Source: U.S. Patent D489,299 S, May 4, 2004, Craig Metros, Patrick J. Schiavone, & Tyler J. Blake (inventors); Ford Global Technologies, LLC (assignee) On July 23, 2019, the Court of Appeals for the...
On June 25, 2019, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit handed down CellSpin Soft, Inc. v. Fitbit, Inc., in what is an important case dealing with patent-eligibility under 35 U.S.C. §101,...
Monsanto Corp., the Big Ag company which manufactures the weed killer ROUNDUP®, and was the loser in three California jury trials which $2.48 billion in potential damages, in which all the plaintiffs...
U.S. Patent No. PP30,434 P3 (‘434) issued on April 23, 2019, for “Cannabis Plant Named ‘LW-BB1’.” It was issued to inventors Andrew Alfred, Ian Dumpert, and Christopher Chapdeline of Denver,...
Source: U.S. Patent No. 5,859,601, Jan. 12, 1999, to Jaekyun Moon & Barrett J. Brickner (inventors); Regents of the University of Minnesota (assignee) On June 14, 2019, the Court of Appeals for the...
U.S. Patent No. 10,265,362 B2 (‘362) issued on April 23, 2019, for “Ingestible Films Having Substances From Hemp or Cannabis.” It was issued to applicant/inventor Scott Schaneville, of St....
U.S. Patent No. 10,239,808 B1 (‘808) issued on March 26, 2019, for “Cannabis Extracts.” It was issued to inventors Jacob Black of New Haven, Connecticut, Ryan Beigle of Littleton, Colorado, and Alex...
On May 30, 2019, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Washington v. Barr, refused to dismiss outright a case where the plaintiffs alleged marijuana’s classification on the Drug Enforcement...
On June 10, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Return Mail, Inc. v. United States Postal Service, in which the Court held that the Government was...
Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, C23H34N5O14P The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has recently opened an investigation into possible violations of Gilead Sciences, Inc.’s exclusive license with the...