IP Watchdog

JANUARY 17, 2023

Day Congress is not in session, but there are still some interesting events to put on your calendar, including the all-day listening session on United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)-U.S. This week in Washington IP news, following the federal holiday to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Every year growing up a favorite aunt would send us a paper Advent calendar to help us count down the days until Christmas (and her holiday visit). As much fun as we have had with Advent calendars, I really shouldn’t have been surprised at the wide variety of forms that these calendars take in the U.S. patents.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 17, 2024

FinCEN has recently extended this deadline to 90 calendar days for reporting companies created or registered in 2024. FinCEN has recently extended this deadline to 90 calendar days for reporting companies created or registered in 2024.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Stakeholders accustomed to having “ten more days” to respond to a communication from the European Patent Office will have to update their calendaring systems for documents dated on or after November 1, 2023.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

As the calendar turns to November, a “high-low” (at least here in the basketball capital of the world) usually refers to a basketball play where one player at the high post passes the ball to a second player at the low post to create a scoring opportunity. It can be highly effective for breaking down a defense.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 7, 2022

Total utility patent grants are down about 7% for calendar year 2021. Still the total ranks as the third highest of all time. The Office has almost eliminated unwanted delay in examination. Right now the delay is about 17 months from filing to first office-action.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 28, 2021

As we close out another calendar year, we look back at the top legal developments of 2021 that could influence the market for biologics and biosimilars. There were many interesting decisions and other developments in district court, at the Federal Circuit, at the PTAB, and even at the ITC. . By: Goodwin

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IP Watchdog

JULY 10, 2022

July 10 marks the end of one of the most important events in the sporting calendar and one of the most iconic tennis tournaments in the world: Wimbledon. The All England Lawn Tennis Club (the “Club”) has owned multiple registered trademarks for the famous Wimbledon name and other prominent signs for some time.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The end of the calendar year is also, for legal purposes, the end of the corporate and accounting year, under Colombian Law.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

utility patents during the 2021 calendar year. Earlier today, the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) published their annual list of the top 100 worldwide universities that received the most U.S. The NAI is a member organization comprising U.S.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 6, 2023

61(a) ), exceeding three times the median household income for that preceding calendar year, as most recently reported by the Bureau of the Census. Based on this, it is recommended that a practitioner avoid micro entity status unless it can be determined that the applicant qualifies every time a fee is paid.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Fee Schedule Link The overall payment rates under the PFS will be reduced by 1.25% in calendar year 2024. CMS issued the Final Rule for the 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) on November 2, 2023, for payments to be effective on or after January 1, 2024. The final PFS conversion factor will be $32.74, which is a decrease of 1.15

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 28, 2022

In this article, we highlight statutory changes and a selection of the most interesting patent cases reported in the 2021 calendar year. . By: Smart & Biggar

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 16, 2024

Yours truly, the TTABlogger , has once again taken on the unenviable task of estimating the percentage of Section 2(d) likelihood-of-confusion refusals that were affirmed by the Board in the past calendar year. I counted 219 decisions, of which 188 were affirmances and 31 were reversals. That's an affirmance rate of just under 85%.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 4, 2023

The USPTO’s events calendar shows all USPTO events in all locations with links to the description of the event and whether the event is in-person or virtual. A link to the events calendar can be found here. Read more

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 1, 2024

As the calendar flips to 2024, Massachusetts attorneys will be getting to know a host of new faces on the federal and state benches, watching if the U.S. attorney's office can find stability after a rocky year, and closely tracking ballot initiatives that are likely to face legal challenges.

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The Illusion of More

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

I still don’t know why this doctrine in copyright law should be observed on the calendar, let alone for a whole week carved out of Black History Month. Well, here we are again. Fair Use Week. Ninth annual. But in 2013, some anti-copyright ideologues thought it should be a thing, so now it’s a thing. […].

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 29, 2023

If there is any change to the previously reported information concerning a reporting company or its Beneficial Owners, including any change regarding who is a Beneficial Owner, an updated report must be filed within 30 calendar days after the change. Deadlines for Filing: A reporting company itself is responsible for filing the report.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 29, 2023

by Dennis Crouch The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a total of 312,100 utility patents in the calendar year 2023. This marks the fourth consecutive year of decline in the number of issued patents.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The chart below shows the USPTO utility patent allowance rate broken up on a quarterly basis (using calendar year quarters). by Dennis Crouch. The rate is based upon two numbers: The number of patents issued each quarter, and the number of applications abandoned each quarter. Allowance Rate = Patents / (Patents + Abandonments).

