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Intellectual Property Law: Seeing Software as Patent-Eligible Subject Matter

By: Nikolas J. Uhlir blog postPrompting a collective sigh of relief from patent attorneys that represent clients in the software industry, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Enfish LLC v. Microsoft reversed a lower court’s holding that Enfish’s patent claims – which are directed to software – were invalid for claiming patent-ineligible subject matter under 35 US Code Section 101. Enfish is the first Federal Circuit case, after the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Alice Corp. Pty. v. CLS Bank International (2014), to

LA Chargers Face New Troubles at the USPTO

By: Abigail Zeller In January 2016, the National Football League (NFL) agreed to allow the St. Louis Ram’s to relocate to Los Angeles (LA). As part of that agreement, the NFL also gave the San Diego Chargers a one-year option to join the Rams in LA. Recently, the Chargers exercised that option and reached an agreement that will allow them to play in the new Inglewood Stadium, which is which is slated for completion in 2019. Even though the Chargers move was announced only a

GTPP IDENTIFIED AS A TOP PATENT FIRM FOR 2016 BY IPWATCHDOG.COM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact – Nikolas Uhlir, Esq. – Partner (nuhlir@gtpp.com) GTPP IDENTIFIED AS A TOP PATENT FIRM FOR 2016 BY IPWATCHDOG.COM Manchester, NH – Ipwatchdog.com, a leading source of intellectual property news, has identified Grossman, Tucker, Perreault, and Pfleger PLLC (GTPP) as a top patent firm for 2016, based on the total number of U.S. patents that issued that year bearing the firm’s name. According to ipwatchdog, 221 U.S. Patents issued in 2016 bearing GTPP’s name, earning the firm a rank of 259 out

ICANN’s Impending WHOIS Data Blackout Presents Serious Challenges to Trademark Enforcement on the Internet

By: Chelsea Vander Woude Trademarks and domain names have become an increasing point of concern for those who conduct business online. Any company that owns a trademark and operates a website may have its fair share of intellectual property headaches – from trademark infringement to cybersquatters. Now, any and all trademark owners may find their portfolios at the mercy of European regulations when it comes to resolving such issues. ICANN (Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers) is a not-for-profit multi-stakeholder group and is the

New Jersey Judge Overturns Jury Verdict of Patent Infringement

On Monday June 1, 2020, the New Jersey Federal District Court (Newark) granted defendant Central Garden & Pet’s motion for judgment as a matter of law, overturning the jury finding of patent infringement. GTPP patent attorney Steve Grossman was a member of the Central trial team, along with Linda Harvey and Michael Freeman, of Greenberg Dauber et al, Newark, New Jersey. In her decision, the judge held as a matter of law that “a legal error underpinned the verdict with respect to patent infringement,” going

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