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11 Mar 2016, 3:08 pm by Nikki Siesel
If dissatisfied with a refusal, an applicant can appeal the decision to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB” or “Board”) of the United States Patent & Trademark Office (“USPTO”). [read post]
11 Sep 2014, 5:00 am
District Courts and in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, including numerous IPRs currently pending before the PTAB. [read post]
21 Sep 2010, 11:01 am by Brett Trout
As you might imagine, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has a similar policy of rejecting patent applications covering perpetual motion machines. [read post]
2 May 2016, 6:21 am by Florian Mueller
The Solicitor General is a Department of Justice (DoJ) official, but the DoJ will likely consult with key government agencies such as the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the Department of Commerce on this matter. [read post]
5 Feb 2011, 6:10 pm by Andrew W. Torrance
 Enter the new "Three-Track" patent system being proposed by the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO"). [read post]
28 Jun 2023, 12:00 am by Lawrence Solum
The United States Patent and Trademark Office and European Patent Office declined to recognize the autonomous AI system DABUS as an inventor despite its two inventions. [read post]
27 Nov 2021, 2:12 pm by Lawrence B. Ebert
The United States Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board (the “Board”) held that claims 1–5, 7, and 9–14 are unpatentable as anticipated, but that DRL failed to demonstrate that claim 8 is anticipated. [read post]
24 Feb 2022, 1:06 am by Florian Mueller
Just yesterday I reported on the unavailability of most Nokia-branded smartphones (which are made by trademark licensee HMD Global) as a result of the ongoing enforcement of a Mannheim injunction by Fortress-funded VoiceAge EVS. [read post]
11 Sep 2013, 11:42 am by Florian Mueller
In the meantime, Google must hope for good news -- in terms of invalidity determinations -- from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, which is reexamining the Steve Jobs patent.In my analysis of Judge Posner's ruling, I said (about the non-SEP part) that "it's a safe assumption that the CAFC will be concerned about the patent-skeptical stance embodied in this ruling and will probably be hesitant to affirm this in its entirety". [read post]
25 Jan 2023, 8:55 am by Greg Lambert
She emphasizes how Patent Agents can help R&D teams use the patent literature to their advantage, such as looking for references to answer an office action from an examiner or to conduct a freedom to operate opinion piece. [read post]
19 Jan 2015, 11:37 am
Readers who have not come across the term IDS might want to note the explanation on Wikipedia, which opensAn information disclosure statement (often abbreviated as IDS) refers to a submission of relevant background art or information to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) by an applicant for a patent during the patent prosecution process. [read post]
5 Mar 2013, 11:24 am
  Although the letterhead reads “Patent & Trademark Office” there is, buried deep in the boilerplate, a disclaimer that states "We would like to inform you that we are not Intellectual Property Office". [read post]
12 Jun 2016, 2:43 pm by Florian Mueller
In the late 1860s, the Patent Office experimented with allowing 'design' patents to be issued for minor functional improvements on already existing products. [...] [read post]
15 Mar 2013, 12:40 pm by Florian Mueller
Posner, sitting at the time by designation on the United States Court for the Northern District of Illinois, handed down his final ruling on the case, I predicted that the FRAND-related part of the decision -- Judge Posner limited the availability of injunctive relief to a scenario in which Apple would refuse to pay a FRAND royalty -- was going to be more influential going forward than the decisions he made with respect to three Apple patents. [read post]
4 Apr 2008, 1:44 pm
  The question presented is: When a defense of invalidity under Section 282 rests on documentary evidence that was not considered by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, whether the factual predicates of the defense must be proved by “clear and convincing evidence” or some lower burden of proof. [read post]
6 Dec 2021, 11:26 pm by Florian Mueller
Yesterday three U.S. government agencies--the Antitrust Division (ATR) of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)--invited stakeholders to submit comments by early January on a new draft policy statement on standard-essential patents (SEPs).I applaud the Biden Administration for taking--at least this… [read post]