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

HIPAA requires that covered entities notify the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of any breaches of unsecured protected health information that affects less than 500 individuals in a calendar year within 60 days following the end of the calendar year.

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Olartemoure Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

cents for each COP 1,000 of total assets, without exceeding 1% of the total contributions, nor being less than (27.35) Tax Value Units – TVU of 2023 and must be paid within 20 calendar days, following the date of issuance of the collection account. The contribution rate corresponds to pay 0.10 Source in Spanish.

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SpicyIP

MAY 2, 2023

So, mark your calendars today! This can be a great opportunity for stakeholders on various IP-related issues as well as IP enthusiasts, to gain valuable insights and clarify any doubts they might have. Relevant Links: – Click here to access the link for the Open House sessions. Click here to check out the official announcement.

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Likelihood of Confusion

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

Ara Rubyan sends along this link to Boing Boing: Josh sez, “The folks at BMC (Black Mustang Club) automotive forum wanted to put together a calendar featuring members’ cars, and. The post More on toy models as trademark infringements appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Nelligan Law

OCTOBER 28, 2022

If, on January 1, 2023 you have fewer than 25 employees, regardless of the number of employees you gain throughout the year, the written policy requirement will not apply to you for that calendar year. Timeline to Meet the Requirements. These requirements were added to the Employment Standards Act , 2000 on April 11, 2022.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 17, 2024

FinCEN has recently extended this deadline to 90 calendar days for reporting companies created or registered in 2024. FinCEN has recently extended this deadline to 90 calendar days for reporting companies created or registered in 2024. BOI reports must be filed with FinCEN electronically on FinCEN’s website.

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IAM Magazine

JUNE 3, 2022

With IPBC Asia on the calendar from 31 October­­–2 November in Tokyo, travelers from many major patent markets can obtain business visas to visit Japan – and IAM can help.

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IAM Magazine

JUNE 3, 2022

With IPBC Asia on the calendar from 31 October­­–2 November in Tokyo, travelers from many major patent markets can obtain business visas to visit Japan – and IAM can help.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Revered across India and Nepal, particularly in the states of West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, and Assam, this sacred observance typically graces the calendar in January or February, aligning with the propitious occasion of Basant Panchami during the lunar month of Magha.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Every year growing up a favorite aunt would send us a paper Advent calendar to help us count down the days until Christmas (and her holiday visit). When I eventually had a family of my own, we purchased a wooden box with 25 little doors, and had fun filling it with little toys and candies for our children to open each day. By: Harness IP

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 4, 2024

The tax period for natural persons aligns with the Gregorian calendar year, starting on January 1st and ending on December 31st. Existing registrants may not submit a tax deregistration application if any business activities continue, even if total turnover falls below AED 1 million within a calendar year.

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Patent Trademark Blog

JULY 5, 2022

Calendar Your Time to Answer Deadline. Make sure to mark the Time to Answer deadline on whatever digital calendar you prefer. Put this due date on your smartphone calendar, and perhaps on a physical calendar. So how should you respond to a Notice of Opposition to your trademark application?

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

DECEMBER 27, 2022

In an article for IPWatchdog Senior Principal John Dragseth gave a nod to the holidays and the culmination of the calendar year while outlining the seven Federal Circuit cases from 2022 that, despite not being high-profile, included important nuggets for practitioners. Read the full article at IPWatchdog.

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Erik K Pelton

APRIL 19, 2021

Put them in your calendar on your computer or however you track your important dates: you’ll know once for certain when the real deadline is, instead of having to worry about misleading scams that claim deadlines that false and often claim to be even before the registration is eligible to be renewed.

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The IPKat

APRIL 26, 2024

Lastly, WIPO is offering more materials on World IP Day, such as a Global Events Calendar and the WIPO Magazine Special edition IP and the SDGs. It features innovators and creators who showcase how they use IP rights to support achieving the SDGs. Happy (belated) World IP Day to our readers! First image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay.

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Olartemoure Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The deadline for filing the report will depend on the last two digits of the company’s local corporate ID Number (NIT), with the following calendar: Maximum deadlines report cut-off as of December 31, 2022. Pursuant to the Circular, entities required to implement such compliance programs must submit Corporate Report 75 annually.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

AUGUST 29, 2023

The new high tide flooding outlook will help coastal communities better understand when and where high tide flooding may occur and the likelihood of high tide flooding for each day in the calendar year. Enhancements to NOAA’s high tide flooding outlooks were made possible by investments through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

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