Written by: Baiyu Zhu and Jacob R. Rosenbaum SAGE PRODUCTS, LLC v. STEWART [OPINION] Before Reyna, Cunningham, and Stark.  Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: The Board did not abuse its discretion by relying on evidence beyond the prior art references to... Read More

Written by: Matthew Pham and Jacob R. Rosenbaum CERAMTEC GMBH v. COORSTEK BIOCERAMICS LLC Before Lourie, Taranto, and Stark.  Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: A utility patent may still be considered strong evidence of a claimed trade dress’s functionality even if... Read More

Written by: Luke D. Holbrook and Jacob R. Rosenbaum DOLLAR FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. v. BRITTEX FINANCIAL, INC. [OPINION] Before Prost, Taranto, and Hughes.  Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: The zone of natural expansion doctrine cannot not be used to establish priority... Read More

Written by:Kelsey S. Weinman and Jacob R. Rosenbaum ALIVECOR, INC. v. APPLE INC. Before Hughes, Linn, and Stark. Appeal from Patent Trial and Appeal Board.  Summary:  A party in a PTAB proceeding forfeits the ability to challenge an opposing party’s discovery obligation violation through inaction. AliveCor filed a complaint against... Read More

Written by:Kenneth O. Aruda, Ph.D. and Nathan D. Reeves RESTEM, LLC v. JADI CELL, LLC Before Moore, Schall, and Taranto. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: Inherency in product-by-process claims requires the prior art process to inevitably produce the claimed produce, not merely disclose the claimed process... Read More