Patent Trademark Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Normally, a trademark is tied to a particular product or service. You don’t register a trademark in a vacuum without specifying the goods or services under the mark. A house mark is an exception to this general rule in that it identifies the provider of a wide variety of goods or services. Need to register your house mark?

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Erik K Pelton

MARCH 30, 2021

One question that comes up a lot when people go to file a trademark application at the USPTO (US Patent and Trademark Office) is TEAS PLUS versus TEAS STANDARD application forms. A TEAS Plus application has a lower filing fee, currently $250 per class. A TEAS Standard application has a filing fee today of $350 per.

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Erik K Pelton

JUNE 13, 2023

Every year, a few hundred refusals from the Patent and Trademark Office on trademark applications end up getting appealed to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). The first question when considering filing an appeal is: do you want to file a request for reconsideration at the same time you file the appeal?

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 3, 2023

Patent filings continue to be slightly depressed in the district courts and at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) compared to the highs of last year, with 17 new PTAB cases and 38 new district court filings.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

trademark registration for your trademark on goods or services for your business. Patent and Trademark Office based on it being invalid? Can you file anything to strengthen your trademark registration against invalidation? Suppose that you have obtained a U.S. Can your trademark registration be cancelled with the U.S.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board held that service of a bare complaint without exhibits did not trigger the one-year time bar under 35 U.S.C. § 315(b), which requires the filing of a petition for inter partes review within one year after being served with a district court complaint alleging patent infringement.

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Erik K Pelton

MAY 23, 2023

The following is an edited transcript of my video “Responding to a Trademark Office Action” After a trademark application is filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office, it is generally about nine months (as of May 2023) until anything is heard back by the applicant. Sometimes they’re more serious and substantive.

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Patent Trademark Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

With so many options for trademark filing services, how do you compare one trademark service to another? This metric provides a percentage of allowed trademarks in view of all trademark filings filed by an attorney. This numerator is then divided by all the trademark applications I have ever filed.

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IP Law 360

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Disney is infringing a patent for customized theme park itineraries with its Genie and Genie+ services that help visitors navigate its parks, according to a lawsuit filed Friday in Florida federal court.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 12, 2024

The troubles for the Office of the Controller General of Patent, Designs, and Trade Mark (CGPDTM) just don’t seem to end anytime soon. Initially, there were persistent issues plaguing the access to the e-filing page and public search page (discussed here ).

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Institution of an IPR is automatically barred if the “petition requesting the proceeding is filed more than 1 year after the date on which the petitioner…is served with the complaint alleging infringement of the patent.” 35 U.S.C. § See Lightricks Ltd.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The lawsuit was filed by German-based Bitmanagement Software GmbH, who claimed that they began working with the Navy to test their BT Contact Geo software. The alleged offenses include violations of the Copyrights, Designs and Patents Act as well as conspiracy to defraud and money laundering.

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Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 24, 2022

To build protectable trademark rights, you must generally begin using a mark to sell goods or services, or file a US trademark application based on a foreign registration for the same mark. So you need to choose a trademark and identify the goods or services to be sold under the mark. How to protect your innovation with patents.

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Patent Trademark Blog

MAY 9, 2023

While I’ve discussed how to file foreign trademark applications , let’s dig into the why question. Call (949) 223-9623 or email vlin@icaplaw.com to obtain flat rate quotes for filing your foreign trademark. Be careful with online services. What is the likelihood that someone outside the US may use your service?

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning systems are powerful driving forces in the modern era—defining new frontiers for complex and advanced software services and products. By: Bennett Jones LLP

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Patently-O

JULY 14, 2022

There are lots of studies of Federal Circuit decisions, but very few involve the link between all cases filed at the district court cases and appeals. This prompted the question for me: who actually files appeals in patent infringement cases and how representative are they of the underlying civil actions filed in the courts?

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 10, 2023

of the Patents Cooperation Treaty Regulations (a provision that provides for condonation of delay by a period of one month with respect to the submission of national phase patent application) in the petitioner’s favour. The petitioner approached the High Court against the decision of the Controller of Patents. But he did not.

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Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 28, 2022

What if we adjust our initial filing patent cost to match your budget? Nearly every patent firm sets their own attorney’s fees and service rates. So we asked ourselves the following question: What can we do to make utility patents more affordable? What would make patents more accessible to potential clients?

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 26, 2023

On June 1, 2023, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) introduced amendments to fee schedules set out in the Patent Rules, Trademarks Regulations, Industrial Design Regulations, and Copyright Regulations and will take effect by January 1, 2024. to $458, resulting in more than a 30% increase. to $555.00 as of January 1, 2024.

