to the Non-obviousness Requirement of Design Patent Law.”¬† The Note examines the current application of the non-obviousness requirement to design patents […]
Steve Walmsley’s research got a patent infringement lawsuit quickly dropped
When a competitor hit a client with a patent infringement suit involving many U.S. patents of a large extended international patent family, and before ordering a costly patent invalidation search, Steve Walmsley scoured the prosecution histories of all family members and discovered killer prior art objectively withheld by the client’s competitor in the U.S. patents.¬† […]