The AmeriKat hunkering down to a belatedChristmas meal of kibbleBack in the dark depths of January, the great, the good and the cold of patents practitioners were invited to gather at Hogan Lovells’ London office to attend the AIPPI’s annual patent round-up. [read post]

Acacia, Inc. v. [read post]

Saint-Gobain Calmar, Inc. . . .In some instances, the claimed design and the accused design will be sufficiently distinct that it will be clear without more that the patentee has not met its burden of proving the two designs would appear "substantially the same" to the ordinary observer, as required by Gorham. [read post]