Posts Tagged: examiner
Influx of Trademark Applications at the USPTO Subsidized by Chinese Government, Include Doctored Product Images
According to Eric Perrott, a trademark and copyright attorney with Gerben Law Firm, chatter among U.S. trademark officials and attorneys regarding the increase of potentially fraudulent …
Judge Paul Michel presents supplemental testimony on PTAB reforms to the House IP subcommittee
To fix the current incarnation of the U.S. patent system and reinvigorate the American economy, Judge Michel called upon the House IP subcommittee to adopt seven …
Ignorance of the Law is No Excuse for Cost of the USPTO’s High ex parte Appeal Reversal Rates
As the old saying goes: Ignorance of the law is no excuse. So there seems to be no good reason that the Examining corps’ inability to apply …
Former Trump campaign advisor: “Today, patents are worthless.”
“We began noticing that key appointments in the Trump Administration were going to Republicans who were very anti-patent,” Caputo noted. These appointments include Vishal Amin, who Trump …
US Inventor sets patents on fire as part of PTAB protest at USPTO
Despite going on with the protest after the USPTO denied a use permit application for the event, a source from the event reports that all planned aspects …
Hearing on Examiner Fraud a Big, Fat Nothing Burger
Prepared statements released in advance of the hearing talked tough, but that was pretty much it. Insofar as getting to the root of the problems identified in …
House Judiciary subcommittee questions Lee on preventing time and attendance abuse at USPTO
“My team and I do not tolerate time and attendance abuse,” Lee told the subcommittee. While she did note that the USPTO had taken disciplinary actions against …
Prosecution reopened: Examiners stop applicants from appealing
Due to a bizarre jurisdictional “feature,” the Board does not actually get jurisdiction over a case until either a Reply Brief has been filed or the time …
Administrative Purgatory: Waiting 14 months and counting for action after Board reverses examiner
Delay, frustrate, harass and ignore patent applicants. Issue frivolous rejections if necessary, but reject at all costs. If the Board issues a complete reversal just reopen prosecution. …
Patent quality is much ado about nothing without better patent examiner controls
The end goal of any patent application is to obtain a patent, which is true whether an applicant find themselves assigned to a patent examiner in an …
USPTO and UKIPO Progress Report on Worksharing Initiative
The thing that struck me most from these survey results was the superiority of USPTO searches. I'm sure you have heard the same criticisms and joking that …
Detroit, Michigan Announced as First Regional Patent Office
Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced that the first Regional Patent Office would be located in Detroit, Michigan and will open at some point during 2011, employing some 100 patent …
