What can be patented? Utility patents are available for a new, nonobvious and useful: • Process, • Machine, • Article of manufacture, • Composition of matter, or • Improvement of any of the above Patent protection is also available for (1) ornamental design of an article of manufacture or (2)…
What is a patent? A patent is an intellectual property right granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) that gives a patent owner the right “to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the invention throughout the United States or importing the invention into the…
Indianapolis, Indiana – An intellectual property attorney for J & J Sports Production, Inc. of Campbell, California (“J & J Sports”) sued Minerva Soriano and Soriano’s Mexican Restaurant, LLC, both d/b/a Soriano’s Mexican Restaurant of Indianapolis, Indiana, in the Southern District of Indiana. Plaintiff alleges that Defendants illegally intercepted and…
WASHINGTON – New resource offers intellectual property education resources for parents, teachers, and students of all ages. The U.S. Department of Commerce’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) recently announced the launch of its newly redesigned KIDS! Web pages aimed to encourage students of all ages to learn about…
Indianapolis, Indiana – Texas defamation and franchise attorneys for Property Damage Appraisers (“PDA”), in conjunction with Indiana co-counsel, sued alleging that John Mosley (“Mosley”), owner of the Clinton Body Shop, Inc. of Clinton, Mississippi, committed unfair competition under the Lanham Act by falsely representing the nature of an estimate made by…
Indianapolis, Indiana – Indiana patent attorneys for Functional Devices, Incorporated of Russiaville, Indiana filed a declaratory judgment action asserting patent invalidity and non-infringement in the Southern District of Indiana. This intellectual property complaint alleges that Low Voltage Systems, Inc. d/b/a LVS, Inc. of San Leandro, California and Albert L. Hermans…
South Bend, Indiana – An intellectual property attorney for G & G Circuit Events, LLC (“G & G”) of Campbell, California sued in the Northern District of Indiana alleging that Juan Aguirre, Beatriz Zarate, Graciela Valles and Taqueria Los Gallos, Inc. illegally intercepted and broadcast “Knockout Kings: Canelo Alvarez v.…
Hammond & South Bend, Indiana – An attorney for J & J Sports Productions, Inc., of Campbell, California filed two Indiana intellectual property lawsuits alleging illegal interception of programming. The first lawsuit was filed in South Bend, Indiana. It alleges that Juan C. Aguirre, Beatriz Zarate, Graciela Valles and Taqueria…
Indianapolis, Indiana – Loretta H. Rush (pictured)succeeds former Chief Justice Brent Dickson as Chief Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court. Rush was appointed to the Indiana Supreme Court by then-Governor Mitch Daniels in 2012. Prior to her appointment, Rush was elected as a Tippecanoe Superior Court judge, where she served for…
Fort Wayne, Indiana – Judge Theresa L. Springmann of the Northern District of Indiana held that a patent infringement defendant’s claim of inequitable conduct by the patentee had been insufficiently pled. The defendant’s counterclaim was dismissed and its affirmative defense struck. In 2013, an Indiana patent attorney for Unverferth Manufacturing…