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May 15, 2020
Fed. Circ. Backs USPTO Rejection Of Google VR Patent App
The Federal Circuit on Friday backed the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's decision to reject Google's application for a patent on technology to track eye movement for virtual reality, ruling that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's same finding relied on substantial evidence.
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May 11, 2020
Fed. Circ. Takes Hard Look At Google Eye Movement IP
A Federal Circuit panel posed tough questions Monday to an attorney for Google as she argued that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board misread the prior art in affirming an examiner's rejection of a patent application assigned to the tech giant.
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May 01, 2020
COVID-19 IP Catch-Up: Looming Trials, Jeff Dunham's Dummy
The copyright and patent offices have pushed back certain deadlines as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, while at least one intellectual property bench trial is about to proceed over video. Here, Law360 pulls together all the updates you might have missed, including victories for 3M in its trademark campaign and a new suit by comedian Jeff Dunham seeking to protect his image.
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April 21, 2020
Diversity Concerns Push Fed. Circ. To Hold Google Oral Args
The Federal Circuit will reinstate oral arguments in Google's patent appeal that had been canceled due to COVID-19, taking to heart Perkins Coie LLP's claims that nixing the arguments would hinder the firm's efforts to "provide opportunities to promising junior and diverse lawyers."