• He was a partner at a major DC firm at 33. Now he’s going to prison for 7 years.

    A D.C. patent attorney who worked at some of the country’s top law firms ended up laundering over two million dollars for a mysterious fraudster he knew only as “Chief Onwa.” Raymond Ho, a 48-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen, pleaded guilty after getting caught in an Immigration and Customs …

     
  • Fish & Richardson Named Top Trademark Law Firm for Eighth Straight Year by World Trademark …

    1 firm at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, with more cases than any other firm. Since 1878, Fish attorneys have been winning cases worth billions in controversy – often by making new law – for the world’s most innovative and influential technology leaders. For more information, visit https://www.fr.com …

     
  • New patent practice for computer programs

    On March 2 2017 the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) issued a decision amending the Guidelines for Patent Examination. … to make appropriate amendments, provide statements and file divisional applications in order to ensure that the related subject matter may be protected under patent law.

     
  • Fed. Circ. Affirms Alice Ax Of Real Estate Search Patents

    Law360 (February 1, 2018, 8:38 PM EST) — The Federal Circuit on Thursday upheld a lower court’s decision invalidating under the U.S. Supreme Court’s Alice decision two Real Estate Alliance Ltd. patents on searching for real estate using a computer, finding that one patent was related to a patent that …

     
  • Fed. Circ. Upholds More Ford Wins On Hybrid Vehicle Patents

    Law360 (February 1, 2018, 8:37 PM EST) — The Federal Circuit on Thursday held that parts of three Paice LLC hybrid vehicle patents were invalid in the latest rulings to arise from a sweeping series of challenges that Ford Motor Co. brought against the tech company’s patents at the Patent... Continue reading

     
  • PTAB Chief Denies Dictating Results With Expanded Panels

    Law360, New York (February 1, 2018, 7:55 PM EST) — The Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s chief judge pushed back Thursday on criticism from U.S. Supreme Court justices and others that the board can “stack the deck” and manipulate outcomes of cases by expanding panels, saying expansions aim to …

     
  • PTAB To Mull Signal Analysis Patent Despite IBM Connection

    Law360 (February 1, 2018, 8:01 PM EST) — The U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board agreed Wednesday to review a patent owned by a company named “8825319 Canada Ltd.” related to technology for computer-implemented signal analysis that was challenged by a company called Analytics for Life, …

     
  • In Another Keker Departure, IP Litigator Ashok Ramani Joins Davis Polk

    Intellectual property litigator Ashok Ramani has left Keker, Van Nest & Peters to join Davis Polk & Wardwell as a partner in its Northern California litigation department. Ramani, who was a partner in Keker’s contract, commercial and IP litigation practice, started working at the San Francisco-based …

     
  • Brewing Battle: Judge Lets Jazzman’s Heir’s Lawsuit Over Beer Name Play On

    Monk’s lawyer, Joel Rothman in the Boca Raton, Florida, office of Schneider Rothman Intellectual Property Law Group, said his client was pleased with the decision. Rothman added that there never was a written agreement concerning North Coast’s right to continue to use the Monk name, image and …

     
  • IP Group Of The Year: Jones Day

    Law360 (February 1, 2018, 6:15 PM EST) — Jones Day secured a record $2.5 billion patent infringement jury award for Idenix Pharmaceuticals LLC and argued before the U.S. Supreme Court that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board can’t choose which challenged patent claims it may review, earning the …