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In a unanimous decision issued on June 19, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the patent claims in Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd v. CLS Bank International, et al. (“Alice Corp”) are not patent-eligible under 35 U.S.C. §101. The patents at issue comprise a chain of patents made up of a parent namely, 5,970,479 (‘479) and several CIPs (continuation-in-part).

Artificial intelligence (AI), a branch of Computer Science, is a constellation of technologies generally grouping two (2) main technical fields namely, symbolic learning (SL) and machine learning (ML). Artificial Advances in hardware enable AI implementation. Such advances will likely facilitate innovation and thereby expand the field of AI.

I’ve had a few clients reach out with questions regarding the recent executive order President Biden signed addressing non-competes, and thought I’d reach out to provide some clarity. As always, I’m here to answer any questions you may have.

On December 7, 2020, in the Southern District Court of Manhattan, Paul Nicklen and Cristina Mittermeier filed a complaint against a host of defendants too numerous to list here accusing the defendants of “embedding and/or displaying Plaintiff Nicklen’s Video and, in four instances, Plaintiff Mittermeier’s photo. The case is styled: “Nicklen v. Sinclair Broadcast Group – 1:20-cv-10300.” The complaint was subsequently amended on December 10, 2020.

On June 22, the U.S. Copyright Office published a request for petitions in the Federal Register, which officially kicked off the eighth triennial rulemaking process for temporary exemptions to Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

Before we answer that question, let’s explore some fundamental. What’s in a name? For starters, “naming” goes back to Biblical times when God brought the animals to Adam to name the animals. Gen 2:19. Some Biblical commentators posit that having the man name the animals is another way of giving him responsibility to rule, subdue, and care for the animals.

On June 11, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) designated DTN, LLC v. Farms Technology, LLC as precedential. The case involved the parties’ joint motions to terminate two inter partes review (IPR) proceedings following a settlement agreement.

On Tuesday, May 25, 2021, DC (District of Columbia) Attorney General Karl Racine launches antitrust suit against Amazon. The suit accuses the company of stifling competition through Market place pricing requirements involving its e-Commerce platform.

Inventor In Residence – Darrell Fertakos is an internationally recognized award winning product developer, intellectual property creator in over 35 industries, serial entrepreneur and named a prolific inventor by The Discovery Channel and Modern Marvel out of 4,200 by The History Channel for his ability to invent game changing innovations, winning products and his unique ability to devise award winning creative solutions to problems.

The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with Booking.com, ruling that a generic term paired with .com “is a generic name for a class of goods or services only if the term has that meaning to consumers.”