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Managing IP Americas Awards 2022: the most nominated firms

06 April 2022 by Liam McDaid, Chris Adams and Kingsley Egbuonu

10 firms featured in more than five categories for this year’s Managing IP Americas Awards
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Court allows laches defense in cancellation case

01 September 2018 by Karen Artz Ash

In the last few years, the US Supreme Court has held that laches is not an available defense to claims for copyright or patent infringement brought within the limited periods described under each of the Copyright and Patent Acts
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Federal court refuses to suspend TTAB proceedings

02 July 2018 by Karen Artz Ash

Although it is the general policy of the USPTO’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) to suspend opposition proceedings when the parties to such proceedings become involved in a civil action which may be dispositive of the case, a recent decision issued by the US District Court for the District of Delaware in Tigercat Int’l, Inc. v Caterpillar Inc. indicates that there are circumstances where, conversely, federal courts will stay a litigation pending a TTAB ruling.
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The TTAB addresses issue preclusion and ex parte appeals

01 June 2018 by Karen Artz Ash

The US Supreme Court’s ruling in B&B Hardware, Inc v Hargis Industries, Inc provided that courts were obligated to give preclusive effect to decisions made by the US Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) if the ordinary elements of issue preclusion are met