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29 Jun, 2007 4:29 am
On June 28, 2007 the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) decided on Gilbert Hyatt v. Jon W. Dudas, Director, Patent and Trademark Office. This case stems from a disagreement between Mr. Hyatt and the examiner of his patent application(s ... the
District Court of the District of Columbia. The District Court's decision favored Mr. Hyatt and was appealed by Mr. Dudas to the CAFC, although
the decision was on remand. The full opinion of the CAFC can be found at [www.fedcir.gov]
1 Apr, 2008 12:55 pm
Defendants Jon W. Dudas and the United States Patent and Trademark Office are permanently
enjoined from implementing the Final Claims and Continuations Rules. The opinion of Judge James C. Cacheris in the Eastern District of Virginia may be found here. The order permanently
enjoining the USPTO may be found here. GSK and Tafas brought suit against the USPTO [...]
1 Apr, 2008 7:38 am
... its new claims and continuation rules into effect (SmithKline Beecham Corporation et al. v. Jon W. Dudas and the United States Patent and Trademark Office): "Today's ruling enjoining the PTO from implementing its controversial rules on continuations and
claims is a sound decision that reflects the concerns we ... hoped for by the PTO, then S. 1145 would legislatively overrule today's Tafas v. Dudas victory by the patent bar.-- Hmmm, if wishes were horses, pigs would fly. Don't look ...
1 Apr, 2008 9:32 am
... are substantive in nature, the Court finds that the Final Rules are void as "otherwise not in accordance with law" and "in excess of statutory jurisdiction [and] authority." 5
U.S.C. § 706(2). From the order: "Defendants Jon W. Dudas and the United States Patent and
Trademark Office and their agents, servants, and employees are permanently enjoined from implementing the Final Rules" Notes: The court made no attempt to carve-out portions of the ...
28 Feb, 2008 5:14 am
On Wednesday, Jon Dudas, the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of
the United States Patent and Trademark Office, testified as to the progress the USPTO has made over ... trademark applications, and reduced attrition of first-year patent examiners.
During the hearing, Dudas stated that "[b]oth fiscal years 2006 and 2007 were record-breaking years for the USPTO," and "[w]e have met
or broken records for production, quality, hiring, teleworking, electronic processing ...
29 Apr, 2008 2:01 pm
... an unknown number of cases that were not appealed. One of the more interesting points in the article were the comments of USPTO Director Jon Dudas, who had the following to say: We are getting more and more unpatentable ideas, worse and worse quality
applications. ... want to file poor [patent] applications? Also, compare this to the comments he made to IAM last month on patent quality: [W]e've determined the quality of
patents granted has been improving, and we expect this to continue because of ...
7 Jun, 2007 9:57 am
... Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Alkermes, Inc. Below is a brief summary of the testimony. Director Jon W.
Dudas In favor of: Third party prior art submissions Some changes to willful infringement (regarding notice and no ... , namely to reduce the
time in which such challenges could be brought Of most interest was the testimony of Director Dudas, as it represents the views of the USPTO on
the currently-proposed patent reforms. Possibly the most troubling aspect of his testimony was ...
30 Apr, 2008 1:27 pm
... New York Times article titled Patent Law Battle a Boon to Lobbyists, one finds the recent argument by Jon Dudas: Jon W. Dudas, the under secretary of commerce for
intellectual property, said: "We are getting more and more unpatentable ideas, ... dropped to 43 percent in the first quarter of this year." Of various discussions involving Mike at
TechDirt, one notes that the Dudas statement is based on the low allowance rate of the first quarter of 2008. There was a high allowance rate
in 2000, which ...
1 Jun, 2007 7:58 am
... 6/6): While the hearings are not on C-SPAN, a live webcast is available via the Judiciary Committee website here.] Those scheduled to appear are: Jon W. Dudas, Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO Bruce G.
Bernstein, chief intellectual property and licensing officer, InterDigital Communications Corp. Mary Doyle, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary, Palm, Inc. ...
1 Nov, 2007 2:14 pm
In the matter of Triantafyllos Tafas v. Jon W. Dudas, et al. consolidated with Smithkline
Beecham Corporation, et al. v. Jon W. Dudas, et al. (1:07cv1008), the district court held that
it was willing to grant GSK's Motion for a Preliminary Injunction to enjoin enactment of the USPTO's new rules, "Changes to Practice for Continued Examination Filings, Patent
Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims, and ...
