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18 Aug 2:31 pm
On August 13, 2009, Gary Locke, Secretary of Commerce, swore in David Kappos as the new Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Kappos faces many challenges in the USPTO. To read about the challenges that face the new director, please read the two earlier blog posts.
Possible Changes to Come in the USPTO David Kappos Nominated as the New Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Image from: http://www.uspto.gov/images/newsheadlines/2009aug13kappos_sworn.jpg
17 Mar 6:13 am
... of the patent system. Related posts: Recruiting the Patent and Trademark Office to Twitter Over the last several months, Twitter has become a vital... Inconsistency between
Patent Office and Federal Circuit applications of Bilski? In In re Bilski, the Court of
Appeals for the... Patent Office to assess practitioner maintenance fees The United States Patent and Trademark Office today published a...
16 Feb 6:18 am
... " the account later. When considering whether to use Twitter (either through this account or another), folks from the Office might be
interested in reviewing this list of government agencies that are already on Twitter. The list includes NASA (@NASA_Ames_Web, @ ... Circuit applications of Bilski? In In re Bilski, the
Court of Appeals for the... Patent Office to assess practitioner maintenance fees The United States Patent and Trademark Office today published a... Obama continues search for Commerce ...
26 Sep, 2007 9:54 am
By Audrey A. Millemann The United States Patent and
Trademark Office ("PTO") has revised the patent rules in an
attempt to reduce the PTO's workload, although the stated purpose is to "allow the Office to conduct ... continuation or
continuation-in-part (CIP) applications in one application family. An "application family" consists of the initial (parent) application and all of its continuations or CIP
applications. A CIP may be the basis for two continuations or CIPs if it does not claim priority to ...
21 Jul 1:54 pm
... Application Processing e-Office Action provides faster, more efficient notification to patent
applicants WASHINGTON - The Commerce Department's United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced today the
implementation of the e-Office Action ... is optional and open to any registered attorney or agent of record, or pro se inventor who is
a named inventor, in a patent application associated with a customer number. Program participants also will have the flexibility to opt-out of
the e-Office ...
24 May, 2006 2:52 pm
... separated by semicolons). The e-mail must be sent from one of the three listed e-mail addresses. (2) Send a confirmation letter addressed to Mail Stop OED, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, Virginia, 22313-1450. The confirmation letter confirms that the e-mail
addresses are to be used for the practitioner, and should be signed. It should include the same information as the e-mail submission, listing the e-mail addresses in the ...
10 Jul 10:00 am
Congress has received a request from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for rule changes to offset ongoing
heavy financial losses the agency has sustained. Revenue from patent filing and maintenance fees has ... attorneys and companies
believe that the USPTO's economic condition may deteriorate further. The agency looks to improve efficiency and bolster operations as President Barack Obama recently nominated
David Kappos to be the new Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property ...
29 Mar, 2007 6:56 am
USPTO press release from Jon Dudas: "I am pleased to release the United States Patent and Trademark Offices (USPTO) Strategic...
24 Apr, 2007 12:45 am
From the press release: The Department of Commerce's United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released the agency's
"2007-2012 Strategic Plan," which lays out goals and objectives to guide the agency in accomplishing its mission of fostering innovation and competitiveness...
26 Jul, 2007 7:03 am
... through manufacturing and selling his bezels in the auto parts aftermarket and to forestall copycats, Jennings applied to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ("PTO") for a patent. As part of her review of Jennings's application, the patent ... bezel without compensating Jennings for use
of his invention." Unfortunately for Mr. Jennings, neither William T. Lawrence, Magistrate Judge, sitting in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, nor the United States Court of ...
9 Nov, 2007 2:20 pm
... Life Patent and Trademark Office (SLPTO) has
opened its doors." The SLPTO appears to have no connection with the owners of Second Life, Linden Lab. The SLPTO website states: ... lead other
persons to believe that his or her office is, or is officially connected with, the Trade Marks Office. Penalty: 30 penalty units. (2) An offence under this section is an offence of ... kind of legal authority. We can not file a lawsuit on your
behalf, and can not make a virtual world remove items. We seek to assist ...
31 Oct, 2007 12:25 pm
Posted to United States Our Patent and
Trademark Office has taken a decidedly activist bent over recent years, single-handedly elevating
itself from patent ... s injunction against the new rules is the first serious wound inflicted on this new animal, and now we must all
wait to see if it's a mortal one… ... possibility of a loss). Surely they knew that a surge of deadline-inspired filings was coming (and already in process). Surely they
appreciated the fact that every minute, on this day, was critical. ...
18 Jan, 2006 7:01 am
... ). The courts traditionally follow federal court rules which do not always fit in the context of an infringement suit, and there is also a great deal of forum shopping to
bring cases in districts that are more or less favorable to patentees or ... Judges appointed to such a court system should have the same qualifications as patent attorneys who are registered to practice before the United States
Patent and Trademark Office. Specifically, these
Judges should have an academic background in a required ...
6 Nov 3:12 pm
... investigations at the ITC are often times subject to concurrent reexamination proceedings at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office ("USPTO"). When this occurs, respondents will sometimes seek to stay the Section 337 investigation
pending the ... cannot award monetary damages for past infringement - but can only prospectively exclude infringing products from the United
States - any delay in the completion of the investigation negatively impacts the complainant because it means that any potential ...
10 Jan, 2008 11:55 pm
... .-based Taser filed a patent application on Dec., 5, 2005, that was erroneously designated a continuation of a Sept., 17, 1999,
patent application. Tampa, Fla.-based Stinger is claiming Taser failed to mention in the 2005 filing that the Arizona company ... that Taser
engaged in inequitable conduct when prosecuting its application before the United States
Patent and Trademark Office. Federal courts may
invalidate patents where applicants have engaged inequitable conduct in obtaining the patents. ...
9 Mar 8:16 am
... a federal trademark, state trademark, or both. You can register a mark with the
United States Patent and Trademark Office to obtain a federal trademark. By registering with the
USPTO, you may protect your mark from infringement throughout the United States for a fee of $275.00
per class of goods/services. On the other hand, you can register your mark with the state in which you do business. The Florida Department of State, Division of
Corporations to ...
1 Jun 9:23 am
... staking out monopolies over new areas of internet growth. Flood of Business Method Patents The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has gained considerable knowledge about the allowance of business method patents over the ... combination of elements which had been in
the public domain for years. The Following Drought The growing number of patents on public domain material led to an outcry from the online community. With the assistance of the
public, the USPTO adopted stricter protocols, ...
23 Mar 11:24 am
... trademark, or both. You can register a mark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office to obtain a federal trademark. By registering with the USPTO, you may protect your mark from infringement
throughout the United States for a fee of $275.00 per class of goods or services. On the other hand,
you can register ... , you can seek remedies under both the federal and state laws. I recommend filing both federal and state applications if your
competition in your industry is fierce ...
16 Jul 3:47 pm
by Tamera H. Bennett On July 15 The United States Patent
and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the National Inventors Hall of Fame and Museum
opened a special exhibit featuring Michael Jackson's trademark and patent applications. The
exhibit, housed at the USPTO office in Alexandria, Virginia, is open through Labor Day weekend. More information can be found here [...]
11 Jun, 2007 5:37 am
... 10th patent, adding to the company's collection of patents in the areas of content analytics, visualization and
de-duplication. These patents, nine from the United States Patent and Trademark Office and one from the European
Patent Office, focus on technological breakthroughs that help improve productivity for reviewing
massive amounts of electronic data. The patented technology in Attenex® Patterns® E-Discovery Software has helped garner two influential industry awards from Red ...
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