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Game changing steps taken to finally unite the European patent system, (UPC/UP)
After many years of planning, and threats to implement it, both the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and the Unitary Patent (UP) are (likely) finally becoming reality sometime between mid-2022 and early 2023. UPs will provide protection in those European Union…
Judge Albright: Regular and Established Place of Business of Hyundai at Authorized Dealers
Last week, Judge Alan Albright denied Hyundai’s motion to dismiss StratosAudio’s patent infringement claims for improper venue. Although Hyundai does not directly control any regular and established place of business in the Western District of Texas, it does have authorized…
AI Inventorship and Intellectual Property – Would You Like to Pay Rent to a Machine?
On August 6, 2020, Dr. Stephen Thaler filed a lawsuit against the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. At the heart of the dispute, is the USPTO’s recent conclusion that Artificial Intelligence (AI) cannot be an inventor.…
COVID-19 Vaccines, Patents and Human Rights
The world is enduring the onslaught of COVID-19 and to date, an estimated four million have died as a result. But parts of the world are moving into a post-pandemic state due to effective vaccines. The Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson…
Possible Limit on the Use of “Common Sense” to Invalidate a Patent Claim for Obviousness Based on a Single Reference
The law regarding obviousness, like a pendulum, has swung over time between favorable to unfavorable positions depending upon one’s perspective. In 1952, the requirement that an invention be “nonobvious” was codified in Section 103 of the Patent Act. In 1966,…
New Apple patent Paves the Way for Passive Alignment and Charging Technology
Recently issued Apple patent utilizing passive alignment technology for charging an electric car that does not require human initiation illustrates a possible solution to one of the many hurdles facing electric cars going mainstream. Filed on May 18th of 2020,…
2021 Patent Litigation Trials in the Western District of Texas
By Anna Jackson
By Vincent J. Allen. It is no secret that the Waco Division of the Western District of Texas is the rising star of patent litigation. Judge Alan Albright successfully marketed the district to patent infringement plaintiffs to become the country’s…
The Dallas County Line Matters in Texas Patent Litigation
One of the finer points of practicing patent litigation in Texas, which is home to four federal judicial districts, is knowing whether a defendant in the DFW area is located north or south of the Dallas County line. The boundaries…
Pirates Beware: Amazon Patent Aims to Sink Shipments of Counterfeit Products
Gone are the days of pirate ships bristling with cannons and chests of stolen treasure. Modern pirates operate computers, and their valuable targets are often intangible. Nonetheless, their thievery remains a scourge of modern commerce . . . . at…