Posts Tagged: USPTO
The Complicated Relationship Between IP Law & Cannabis
For the innovators capitalizing on the legal growth, distribution, and commercial sale of cannabis, the procurement of intellectual property rights can go a long way in the …
Iancu: Major PTAB Initiatives Rolled Out, Time to Assess Changes and Stakeholder Reaction
Director Iancu did not make much, if any, news speaking at PPAC today. He did, however, indicate that at least for now his major initiatives to reform …
Laura Peter Appointed Deputy Director of the USPTO
Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross today announced the appointment of Laura Peter as deputy under secretary of commerce for intellectual property and deputy director of the United …
USPTO Announces Access to Relevant Prior Art Initiative to Import Prior Art Citations into Patent Applications
The USPTO recently announced the implementation of the first phase of the Access to Relevant Prior Art (RPA) Initiative. The initiative is being designed to reduce the …
A Patent Dream Come True
The US Patent Office – of which the PTAB is a part – issues patents. That’s why it exists. So if the PTAB finds an error in a …
Visualizing Outcome Inconsistency at the USPTO
In an ideal world, your chance of getting a patent allowed is based on the merits of your patent application and independent of the largely random assignment …
The USPTO Must End Repeated and Concerted Patent Attacks
Why is it that innovators such as Universities and independent inventors are caricatured as patent trolls while entities such as Unified Patents and RPX, who exist for …
Using Do-It-Yourself or Online Trademark Registration Services Can Prove Disastrous for Entrepreneurs
Mass market online filing services simply do not give their clients the time and attention they require and deserve during the trademark application process. The money clients …
Iancu: Boundaries of a patent should not depend on which forum reviews the patent
Director Iancu: 'For the sake of predictability and reliability, the boundaries of a patent should not depend on which forum happens to analyze it. People who want …
PTAB Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Motion to Amend Practice in AIA Trials
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has published a Request for Comments (RFC) about a proposed procedure for motions to amend filed in inter partes …
USPTO Director Iancu tells AIPLA annual meeting: ‘It is a new day at the PTAB’
"The amendment process should allow the patent owner a meaningful process to draft narrower claims," Iancu said after pointing out that the statute specifically allows for patent …
Supreme Court asked to apply Multiple Proceeding rule to end harassing validity challenges
The Multiple Proceedings rule has become the essence of uncertainty. What exactly does it mean? §325(d) gives the PTO Director the authority to refuse a petition when “…
Trademark Alert: Unauthorized Changes to Trademark Applications and Registrations
The United States Patent and Trademark Office sent an e-mail notifying stakeholders of an alarming ongoing scheme to hijack trademark files. Apparently, there has been a number …
Director Andrei Iancu lauds risk takers, calls patent troll narrative ‘Orwellian doublespeak’
Remarkably, in what I believe amounts to Orwellian “doublespeak," those who’ve been advancing the patent troll narrative argue that they do so because they are actually …
Supreme Court Asked to Consider Immoral or Scandalous Trademarks
On September 7, 2018, the government filed a petition for writ of certiorari in the case relating to Eric Brunetti’s clothing brand, called FUCT. Although Brunetti has marketed …
