Cecilia Choy, Ph.D.
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A Party May Have Standing Even with Incorrect Patent Assignment
By Cecilia Choy, Ph.D. on May 27, 2020
Posted In Patents
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s decision that a reformation of an incorrect assignment supports Article III standing and affirmed the court’s prejudgment interest award. Schwendimann v. Arkwright Advanced Coating, Inc., Case Nos. 18-2416, 19-1012 (Fed. Cir. May 13, 2020) (Wallach, J.) (Reyna, J. dissenting).
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Assignor Estoppel Does Not Apply to AIA Challenges
By Cecilia Choy, Ph.D. on May 7, 2020
Posted In America Invents Act, Patents
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reiterated that while assignor estoppel prevents a party that assigned a patent to another party from later challenging the validity of the assigned patent in district court, it does not preclude the party from challenging the validity of the assigned patent in an America Invents Act...
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“Lightly Sketched” Characters Not Copyrightable
By Cecilia Choy, Ph.D. on Apr 2, 2020
Posted In Copyrights
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed that “lightly sketched anthropomorphized characters representing human emotions” were not copyrightable. Daniels v. Walt Disney Co., Case No. 18-55635 (9th Cir. Mar. 16, 2020) (McKeown, J.). Denise Daniels created The Moodsters Company. The Moodsters were five named characters, each color-coded to an emotion. The Moodsters...
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