News & InsightsIP News AlertsIn re Cellect: Is Your Patent Portfolio Vulnerable to Double Patenting Challenges?November 13, 2023 By: Christine M. Wise and Alice O. Carroll For the first time, the Federal Circuit in the case of In re: Cellect, LLC (Case No. 22-1293, decided August 28, 2023) addressed how Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) interacts with obviousness... United States Patent and Trademark Office: Expansion and Extension of the Climate Change Mitigation Pilot ProgramJune 13, 2023 By: Christine M. Wise and Alice O. Carroll As of June 6, 2023, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) expanded the scope of the Climate Change Mitigation Pilot Program, initially implemented on June 3, 2022,... Supreme Court Clarifies Enablement Standard, Finds Amgen’s Antibody Genus Claims InvalidMay 22, 2023 By: Deirdre E. Sanders and Bin Wang,, Ph.D. The Supreme Court of the United States has issued its ruling in Amgen v. Sanofi, affirming the Federal Circuit’s conclusion that Amgen failed “to enable any person skilled... Long-Anticipated Supreme Court Ruling in Warhol Copyright Case UnderwhelmsMay 19, 2023 Andy Warhol, even posthumously, has a talent for attracting attention. That was true for the copyright litigation by the Andy Warhol Foundation (“AWF”) against the photographer... Artificial Intelligence: The USPTO Seeks Comments on InventorshipMay 3, 2023 In June 2022, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) formed the Artificial Intelligence/Emerging Technologies (AI/ET) partnership, which seeks to bring together stakeholders... USPTO Delays the Planned Non-DOCX Filing Surcharge Fee Yet AgainMarch 31, 2023 By: Alexander Adam, , Ph.D. and Mary Lou Wakimura The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a new final rule on March 27, 2023, delaying the effective date of the fee set for filing a Non-DOCX patent application... USPTO’s First-Time Filer Expedited Examination Pilot ProgramMarch 27, 2023 By: Alice O. Carroll and Christine M. Wise On March 9, 2023, the USPTO launched a pilot program for first-time filers of U.S. patent applications. The pilot program will provide an expedited first Office Action which includes... April 2023 Brings Changes in Form and Format at the USPTOMarch 23, 2023 By: Mary Lou Wakimura and Alexander Adam, , Ph.D. Noteworthy changes are coming soon at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in its efforts to modernize and streamline US patenting processes and systems. The changes... WARHOL: Creator or Infringer?March 21, 2023 Does an artist have unlimited rights to take another’s work without compensation or permission as the basis for new art? The Supreme Court is about to answer this question in... USPTO Transition to eGrants from Paper PatentsMarch 20, 2023 On April 18, 2023, the USPTO will move from paper patents to electronically generated patents (eGrants). This applies to all types of patents (utility, design, plant and reissue... Web3 Blockchain Domain Names: A New Frontier for Trademark ProtectionApril 15, 2022 Trademark owners once raced to protect their brands by registering .com domain names on the World Wide Web (Web2). It is with a sense of déjà vu that trademark owners... The Copyright Clash Between Artists: A QuizApril 14, 2022 “Appropriation Artists,” such as Warhol and Koons, often take an image made by another visual artist, usually a professional photographer, without permission, and incorporate... |
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