Intellectual Property Law

Publications EUIPO Cancellation Division Cancelling “BIG MAC” EUTM No. 62638, Jan 17, 2019 (Lexology) Response to Request for Comments on Motion to Amend Practice and Procedures in Trial Proceedings under the America Invents Act before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Oct 31, 2018) Response to Request for Comments on Changes to the Claim Construction Standard for Interpreting Claims in Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, 83 FR 21221 (May 30, 2018) Response to Request for Comments on Determining Whether a Claim Element Is Well- Understood, Routine, Conventional for Purposes of Subject Matter Eligibility (May 2, 2018) Comments on Revision of the Duty To Disclose Information in Patent Applications and Reexamination Proceedings (Nov 16, 2016) Comments in response to USPTO notice regarding importing prior art into file wrapper (Oct 26, 2016) Comments on Changes To Implement the First Inventor To File Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (2012) Comments on Changes to Implement Micro Entity Status for Paying Patent Fees (2012) Amicus Curiae brief filed eBay Inc. v. MercExchange, U.S. Supreme Court, Docket 05-130 (2006) Response to Changes to Practice for the Examination of Claims in Patent Applications (2006) Response to Changes To Practice for Continuing Applications, Requests for Continued Examination Practice, and Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims (2006) Hoffberg, Steven., "Control of Ad Hoc Networks Using Game Theory," Wireless System Design 2004, San Diego, CA, March 8, 2004 David Rabinowitz and Steven M. Hoffberg, CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics, Chapter on Intellectual Property (2003). Steven M. Hoffberg and Jackie Hutchinski, “Privacy Issues In Telematics Services”, Telematics Update (10/8/2001). Response to RFC on “One-way Interferences” in patent applications (2001) Cathy J. Frankel and Steven M. Hoffberg, “New Media: An Essential Primer,” American Lawyer's Corporate Counsel Magazine, (2/1998). Response to RFC on Information Disclosure Statements in patent applications (1995) Langer, R., Linhardt, R., Hoffberg, S., Larsen, A., Cooney, C., Tapper, D., Klein, M. “An enzymatic system for removing heparin in extracorporeal therapy”, Science 217: 261-263 (1982). Linhardt, R. J., Langer, R., Cooney, C. L., Galliher, P. M., Flanagan, M. M., & Hoffberg, S. M. (1981). Blood Deheparinization Using Immobilized Microbial Heparinase. In Proceedings of the Second World Congress of Chemical Engineering (Vol. 1). 111 US Patents Issued U.S. Patent Nos. 10,718,031; 10,715,793; RE48,056; 10,597,154; RE47,908; 0,573,291; 10,567,975; 10,560,579; 10,549,197; 10,491,748; 10,447,855; 10,361,802; 10,237,420; 10,163,137; 10,127,816; 10,118,696; 10,092,843; 10,015,478; 9,995,076; 9,860,391; 9,818,136; 9,807,239; 9,795,882; 9,794,797; 9,736,308; 9,727,042; 9,635,177; 9,615,264; Re.46,310; 9,551,582; 9,535,563; 9,456,086; 9,419,951; 9,311,670; 9,239,951; 9,215,322; 9,151,633; 9,132,352; 9,121,217; 9,053,562; 9,045,927; 8,971,519; 8,904,181; 8,892,495; 8,874,477; 8,831,205; 8,682,726; 8,629,789; 8,600,830; 8,583,263; 8,582,753; 8,566,247; 8,516,266; 8,411,842; 8,402,490; 8,373,582; 8,369,967; 8,364,136; 8,352,400; 8,316,237; 8,300,798; 8,225,458; 8,165,916; 8,144,619; 8,054,965; 8,046,313; 8,032,477; 8,031,060; 7,987,003; 7,974,714; 7,966,078; 7,916,858; 7,904,187; 7,894,595; 7,869,591; 7,813,822; 7,676,034; 7,650,319; 7,590,589; 7,451,005; 7,395,614; 7,372,952; 7,298,289; 7,271,737; 7,269,253; 7,268,700; 7,242,988; 7,219,449; 7,204,041; 7,181,017; 7,136,710; 7,110,525; 7,107,706; 7,023,979; 7,006,881; 6,865,825; 6,850,252; 6,791,472; 6,640,145; 6,429,812; 6,418,424; 6,400,996; 6,252,544; 6,230,501; 6,081,750; 5,920,477; 5,903,454; 5,901,246; 5,875,108; 5,867,386; 5,774,357; 20180166062; 20180068358; 20180049043; 20170206512; 20170132931; 20160224951; 20160025500; 20150204559; 20150111591; 20150081444; 20140173452; 20140089241; 20140081793; 20130166387; 20130165070; 20130147598; 20130080307; 20120150651; 20120036016; 20120017232; 20110167110; 20110156896; 20110029922; 20110004513; 20100317420; 20100235285; 20100076642; 20080262893; 20080040749; 20070087756; 20070070038; 20070063875; 20070061735; 20070061023; 20070061022; 20070053513; 20070016476; 20060200260; 20060200259; 20060200258; 20060200253; 20060167784; 20060155398; 20020151992; 20010045104; WO/2007/044383; EP06816197