Search for: "UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK" Results 2021 - 2040 of 7,223
Sorted by Relevance | Sort by Date
RSS Subscribe: 20 results | 100 results
28 Dec 2008, 10:13 pm
The United States Patent & Trademark Office in March granted Yalin and a slew of collaborators, including EECL co-director Bryan Willson, a patent on technology replacing traditional sparkplugs with lasers in large, high-pressure natural gas engines.The article also mentions the Bayh-Dole Act:In 1980, Congress passed a law, the Bayh-Dole Act, that effectively required universities to be more aggressive at shepherding their inventions into the… [read post]
27 Jul 2010, 12:03 pm by Brett Trout
Although applicants for trademark registration are free to define their own goods and services, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) provides specific categories to facilitate the approval process. [read post]
6 Aug 2008, 3:11 pm
On August 6, 2008, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) proposed new rules to limit the types of correspondence that may be submitted to the Office by facsimile, and to increase minimum font size to 12 point for use on papers submitted to the Office for a patent application, patent or reexamination proceeding. [read post]
6 Jul 2016, 3:00 am
 The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) thinks there is a "trademark deadwood" problem in its register. [read post]
10 Jan 2014, 9:23 pm by J. Gordon Hylton
The United States Patent and Trademark has recently refused to register the trademark “Redskins Hog Rinds” for a California food company on the grounds that the mark is “disparaging” and therefore prohibited by Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act, the federal trademark statute. [read post]
25 Oct 2016, 10:35 am by Kevin Goldberg
Completing a process which began one year and one week earlier, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a final rule in the Federal Register on October 21, 2016 which will change the fees for forty-two different trademark filings. [read post]
10 Mar 2010, 4:29 am by Vincent LoTempio
What inventors need to know… Inventors Eye is a new electronic publication by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for and about America’s independent and small entity inventor community. [read post]
10 Jul 2015, 9:16 am
Alexandria, Virginia - The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") will hold its next in a series of Patent Quality Chats on Tuesday, July 14th, with its second Chat on this month's topic - Face-to-Face Examiner Interviews: A Demonstration of USPTO Tools hosted by Director of Technology Center 2400 Timothy Callahan. [read post]
6 Jul 2012, 3:01 pm
According to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Rawlings initially filed the registration paperwork for its Gold Glove Award back in 1973. [read post]
17 Jan 2022, 6:44 am by Tamera H. Bennett
The Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (the TMA) provides new tools to clear away unused registered trademarks from the federal trademark register – unclutter the registry --  and the TMA should allow the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the USPTO) to process trademark applications more efficiently. [read post]
17 Jan 2022, 6:44 am by Tamera H. Bennett
The Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (the TMA) provides new tools to clear away unused registered trademarks from the federal trademark register – unclutter the registry --  and the TMA should allow the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the USPTO) to process trademark applications more efficiently. [read post]
12 Jul 2018, 6:10 am by Cheryl Beise
Martin-Morales, United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit, No. 16-2456, 27 June 2018 appeared first on Kluwer Patent Blog. [read post]
23 Oct 2023, 6:00 am by Overhauser Law Offices, LLC
” HealthSmart alleges that the Sweet Nothings, LLC, owner, Beth Porter, used the mark even though she became aware of the similarities when the United States Patent and Trademark Office twice refused to issue Porter a Trademark Registration for the SWEET NOTHINGS Mark due to the likelihood of confusion with HealthSmart’s SWEET NOTHINGS Mark. [read post]
4 Jul 2010, 5:57 am by Brian Scott
However, if another party uses your mark it can be more difficult to prove your ownership.To register online with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), go to www.uspto.gov There is a registration fee for each name, logo, and slogan. [read post]
14 Dec 2016, 1:46 pm
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was presented with the question of whether civil contempt sanctions imposed by a district court for violation of an injunction were still valid when the relevant patent claim had been cancelled in a subsequent United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) proceeding. [read post]
6 Nov 2009, 6:51 pm
I am just getting back from two days at the United States Patent and Trademark Office, having attended the 14th Annual Inventors Conference. [read post]
18 May 2014, 9:23 pm by James Yang
Patent owner can’t sue alleged infringer again on reexamined claims The following case illustrates a tension between the claim preclusion doctrine which bars relitigation of claims decided in earlier litigation between the parties (i.e., res judicata) and the reexamination procedure at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. [read post]
13 Sep 2023, 6:22 am by Gregory Lars Gunnerson
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has introduced a new Patents Petitions webpage to provide improved service to patent owners and applicants seeking agency action. [read post]