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Lost in Interpretation: How Claim Construction Doomed AlexSam’s Case Against Cigna

York Faulkner

Apr 12
4 min

Lost in Interpretation: How Claim Construction Doomed AlexSam’s Case Against Cigna

. . . However, the qualifying language, “unmodified existing,” proved to be an unfortunate choice of words. . . . In AlexSam, Inc. v....

No Two Treks Are the Same: Federal Circuit Affirms TTAB in “Ranger Trek” Trademark Dispute

York Faulkner

Nov 24, 2023
7 min

No Two Treks Are the Same: Federal Circuit Affirms TTAB in “Ranger Trek” Trademark Dispute

. . . The Federal Circuit cited with approval the TTAB’s finding that “TREK by itself simply references a journey or hike” but “RANGER...

Federal Circuit Clarifies Permissible Scope of IPR Replies and Analogous Prior Art Tests

York Faulkner

Oct 22, 2023
9 min

Federal Circuit Clarifies Permissible Scope of IPR Replies and Analogous Prior Art Tests

. . . Regarding Corephotonics’s second argument, the Federal Circuit found no abuse of discretion in the Board permitting Apple to...

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