News & InsightsIP News AlertsUSPTO 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 By: Christine M. Wise 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 By: Giovanna H. Fessenden-Fairbank 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... Subject Matter Eligibility Responses May be Deferred in USPTO Pilot ProgramJanuary 31, 2022 By: Christine M. Wise On February 1, 2022, the USPTO will launch a Deferred Subject Matter Eligibility Response Pilot Program for qualifying non-provisional patent applications in which the first... Expedited Examination for COVID-19 Related Patent ApplicationsJanuary 26, 2022 By: Christine M. Wise Applicants seeking to patent COVID-19 related inventions may want to consider filing their applications under the USPTO’s COVID-19 prioritized examination pilot program. The... Implementation of the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020January 6, 2022 By: John L. DuPré and Timothy J. Meagher The Trademark Modernization Act (TMA) was enacted in December 2020. In November 2021, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued regulations to implement the TMA.... Epic Games' Battle Royale with Apple - Epic Games, Inc. v. Apple, Inc.September 16, 2021 By: Giovanna H. Fessenden-Fairbank Epic Games fails to prove that Apple is a monopolist Apple must change its App Store rules to allow third-party developers to use other payment systems On September... United States Supreme Court Decision in Arthrex Finds a Constitutional Remedy for the Structure of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Post Grant Patent ChallengesJune 25, 2021 By: Keith J. Wood With this ruling, many expect that the USPTO will create a formal procedure by which parties can request a review of decisions in post-grant proceedings by the Director of the USPTO... |
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