Abigail Lubow
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Articles
The Federal Circuit’s Design Patent Basket Case
USA - September 17 2019 In Curver Luxembourg SARL v. Home Expressions Inc., the Federal Circuit held - for the first time - that a design patent’s claim language may limit…
Federal Circuit Holds that Assignor Estoppel is not Available in Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceedings
USA - November 12 2018 In Arista Networks, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc., Nos. 2017-1525 and 2017-1577 (November 9, 2018), the Federal Circuit held that assignor estoppel is…
Federal Circuit Vacates PTAB’s Affirmance of Examiner’s Obviousness Rejection For Failure to Consider Arguments in Applicant’s Reply Brief
USA - June 4 2018 During the patent appeal process conducted by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), the PTAB must consider the applicant’s response to newly…
The Times They Are a-Changin’: Marks Cannot Be Refused Registration as Scandalous or Immoral
USA - March 8 2018 On December 15, 2017, the Federal Circuit held that the Lanham Act’s prohibition of immoral or scandalous matter under 15 U.S.C. §1052(a) (“Section…
Client Communications with Patent Agent are Privileged, Per the Texas Supreme Court
USA - March 2 2018 In re: Andrew Silver: the Texas Supreme Court recently held that communications between an inventor and his non-attorney patent agent are privileged…
