Posts Tagged: USPTO
Return Mail v. USPS Oral Arguments: Both Sides Struggle in Robust Questioning at Supreme Court
On Tuesday, February 19, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Return Mail Inc. v. United States Postal Service, a case that asks the nation’s …
U.S. Cannabis Inventions on the Rise As Legal Marijuana Market Grows
The shifting status of marijuana from an illegal controlled substance to regulated medicinal product to, in some jurisdictions, legalized recreational activity has created a market that promises …
Mitigating ‘Justified Paranoia’ via Provisional Patent Applications
As mentioned in Part I of this series, many inventors will seek to obtain some kind of patent protection so they can stake claim to their invention. …
Justified Paranoia: Patenting and the Delicate Dance Between Confidentiality and Investment
Most inventors understand that a certain amount of paranoia goes a long way when dealing with an idea or invention. Ideas cannot be patented, but every invention …
Other Barks & Bites for Friday, February 15
This week in Other Barks & Bites: the USPTO appoints a new Chief Information Officer; Apple uses Qualcomm chips in Germany while American professors urge the ITC to …
First PTAB Reversals Under New Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance
Since having been sworn in as the new director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in February 2018, Andrei Iancu has led the charge to …
Simultaneous Invention as Secondary Evidence of Obviousness
Is an invention arrived at by multiple inventors within a short space of time necessarily obvious? If not, how far may the evidence of simultaneous or contemporaneous …
USPTO Report: Only Four Percent of Patents Name Women-Only Inventors Over the Last Decade
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released a report on Monday that paints a rather dire picture for women inventors. The report, “Progress and Potential: …
New Hampshire Supreme Court to Hear Appeal in ‘Patent Troll’ Defamation Case
On the morning of February 14, the New Hampshire Supreme Court will hear what could be one of this year’s most important set of arguments related to …
The Federal Circuit is Shirking Its Constitutional Duty to Provide Certainty for Critical Innovation
Here we go again! Another patent whose claims have been invalidated at the Federal Circuit—predictably, another medical diagnostic patent. Athena Diagnostics v. Mayo Collaborative (Fed. Cir. …
Federal Circuit Holds Parties Joined to an IPR have Right to Appeal PTAB Decision—Even if Original Petitioner Lacks Article III Standing
The Federal Circuit on February 1 affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s final written decision in an inter partes review concluding that the claims of a …
Combating the ‘Dunning-Kruger Effect’ in Inventors
Patent professionals encounter many different personality types working with their colleagues and inventors. On one end, there are those who do great work but lack confidence in …
The ‘Iancu Effect’ Won’t Matter if Not Supported by the Courts or Congress
The Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC) of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce issued its annual International IP Index ranking the intellectual property environments in 50 of the …
Iancu Highlights U.S. Role in the Future of Innovation in Remarks at U.S. Chamber’s Global IP Index Reception
On February 7, the Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC) of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce held its 2019 U.S. Chamber International IP Index Reception to announce the …
Anatomy of a Valuable Patent: Building on the Structural Uniqueness of an Invention
From a conceptual standpoint, it would seem logical to assume that writing text to describe a particular invention ought to be easy for the inventor of that …
