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Merchant & Gould Associate Erin Herdeman Recognized as a 2024 Legal All-Star

PCT Strategies & Filing Processes

Merchant & Gould Partner Brian Batzli Recognized as a 2024 Minnesota ICON

Injunctive Relief Availability for SEPs Dependent on Breach of Contract Claims

CAFC Affirms District Court’s Grant of JMOL of Non-Infringement

Merchant & Gould Honors 2024 Pro Bono Award Recipients

CAFC Reverses Dismissal of Patent Case Due to Insufficient Claim Construction Proceedings

Making Sense of the PCT

Danielle Mattessich Named to Minnesota Lawyer’s Top Women in Law

CAFC Reverses Dismissal of Patent Infringement Case Against Aetna

CAFC Reverses Summary Judgment Ruling Dismissing Lanham Act False Advertising Counterclaim Based on False Claims of Patent Coverage

Merchant & Gould Recognized as One of Minnesota’s Leading Women-Led Law Firms

Federal Circuit Holds District Court Abused Discretion Sua Sponte Finding Patent Invalid Under 35 U.S.C. § 101

Federal Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment Decision Finding Invalidity Under Section 101

International Patents 101

CAFC Declines to Adopt Timing Requirement for Expert Witness’s Acquisition of Expertise

CAFC Holds ITC Respondent Lacks Standing to Appeal Termination of ITC Investigation

CAFC Reverses Award of Attorneys’ Fees in Patent Case

Federal Circuit Clarifies Application of Obviousness-Type Double Patenting

Merchant & Gould Attorneys Recognized in the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2024 Edition

Merchant & Gould Attorneys Recognized in the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2025 Edition

Merchant & Gould Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers® in 2025 in America.

CAFC Confirms Pre-AIA Precedent Applies to AIA: Patent on Secret Process Invalid Based On Sales of Product

CAFC Affirms PTAB Decision Holding Private Sale Is Not a “Public Disclosure” Under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)(2)(B)

CAFC Affirms PTAB’S Application of USPTO’S Motion to Amend Pilot Program

CAFC Affirms Judgment on Pleadings for Nonpatentable Subject Matter in Miller Mendel Suit

Federal Circuit Affirms Grant of Preliminary Injunction Against Cancer-Detection Product

CAFC Affirms Dismissal for Nonpatentable Subject Matter in DraftKings Suit

Supreme Court Overrules Chevron

Federal Circuit Tightens Standards for Trade Secret Preliminary Injunctions

Federal Circuit Affirms Judgment that Google Smart Thermostat Feature Infringes

Implicit Bias in the Workplace

CAFC Reverses PTAB’s Time-Bar Decision in Patent Interference

Merchant & Gould Welcomes Eight Summer Associates Across Four Offices

CAFC Affirms ITC’s Finding of No Violation Due to Complainant’s Failure to Satisfy Domestic Industry Requirement

Supreme Court Upholds Eleventh Circuit’s Rejection of Three-Year Damages Bar on Timely Copyright Claim

Federal Circuit Affirms Trademark Board’s Finding of Prior Use Based on Employee Declaration

Second Circuit Vacates Preliminary Injunction in Trademark Case

CAFC Affirms Judgment that Unclean Hands Barred Recovery on all Counterclaims

Strategic Power Move: Merchant & Gould Lures Quintet of Highly-Experienced Attorneys to Supercharge DC Office and Accelerate Asia Expansion

CAFC Addresses Inadequate Motivation to Combine Prior Art References

Third Circuit Affirms No Pre-Issuance Damages for Induced Infringement

Federal Circuit Reverses Texas District Court’s Indefiniteness Finding

ITC Rules in Favor of TYC Brother Co., Ltd., and Genera Corp., Represented by Merchant & Gould

Earth, Wind & Fire Band Prevails in Trademark Suit Against Tribute Band

CAFC Affirms Judgment that Amazon Shopping List Feature Does Not Infringe

4th Circuit Vacates and Remands $1 Billion Copyright Damages Award

CAFC Affirms TTAB Decision on Domicile Requirement

CAFC Reverses PTAB’s Printed Publication Decision

CAFC Designates Informational Matter Doctrine Decision Precedential

CAFC Affirms PTAB Decision Allowing Joined Party to Raise New Art

Federal Circuit Confirms “Hereby” Sells and Assigns Language is a Conveyance of Rights

Federal Circuit Reverses TTAB Cancellation of Trademark Registration

Federal Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment Decision Finding Lack of Written Description and Unpatentability Under Section 101

Second Circuit Affirms Vans Trademark and Trade Dress Injunction

CAFC Reverses District Court’s Grant of Summary Judgment of Noninfringement in Coffee Capsules Litigation

CAFC Affirms Order Striking Expert Testimony and Granting Summary Judgment of Noninfringement

Tenth Circuit Affirms Denial of Fees Under the Lanham Act

CAFC Holds PTAB’s Failure to Meet 18-Month Statutory Deadline Not Fatal

CAFC Affirms PTAB Decision of Patentability After Improper Incorporation by Reference

CAFC Vacates and Remands Claim Construction for Consideration of Extrinsic Evidence

Jeffrey D. Blake Named Co-Chair of Merchant & Gould’s Litigation Practice Group

CAFC Affirms Award of Fees in Patent Infringement MDL

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