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In Galderma Laboratories, LP et al v. Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC et al, 1-16-cv-00207 (DED August 31, 2018, Order) (Stark, USDJ), Judge Stark of the District of Delaware recently found that a plaintiff was collaterally estopped from pursuing claims for patent infringement of two drug patents under a doctrine of equivalents theory based on a…

Procter & Gamble, the international consumer packaged goods conglomerate, recently filed a slew of trademark applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, seeking to register WTF, LOL, FML, and NBD for use in conjunction with certain consumer goods. Now, I suspect most of you are familiar with these acronyms, but if you aren’t,…

Have you ever had the experience of attempting to register a social media account in the name of your business only to find that your preferred name is taken?  Often, it’s just the case of another business with the same name having registered that account first.  Other times, it’s evidence of what’s come to be…

The U.S. Supreme Court’s in TC Heartland v. Kraft Food,  and subsequently the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in In re Cray Inc., addressed where patent litigation can be filed under the patent venue statute, 28 U.S.C. §1400(b).  Specifically, the patent venue statute provides that “[a]ny civil action for patent infringement…