By: Christina E. Brule, Ph.D., Esq. The Copyright Claims Board (the “CCB”) was created in 2020 by the Copyright Alternative in Small Claims Enforcement Act (the “CASE Act”), which was meant to strengthen copyright protection and thereby strengthen the economy, to which creators contribute greatly and yet often find themselves struggling to enforce their rights…
By: Claire E. Reynolds-Peterson, Ph.D. & Teige P. Sheehan, Esq., Ph.D. A recent decision from the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals is another reminder for patent applicants of the ease by which description of a technology in a prior publication can prevent the grant of a patent on a subsequent application. Importantly, this is true even if…
In In re Cellect, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that an award of patent term adjustment (PTA), extending the term of a patent by delaying its expiration to compensate a patentee for U.S. Patent and Trademark Office delays during examination, can render the patent invalid for obviousness-type double patenting (ODP), even…
By: Joe T. Schuler, Esq. and Teige P. Sheehan, Ph.D. The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently handed down what is likely to be the first among many decisions shaping the patentability issues surrounding artificial intelligence. In Recentive Analytics v. Fox, the Federal Circuit leaned on existing law applicable to eligibility of software…
By: Emily M. Fraser In an amended compliant filed on May 23, Israeli health tech company CardiacSense Ltd. (hereinafter, “CardiacSense”) defended the patent eligibility of its wearable tracker patent, advancing its ongoing legal action against Garmin International Inc. (hereinafter, “Garmin”). The amended compliant follows patent litigation first initiated on May 22, 2024, in which CardiacSense…
By: Thomas L. Sica, Esq. Trade dress is a tricky form of intellectual property. By law, it is functionally the same as a trademark, but more difficult to establish. Unlike trademarks which typically consist of words, phrases and/or logos, trade dress consists of elements that do not inherently identify source, such as the total image…
Teige Sheehan, Ph.D., will be speaking on a panel regarding obviousness-type double patenting at the American Conference Institute’s 23rd Advanced Summit on Life Sciences Patents, May 19–20, 2025, at the New York City Bar Association, New York, NY. Registrants can use discount code S10-762-762L25.S for a 10% registration discount.
Co-Authored by: Trent L. Rector, Esq. and Teige P. Sheehan, Esq. The advent of powerful artificial intelligence, or AI, technologies continue to impact almost every aspect of society. Inventorship and patenting are no exception. The ability of computer algorithms to generate new content has raised the possibility that a computer running an AI program could…
Co-Authors: Alana M. Fuierer, Esq. and Katelin Schaub In January 2025, the Copyright Office released the second of two reports providing guidance for copyrightability and artificial intelligence (AI) in response to its August 2023 Notice of Inquiry. See https://www.copyright.gov/ai/Copyright-and-Artificial-Intelligence-Part-2-Copyrightability-Report.pdf. The most recent report investigates the type and level of human contribution that would allow a…
By: Trent L. Rector, Esq. In Hachette Book Group, Inc. v. Internet Archive, 115 F.4th 163 (2024), the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the district court’s ruling finding Internet Archive’s free digital library was not fair use under the Copyright Act. The dispute centered around how libraries lend books to the public…