The Seattle Kraken hockey team announced it would change the name of its restaurant after being sued by a local bar. Seattle Hockey Partners LLC (“the Kraken Team”) announced that they would no longer name their new restaurant “The Kraken Bar & Lounge” after a...
Warner Brothers Studios has secured patent protection for Shadow of Mordor’s Nemesis System, sparking a debate about the role of Intellectual Property in the gaming industry. Shadow of Mordor’s Nemesis System Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor is a critically acclaimed...
Summary Canopy Growth, one of the world’s largest cannabis companies, has filed suit alleging that GW Pharmaceuticals’ process for producing Epidiolex infringes Canopy’s patent directed to subcritical CO2 cannabis extraction. Background Epidiolex is the first and...
The Supreme Court granted certiorari to review the Arthrex v. Smith & Nephew Federal Circuit decision. The case presents two issues concerning whether Administrative Patent Judges of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board are constitutionally appointed: Whether...
Apple, Cisco, Google, and Intel have sued the Director of the USPTO, challenging a purported new rule alleged to violate the Administrative Procedure Act and exceed the Director’s statutory authority. The complaint was filed in the Northern District of California...
