Written by Mark Terry Can you cancel an active U.S. Trademark Registration that has been abandoned? As a Trademark Attorney practicing in Miami, Florida, I’ve been asked this question more than once by a client wanting to clear the path…
Written by Mark Terry In its first decision of today, the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) affirmed a Patent Examiner’s 35 U.S.C. sec. 112, first paragraph, rejection of a key Sony Corp. invention. As a Patent Attorney practicing in Miami, Florida,…
Written by Mark Terry Last week, the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office reversed a Patent Examiner’s 35 U.S.C. 103(a) obviousness rejection of Datacard Corporation’s key industry patent. As a practicing…
Written by Mark Terry Using strong words, today the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) affirmed a Patent Examiner’s 35 U.S.C. §102(e) anticipation rejection of a Tokyo Electron invention, claiming that the Appellant’s attorney’s arguments alone held no weight. As…
Written by Mark Terry As a Miami Patent Attorney with an active patent prosecution docket, I feel as if I’ve encountered every possible patent prosecution situation out there. But I was recently faced with a situation I had not previously encountered.…
Written by Mark Terry In its first decision of today, the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) reversed a Patent Examiner’s 35 U.S.C. sec. 103(a) obviousness rejection of a key Hewlett-Packard software invention, but came up with a new…
Written by Mark Terry In 2008, photographer Mike Hipple took a photo of a famous sculpture by Jack Mackie in Seattle. The photo at issue was sold to a stock photo company subsequently used in its for-pay catalog. As…
Written by Mark Terry Can you protect architectural drawings and constructed buildings using copyrights? As a Miami Copyright Attorney with an active copyright docket, this is a question I’ve been asked more than once. Generally the answer is yes. An original…
Written by Mark Terry In one of its first decisions of today, the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) reversed a Patent Examiner’s 35 U.S.C. §103(a) rejection of a key Verizon invention. As a Miami Patent Attorney, this case was interesting…
Written by Mark Terry Last week, the Federal Circuit affirmed a D.C. District Court decision extending the patent term of a Wyeth Alzheimer’s drug patent due to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) delay. As a Miami patent lawyer…