8 Jan, 2008 12:00 pm
... Law Association and the Intellectual Property Owners Association have filed briefs with the district court asking it to issue a summary judgment that the retroactive application of
PTO rules on continuation and claiming practice is poor sportsmanship. See Triantafyllos Tafas v. Jon W. Dudas, et al. consolidated with Smithkline Beecham Corporation, et al. v. Jon W. Dudas, et al. (1:07cv1008), to enjoin ...
5 Nov, 2008 4:44 pm
... patent validity, if made to be truly low-cost and timely. And what about the USPTO administration itself? Currently, Jon W.
Dudas serves as Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). He
... the $1.8 billion agency and its more than 8,900 employees. Most likely, we will see Director Dudas leave his position by inauguration day
since he a political appointee - appointed by the President after Senate confirmation. The ...
7 Jun, 2007 5:19 am
Administration Seeks Overhaul of Patent System The goal, said Jon W. Dudas, director of the
United States Patent and Trademark Office, is to improve the quality of patents and in the process curb the rising wave of ... to worry a lot less about litigation later." Some steps to
improve patent quality will require changes in the law, said Mr. Dudas, who testified at a meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday.
Patent overhaul legislation has been introduced this year in both the Senate and ...
13 Oct, 2008 5:38 am
... practices at the USPTO, see PatentHawk's post of material from the Oct. 08 POPA newsletter which begins: When USPTO Director Jon
Dudas let the word out that too many employees receive outstanding ratings at end-of-year performance appraisals, one ... that "it's not
possible that the agency has that many outstanding employees" attitude seems to directly contradict Jon W. Dudas' response to Congress, where he discounted the studies that called into question the USPTO's 30-year old production goals by ...
25 Jan, 2008 7:16 am
... impacted small business. It's available in the form of an amicus brief in Tafas v. Dudas:
http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/virginia/vaedce/1: ... backlog as they comprise nothing more than "rework." (See Testimony of Jon W. Dudas before the subcommittee on Intellectual Property Committee on the Judiciary April 21, 2005 ...
cites no evidence to support this assertion in the record other than rehashing Mr. Dudas' own earlier unsupported assertion, which type of ipse
dixit statement does ...
7 Jan 4:11 pm
USPTO Director Jon W. Dudas is rumored to be resigning. Since taking office in July 2004,
Dudas has displayed unprecedented aptitude for infantile outbursts against PTO employees and patentees; instilling opacity in agency operations
enviable to Soviet apparatchiks; astonishing duplicity in diminishing patent quality while paying lip service to it; illegal, albeit futile gestures in changing examination rules;
slave-driving employees with counterproductive ...
26 Jan, 2007 5:05 am
... Love Named Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property Jon W.
Dudas has named John J. Love deputy commissioner for patent examination policy for the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Love
most recently served as the ... Love is an important member of USPTO's senior management team," noted Under Secretary Dudas. "With his many
years of service and dedication to the patent system, I know he will make major ...
10 Jun, 2007 5:44 am
... brief summary of last week's Senate hearings on the Patent Reform Act of 2007: Of most interest was the testimony of Director [Jon
W.] Dudas, as it represents the views of the USPTO on the currently-proposed patent reforms. Possibly the most troubling aspect of his
testimony was his ... Luxury Items? Appellate Law & Practice has all the links to the Libby Letters for those so inclined. Kenneth W. Davis at Manage Your Writing noted Long
words make you look stupid. Daniel J. Solove at Concurring ...
1 Mar, 2007 1:05 pm
... in the face of another rumor that comes through Hal Wegner. According to Professor Wegner: "A highly reliable source has just reported that Under Secretary Jon W. Dudas during a Silicon Valley swing this past week has assured industry leaders that the continuation
rules are - in the words of one observer - "dead as a doornail"." It appears now that the more likely rumor is "alive and well." I guess we'll just wait and see ...
1 Mar, 2007 1:05 pm
... in the face of another rumor that comes through Hal Wegner. According to Professor Wegner: "A highly reliable source has just reported that Under Secretary Jon W. Dudas during a Silicon Valley swing this past week has assured industry leaders that the continuation
rules are - in the words of one observer - "dead as a doornail"." It appears now that the more likely rumor is "alive and well." I guess we'll just wait and see ...
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