CAFC Pulls Final Loose Thread In Nike-Adidas Patent Row

Issuing a third and final decision, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a Patent Trial & Appeal Board (Board) decision invalidating the last remaining claim of a Nike footwear textile patent. Nike, Inc. v. Adidas AG, Case No. 21-1903 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 1, 2022) (Prost, Chen, Stoll, JJ.) (non-precedential)

Adidas filed for inter partes review of a patent owned by Nike relating to a knitted shoe upper. After lengthy litigation, including two prior appeals to […]

By | October 1st, 2022 ||

Using The Uniform Domain-name Dispute Resolution Policy To Stop Or Prevent Fraud

You receive a package of iPhones and they appear to have been ordered by an employee in the purchasing department (let’s call her Jane Doe), however, you weren’t expecting any iPhones.

Upon further inspection, you notice that the email address for the order was Janey.Doe@oklahomacounty.net. However, there is no “Janey” Doe working for the county, and the county’s website is “oklahomacounty.org,” not “oklahomacounty.net.” This type of fraudulent behavior was recently reported by the Oklahoma County […]

By | September 23rd, 2022 ||

Red Flag Raised: E-Motosport Patent Ineligible Under Section 101

In Integrated Technology Solutions v. iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations, 2022 WL 4356494, (D. Mass. Sept. 20, 2022), plaintiff ITS asserted at least U.S. Patent No. 10,046,231 claim 15 against iRacing. That claim reads:

A system, that is at least partially hardware, comprising:

an identification component configured to identify a change in a temperature of a racing surface in a racing video game;

a determination component configured to determine an impact of the change in the temperature of the racing […]

By | September 13th, 2022 ||