artful Insights
artful Insights
Search Results
USPTO Inventorship Guidelines for AI-Assisted Inventions
President Biden issued the “Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence” on October 30, 2023, including the objective to “promote a fair, open, and competitive ecosystem and marketplace…
Read MoreThe Dilemma of Delay: Prosecution Laches
Patent prosecution laches is an equitable doctrine whereby patent claims can be rejected for unreasonable and undue delay in prosecution. Prosecution laches can also be invoked in litigation proceedings to render patent claims unenforceable. Prosecution…
Read MoreWorkman Nydegger Elects New President & Managing Shareholder
Workman Nydegger’s Shareholders have elected Dana L. Tangren to serve as President and Managing Shareholder. As a senior member of the patent and trademark prosecution group, Mr. Tangren has broad experience in mechanical, electro-mechanical, bio-mechanical,…
Read MoreUpcoming Supreme Court IP Oral Argument: What’s at Stake in Warner Chappell Music, Inc. v. Nealy
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral argument on February 21 in Warner Chappell Music, Inc. v. Nealy, No. 22-1078. The case centers on the Copyright Act’s statute of limitations, which provides in relevant…
Read MoreBrittany Frandsen Promoted to Shareholder at Workman Nydegger
Workman Nydegger is pleased to announce the promotion of Brittany Frandsen to Shareholder. Brittany counsels a wide variety of clients on ecommerce enforcement and complex litigation, including cases before both federal and state courts and…
Read MoreJohn Stringham Named Salt Lake City’s “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers
Workman Nydegger attorney John Stringham was recently named Salt Lake City’s “Lawyer of the Year ” by Best Lawyers in the areas of Patent Law and Trademark Law. John C. Stringham is registered to practice…
Read MorePotential Changes Coming to Design Patent Validity
The Federal Circuit recently granted en banc rehearing in the case of LKQ Corp. v. GM Global Technology Operations LLC. The court’s order granting rehearing shows that the case has the potential to result in…
Read More20 Workman Nydegger Attorneys Named to the 2024 Best Lawyers, One to Watch
Congratulations to our attorneys named to the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America! The Best Lawyers in American (2024 Edition) – Salt Lake City Brad Barger – Patent Law Kirk C. Coombs – Patent…
Read MoreContext Matters
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently decided Axonics, Inc. v. Medtronic, Inc., 2022-1451, 2022-1452, (July 10, 2023) (Appeals taken from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board…
Read MoreTen Workman Nydegger Attorneys Named to 2023 Mountain States Super Lawyers, Four Rising Stars
Ten Workman Nydegger attorneys have been named as 2023 Mountain States Super Lawyers, and four have been named as Rising Stars. Congratulations to the WN attorneys below who were recognized this year! 2023 Mountain States…
Read MoreAmgen v. Sanofi: Implications for the Enablement Standard
In 2014, Amgen Inc. sued Sanofi and others for infringement of multiple patents covering technology related to monoclonal antibody therapies for treating high cholesterol. Sanofi et al. argued noninfringement because the claims were not enabled…
Read MorePatent Your AI, Don’t AI Your Patents
The release of ChatGPT in late 2022 created a tsunami of interest. That tsunami has spawned countless articles about the impending doom of knowledge-based professions extending from teachers to lawyers and doctors to accountants. It…
Read MoreNew Upcoming Supreme Court Trademark Case
On June 5th, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Vidal v. Elster, No. 22-704, to address the constitutionality of a refusal to register a trademark under 15 U.S.C. § 1052(c). Although the case arises from a…
Read MorePatenting Chemical Compositions Containing Natural Products
The Supreme Court has identified the patenting of natural products as a judicial exception to patentability. Claims directed to nothing more than abstract ideas (such as mathematical algorithms), natural phenomena, and laws of nature are…
Read More