Michael Berardi News Today

Careless naming of inventors on a patent application can create confusion and add complexity to an already intricate process. The recent case of Blue Gentian, LLC v. Tristar Prod., Inc. is a great example where failure to properly list a co-inventor resulted in the only named inventor losing their patent rights.

Objective Evidence in Determining Obviousness - In Medtronic, Inc. v. Teleflex Innovations, Appeal No. 21-2357, the Federal Circuit held that a close prima facie case of...

US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a lower court ruling to correct inventorship on hose patents after plaintiff proved the patent holder had gotten ideas for his invention after the two met. Blue Gentian LLC v Tristar Products Inc.

BLUE GENTIAN, LLC v. TRISTAR PRODUCTS, INC - Before Prost, Chen, and Stark. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. - ...

A weekly summary of the precedential patent-related opinions issued by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the opinions designated precedential or informative by the Patent...

Two SCOTUS Patent cases Blue Gentian v. Tristar Products and HIP v. Hormel Foods show Joint inventorship is a fact-specific question, patent errors in inventorship, patent owners should evaluate any potential attacks on inventorship before bringing an infringement suit.

Last week, the Federal Circuit issued another precedential decision on inventorship. However, unlike in HIP, Inc. v. Hormel Foods Corporation (22-1696) where the appellate panel found...

Yita LLC v. MacNeil IP LLC, Appeal Nos. 2022-1373, -1374 (Fed. Cir. June 6, 2023) In appeals from two inter partes reviews before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (the...

Its no secret that Pennsylvania’s public schools and taxpayers have been under serious pressure because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The virus and the mitigation efforts have strained our education system and our economy in profound ways, impacting each community member, from the children in our schools to seniors on fixed incomes. As school board members from around Montgomery County, we have seen up close just how overwhelming some of these challenges have been. As we look ahead at the stat...