Tag: infringement

A Scent of Hesitation: Navigating Ambiguity With Scent Trademarks

By: Kelsey Shaughnessy Crayola’s Chief Executive Officer Pete Ruggiero recognized the significance of the peculiar, yet memory-inducing smell of Crayola crayons when he obtained a scent trademark from the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in July 2024, after a six-year legal battle.  Described as “slightly earthy soap with pungent, leather-like clay undertones,” Ruggiero envisions… Read More A Scent of Hesitation: Navigating Ambiguity With Scent Trademarks

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Time for Reconsideration? Apple’s Fight With Masimo Over Apple Watch Continues

By: Jennifer Gomes   Since its launch in early 2015, the Apple Watch has been the smartwatch, paving the way for technological breakthroughs across the market.  While limited in function, the original Apple Watch created the foundational design of a mini smartphone to be wearable and accessible on the wrist.  Over multiple series of watches… Read More Time for Reconsideration? Apple’s Fight With Masimo Over Apple Watch Continues

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No Sugar, All Spice: How Insulet’s Misappropriation Lawsuit Could Impact The Insulin Pump Market

By: Jennifer Gomes   Insulet Corporation, an Acton, MA-based medical device company, filed a trade secret misappropriation and patent infringement lawsuit on August 3, 2023, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts against South Korean-owned EOFlow. Insulet is claiming that EOFlow developed their EOPatch insulin pump through the use of Insulet’s protected… Read More No Sugar, All Spice: How Insulet’s Misappropriation Lawsuit Could Impact The Insulin Pump Market

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Biotech Companies Continue to Throw Jabs Over Covid Shot

By: Jennifer Gomes While the race to market for the COVID-19 vaccines may be a thing of the past, companies have taken the fight from the labs and manufacturing floors to the courts.  A complex web of patent infringement litigation has developed between competing vaccine manufacturers Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech, both in the U.S. and abroad.… Read More Biotech Companies Continue to Throw Jabs Over Covid Shot

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Use the List, problem dismissed? How placing Chinese firms on the Entity List may better protect American business Interests.

This blog discusses the potentiality of adding Chinese firms which, violate American intellectual property laws to the Commerce Department’s Entity List. A national security decision with implications for Chinese trade, and those American businesses with which they do business.… Read More Use the List, problem dismissed? How placing Chinese firms on the Entity List may better protect American business Interests.

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