Law.com and the Mid Market Report Publishes Charley Macedo’s Article on The Impact of COVID-19 on Law Firms: Disruption, Acceleration and Innovation

As NYC opens back up 100 days after its first reported COVID-19 case, partner Charley Macedo shares his insights with the Mid-Market Report on "The Impact of COVID-19 on Law Firms: Disruption, Acceleration and Innovation." Read the full article as well as below: This article discusses some of the impacts that COVID-19 has had on […]

ARE Trademark Alert: The USPTO Issues New Examination Guide on “Geo-Significant” Trademarks for Cheeses and Processed Meats

On May 15, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a new Examination Guide, “Marks Including Geographic Wording that Does Not Indicate Geographic Origin of Cheeses and Processed Meats,” which sets out procedures for examination of trademark applications for cheeses and processed meats including a geographic term (also-called “geo-significant” wording), which […]

ARE PTAB Alert: PTAB Puts Halt To Remands Under Arthrex Until Scotus Decides

As previously reported, last October a panel at the Federal Circuit held that Administrative Patent Judges (“APJs”) of the PTAB were principal officers of the U.S. Government, and appointed in violation of the Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution.   Arthrex v. Smith & Nephew, No. 2018-2140, slip op. (Fed. Cir. Oct. 31, 2019); see […]

ARE Patent Law Alert: The USPTO Unveils Patents 4 Partnerships in an Effort to Facilitate Connections Between Patent Holders and Potential Licensees in COVID-19-Related Technologies

On May 4, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced a new web-based intellectual property marketplace platform, Patents 4 Partnerships IP Marketplace Platform (https://developer.uspto.gov/ipmarketplace/), which was created to provide a repository of patents and published patent applications related to the COVID-19 pandemic that are indicated as available for licensing. The platform “provides […]

ARE Trademark Law Alert: Supreme Court Holds That Willfulness Is Not Required for an Award of Profits in Federal Trademark Infringement Cases Brought Under 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a)

On April 23, 2020, the Supreme Court unanimously decided that trademark infringers may be liable for their profits in actions brought under 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a), even if they did not violate the law willfully.  Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil Group, Inc., No. 18-1233, Slip op. at 3, 7 (U.S. Apr. 23, 2020).  This decision […]

ARE Copyright Law Alert: Supreme Court Holds That Official State Codes Are in the Public Domain and Not Copyrightable

In a 5-4 decision on April 27, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court found that the government edicts doctrine (which generally holds that works authored by certain federal public officials in the course of their official duties are in the copyright public domain) applies to the States, territories, and the District of Columbia.  Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, […]

ARE Patent Law Alert: SCOTUS Precludes Judicial Review of Time-Bar Challenges of USPTO PTAB Institution Decisions

On Monday, April 20, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered an opinion in in Thryv, Inc. v. Click-to-Call Technologies, LP, No.18-916, slip op. (U.S. Apr. 20, 2020), addressing the question of whether 35 U.S.C. § 314(d) precludes judicial review of a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the U.S. Patent and […]

ARE Patent Alert: The USPTO Has Announced Extension of Certain Patent and Patent-Related Deadlines under the CARES Act

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) yesterday announced extensions to the time allowed to file certain patent and trademark-related documents and to pay certain required fees, all under temporary authority provided to the USPTO by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), unanimously passed by the U.S. Senate on March […]

ARE PTAB Alert: With Consent of All Parties, U.S. Government Seeks Stay of Mandate In Arthrex For 90 Days or Until Resolution of Petitions for Certiorari to the Supreme Court

As we previously reported on October 31, 2019, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court Appeals for the Federal Circuit found that Administrative Patent Judges (“APJs”) for the Patent Trial and Appeals Board (“PTAB”) were “principal officers” of the U.S. and thus appointed in violation of the Appointment Clause of the U.S. Constitution, U.S. Const., […]

ARE Copyright Law Alert: Supreme Courts Holds That States Are Immune From Federal Copyright Infringement

On March 23, 2020, the Supreme Court unanimously decided in Allen v. Cooper that Congress lacked authority and invalidly abrogated states’ sovereign immunity when it enacted the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act (“CRCA”) of 1990.  Allen v. Cooper, No. 18-877, 2020 U.S. LEXIS 1909 (U.S. Mar. 23, 2020).  The practical effect of this ruling is that […]