Wolter Van Dyke Davis is proud to announce that its client, Caron Products and Services, Inc. of Marietta, Ohio, has been named a winner in the Patents for Humanity COVID-19 Program sponsored by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The award, presented during a ceremony on February 16, 2023…
Beginning January 1, 2021 practicing in the Middle District of Florida will look a little different due to the Court’s latest revisions of the Local Rules. Due to the numerous changes in the rules that the Court has implemented, a red-line version of the rules will not be made available.…
Congratulations to firm client, Lakeland Motors! On September 17, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the Middle District of Florida, Orlando Division’s grant of full summary judgment in favor of Lakeland Motors. With respect to Off Lease Only’s copyright and trademark infringement claims against…
The UK’S departure from the EU is bringing very interesting changes to the current state of IP arrangements between the two. Beginning on January 1, 2021, EU trademarks and Community design applications and registrations will no longer have effect in the UK. However, under the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK Intellectual…
Wolter Van Dyke Davis (WVD) partner and patent attorney, Dr. Eugene Molinelli, was recently successful in reversing the USPTO examiner and pre-Appeal review on Appeal before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board based on the Appeal Brief in Ex Parte Bustamante of Stanford University (2014/0045705), leading to allowance of all…
Erica Cipparone has been selected as a recipient of Florida Association of Women Lawyer’s 2020 Leader in the Law Award. This honor is awarded to women who have earned the respect of others professionally, been involved in activities for the betterment of their local community, exemplified the qualities of a…
Eugene Molinelli, J.D., Ph.D., © 2019 Eugene Molinelli Abstract. The draft 2019 Revised Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance (“draft Guidance”) should be modified to treat equations that relate physical phenomena involved in a man-made object, and steps that are not routinely performed mentally, as not per se abstract, but instead directed to…
What a mess. Kudos to the Boy Scouts of America for opening up its membership to girls, but the gender-specific nature of the branding, plus the undeniable existence of a competing group, the Girl Scouts of the USA, has created a brand battle that would be right at home on…
I write a lot about trademark issues within the cannabis industry, but there is another aspect of intellectual property that I believe will have a greater impact on the industry than even brand/trademark disputes, and that is patent infringement. Cannabis-related patents have been around for years, but we’re just starting…
Before an invention is evaluated under the standards of novelty and non-obviousness, it must be determined if the invention is patent eligible subject matter. The basic principal is that patent eligible inventions, according to statute, are directed to: a process; machine; article of manufacture; or a composition of matter. However,…
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