Matthew Beck

Feb 15, 2024 | ipwatchdog.com | Eileen McDermott |Matthew Beck |Steve Brachmann |Sara Dobie Bauer

“Because the marks’ lead words ‘look and sound almost the same and have the same connotation and commercial impression,’…the Board should have weighed the first DuPont factor heavily in favor of a finding of likelihood of confusion.”The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a precedential decision on Thursday vacating the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board’s (TTAB’s) denial of a petition to cancel a trademark for a medicated tea product to treat colic in babies.

Feb 15, 2024 | ipwatchdog.com | Matthew Beck |Eileen McDermott

It was an average week for patent filings at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and an above-average week in district courts, with 72 district court complaints filed and 18 new PTAB petitions—one petition for Post Grant Review (PGR), and 17 for Inter Partes Review (IPR).

Feb 1, 2024 | ipwatchdog.com | Matthew Beck |Eileen McDermott

It was an average week for patent filings at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and a slightly above-average week in district courts, with 62 district court complaints filed and 21 new PTAB petitions—one petition for Post Grant Review (PGR), and 20 for Inter Partes Review (IPR).

Jan 4, 2024 | ipwatchdog.com | Matthew Beck |Eileen McDermott

Looking back over the final few weeks of 2023, patent filings were typical at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and slightly above average in district courts, with the last weeks of the year seeing 68 district court complaints filed and 25 new PTAB petitions [December 11-17]; followed by 57 district court complaints filed and 29 new PTAB petitions [December 18-24]; and wrapped up with 24 district court complaints filed and 13 new PTAB petitions [December 25-31].

Dec 6, 2023 | ipwatchdog.com | Eileen McDermott |David McCombs |Matthew Beck

“This is a remarkable statement. It effectively repudiates the PTO’s statutory obligation to decide cases.