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Patently-O

APRIL 17, 2024

by Dennis Crouch The Federal Circuit is set to consider the use of terms like “patented,” “proprietary,” and “exclusive” in commercial advertising can be actionable under § 43(a)(1)(B) of the Lanham Act when their use is not entirely accurate. Crocs largely prevailed in those actions.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

– Jason) Virtual reality, AI chatbots, and other emerging technologies are fueling a drive to innovate, improve, and patent new products and services that are inclusive from the beginning. Perhaps more than at any time in their history, technology companies are under pressure to achieve patentable breakthroughs.

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IP.com

JANUARY 29, 2024

Over the last decade, the total annual patent applications submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) each year is over 600,000 applications. The fastest patent review process time is 6-12 months if fast-tracked via Track One , with the average taking up to 22 months.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 26, 2024

Against these issues, the Intellectual Property Attorney Association filed a writ before the Delhi High Court seeking suspension of a few deadlines till the services of the Registry’s website were resumed. Controller (Patents & Designs) appeared before the Court. Rekha Vijayam, and Dr. Suneeta Betgeri, Dy.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 15, 2022

After plaintiff United Services Automobile Association (USAA) sued defendant PNC Bank N.A. for patent infringement, PNC filed IPR petitions against each of the six patents-in-suit, of which three were instituted by the Patent Trial and Appeal. By: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

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Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 28, 2023

Trademark reexamination: A new way of attacking registrations Back in the old days, you had to file a TTAB cancellation in order to cancel a trademark registration for lack of use. The USPTO fee is $400 per class of goods or services. appeared first on Patent Trademark Blog | IP Q&A. Need to cancel a trademark registration?

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 8, 2024

As we have previously reported, in November 2023 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Regeneron”) filed complaints against Celltrion, Samsung Bioepis and Formycon (collectively, “the Defendants”) in the U.S. Stay tuned to Big Molecule Watch for more updates on this litigation.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 11, 2023

QinetiQ Limited (PGR2023-00003), the petitioner filed its petition on the last possible day in the 9-month statutory period to timely file a petition for post-grant review (PGR).

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Patently-O

APRIL 16, 2024

Pharmaceutical innovators are voicing concern that these disclosures are increasingly being used as prior art to invalidate patents arising out of, or otherwise relating to, these trials, in a manner that threatens to disincentivize investment in pharmaceutical innovation. A recent Federal Circuit decision, Salix Pharms.,

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 15, 2024

2024 appears to be a year of change in the Australian Intellectual Property realm, with the adoption by IP Australia of the Madrid Goods and Services List and the introduction of the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Regulator Performance) Act 2023. Part 1 – Trade marks that contain, or consist of, Olympic motto, etc.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

This week in Other Barks & Bites: the Federal Circuit clarifies the “reasonable expectation of success” standard while reversing the PTAB’s obviousness determination regarding patent claims covering a method of photoinactivation of Gram-positive bacteria; Senator Tillis raises concerns about Judge Alan Albright with the USPTO and Chief Justice (..)

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The IPKat

MAY 17, 2023

The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has announced details of its new patent service which will see the process of applying for a patent dramatically transformed over the next 12 months. There will also be a number of important changes to the IPO’s services ahead of the new service for patents being launched in spring 2024.

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Patent Trademark Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Nowadays, there are so many options for filing a trademark application with the USPTO. Just like anything else on YouTube, you can even find do-it-yourself videos on filing trademark applications. So much of what happens in a successful trademark registratoin occurs before the application is filed. You’ll be on your way.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to respond to a petition for writ of mandamus filed by the owner of the APPLE JAZZ trademark, who has been embroiled in a fight with Apple, Inc. 4088195) for nonuse/ abandonment on the ground that Apple never used the mark in commerce for entertainment services listed in the Registration Certificate.

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IAM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The Long Read : Sector-by-sector analysis reveals that transport, financial services and networking all recorded triple-digit percentage growth in patent suits filed by non-practising entities between 2018 and 2020, writes IAM data reporter Bridget Diakun.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 30, 2022

trademark and patent registrations will not protect rights holders’ IP in the Philippines. The Philippines Intellectual Property Office (IPOPHL) maintains a registry of patents and trademarks that is widely recognized in Southeast Asia. Second, IP may be protected differently in the Philippines than in the United States.

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The IP Law Blog

APRIL 27, 2023

An inter partes review (IPR) is a procedure in the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) whereby a U.S. patent can be challenged in the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). Although a patent can be challenged in federal district court, an IPR is an expedited and less costly procedure than federal court litigation.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 23, 2022

For example, in February 2022, McDonald’s filed trademark applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) covering virtual goods and NFTs along with virtual restaurant services. Traditional brick-and-mortar based brands are staking a claim as well. By: Erise IP

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