Patent Trademark Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

An experienced trademark attorney knows how to do a knockout search for similar live trademarks in the USPTO trademark database. It’s not simply a matter of searching for exact marks (basic word mark search), which anyone can do. I prefer to delve deeper by using the Free Form search of TESS. BICYCLING).

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 7, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office announced that it had notified the Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property, ?Patents Patents and Trademarks (Rospatent) of the USPTO's intent to terminate ?its USPTO Terminates Rospatent as ISA and IPEA for International Applications - In a News Brief issued last week, the U.S.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 10, 2024

Zillow case with patents from a different family. Zillow case with patents from a different family. Patent Nos. In dissent, Judge Stoll argued that the majority failed to properly consider IBM’s proposed construction of the term “user context vector” in the ‘676 patent claims. 2022) (U.S.

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Corsearch

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Introducing Industrial Design Search , the new AI-powered image search tool within TrademarkNow that enables IP professionals to swiftly search potential designs for registration. What is the difference between industrial designs and patents? They can also avail of the user-friendly UI long associated with TrademarkNow.

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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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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Thus far the operation has resulted in the suspension of nearly 1,500 domains, the removal of 780 infringing music apps, and delivery of more than 100 search warrants, IFPI says. In some cases sites were deindexed from search engines and their accounts removed from social media by court order. million downloads in Brazil alone.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 25, 2024

The World Intellectual Property Organization is Seeking a Senior Director, PCT Legal and International Affairs Department, Patents and Technology Sector. The post is in the PCT Legal and International Affairs Department of the Patents and Technology Sector.

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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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LexBlog IP

MARCH 5, 2024

Docket Navigator is a valuable resource, and the place to go if you want to keep track of new patent litigation filings or want to know what is happening in particular cases, how your judge has historically handled a particular type of motion, or a particular plaintiff’s litigation history. Adim8, LLC v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 25, 2022

It is expected that the majority of the work done by students will relate to patent and/or trademark law. Assisting with various steps in the patent prosecution process (i.e.: conducting prior art searches, reviewing patent specifications, etc.). Performing freedom-to-operate and clearance searches.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The New TESS Search website looks a bit different! On November 30, 2023, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) officially retires their clunky, 90s-era Trademark Electronic Search System (the “Old TESS”). Same search results, just done differently.

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IPilogue

MARCH 23, 2022

It is expected that the majority of the work done by students will relate to patent or trademark law. The students’ work will be supervised by lawyers from Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, Bereskin & Parr LLP, and OWN Innovation and may include: Performing prior art searches. Performing trademark searches.

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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. Following much controversy around the issue (for instance see here ), the services were eventually brought back , albeit intermittently.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

On September 30, the USPTO’s new Patent Public Search tool (PPUBS) is replacing four legacy tools—Public-Examiner’s Automated Search Tool (PubEAST), Public-Web-based Examiner’s Search Tool (PubWEST), Patent Full-Text and Image Database (PatFT), and Patent Application Full-Text and Image Database (AppFT).

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JUNE 4, 2023

In this article, we will explore the process of obtaining a trademark for virtual goods and the importance of seeking guidance from a trademark and patent attorney in India. Trademarks provide exclusive rights to the owner, ensuring that consumers can easily recognize and differentiate their products or services.

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Dragons' Den

MARCH 21, 2024

I was pleased to hear that they have a granted UK and European patent as well as a patent pending in Canada. After doing a quick search on patent search service, Espacenet , I found that their patent was published in 2018. Your local patent library may be able to help you do this cost-effectively.

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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? Second, choose marks that are not confusable with prior registrations and applications that cover similar or related goods or services. A trademark knockout search can help you navigate around potential similar marks.

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Patent Trademark Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

It means that the USPTO examining attorney thinks it is likely that consumers who encounter your mark will think the source of your goods or services is the same as the source of goods or services under a different trademark, or that there is some affiliation between the sources.

