Trademark attorney Belinda Scrimenti reports on this unique registration by the famous Peabody Hotels in Memphis, Orlando and Little Rock, which are hosts to the iconic March of The Peabody Ducks:
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USPTO Registers 109-word “Non-Traditional” Service Mark
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010Answers sought on the patent eligibility of isolated DNA
Friday, October 29th, 2010A profound patentability question is at heart of the recent appeal filed by Myriad Genetics ( appellant’s brief ) in Association of Molecular Pathology v. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: Is isolated DNA “unquestionably” a “composition of matter,” or, in the alternative, “a new and useful improvement” on naturally occurring DNA?
As Dr. Kevin Noonan (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP) notes in his extensive review of the case in the Patent Docs blog, “… This is the first step in an appeal that awaits a large number of anticipated amicus briefs and appellees’ briefs from plaintiffs (supported by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Public Patent Foundation)…”
A lot remains to be learned, analyzed, and discussed before a definitive and correct decision is reached in this case.