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IPilogue

MARCH 30, 2023

NRC IRAP, CIC, and IPIC The NRC IRAP provides a range of innovation support services for Canadian SMEs. The program offers funding, advisory services, and networking opportunities to help SMEs undertake research and development (“R&D”) and to commercialize, and improve their competitiveness in domestic and global markets.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

After a break, I am back at the monthly patent litigation reports starting with catching up on some of the backlog. I am preparing it as a service for retailers and their supply chain who may want an overview of the patent litigation landscape. Patent: 6,711,204 (Channel sounding for a spread-spectrum signal).

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Kashishipr

DECEMBER 28, 2021

The agreement enabled the three parties involved to obtain Freedom to Operate (abbreviated as FTO) , thereby authorizing one another to use some of their respective patented technologies without worrying about Patent Infringement. Without any doubt, stepping into patent litigation can be uncertain, full of risks, and expensive.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 18, 2021

It is expected that the majority of the work done by students will relate to patent law. Assisting with various steps in the patent prosecution process (i.e.: conducting prior art searches, reviewing patent specifications, etc.). Performing freedom-to-operate and clearance searches. Performing trademark searches.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 17, 2022

Although there is no legal requirement for a company to obtain an FTO opinion before taking a new product, process, or service to market, obtaining one can be very beneficial as a preemptive measure to aid in defending a company in patent litigation against assertions of willful infringement and exposure to treble damages.

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Velocity of Content

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

What we have liked, disliked, who we follow, and what we have previously searched for and ultimately purchased are used by machine learning to predict — and suggest — what might be of interest to us in the future. billion searches are conducted each day on Google. According to the latest data , approximately 8.5

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 5, 2024

With an entire generation exposed to piracy thanks to the most notorious pirates of them all, there was always a question mark over Sweden’s ability to turn its back on The Pirate Bay in favor of legitimate services. A resident of southern Sweden, the man was the alleged registrant of the service’s domain name.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Docket Navigator is a valuable resource, and the place to go if you want to keep track of new patent litigation filings or want to know what is happening in particular cases, how your judge has historically handled a particular type of motion, or a particular plaintiff’s litigation history. Bassfield IP LLC v. 7-Eleven, Inc.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Docket Navigator is a valuable resource, and the place to go if you want to keep track of new patent litigation filings or want to know what is happening in particular cases, how your judge has historically handled a particular type of motion, or a particular plaintiff’s litigation history. Bassfield IP LLC v. 7-Eleven, Inc.

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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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Dragons' Den

MARCH 16, 2023

One of the biggest hurdles faced by Alan when growing his business was that he was not able to get a patent for his invention. The Dragons were particularly interested in this fact, because not having a patent means that others could, in theory, copy Alan’s invention. But is it new?

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 10, 2023

Beyond Borders: Accessing Top-Quality Legal Services for Intellectual Property Protection @media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-6434ddeeda7ab5469{display: important;}} The Four Pillars of Intellectual Property: Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Trade Secrets I.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 1, 2022

freedom to operate search (FTO). What is a Freedom to Operate search. Patent Rights defined. When to conduct a search. How a search is performed. Other patent search options to consider. What is a freedom to operate search and opinion? Patent Rights. important;}.thegem-template-wrapper.wpb_wrapper.thegem-custom-621e9d93aaa3b116{flex-wrap:

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 23, 2022

On March 22, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that it was breaking its final ties with Russia’s intellectual property agencies. In fact, the USPTO warns that paying Rospatent to conduct patent prior art searches may prevent successful processing of PCT applications.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 11, 2022

For further details, please see their announcement below: LexisNexis introduces new legal issue analysis for PTAB ex parte decisions in LexisNexis PatentAdvisor, enabling search issue-tagged decisions and locating effective arguments at every interaction with the USPTO. PTAB Decision search is now available in LexisNexis PatentAdvisor.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 26, 2024

As that pushes pirates down on one side, the journey back up sees the same people warned of potential convictions for fraud, in this case for obtaining services dishonestly. … were cautioned for distributing / supplying illegal streaming services? … were arrested for distributing / supplying illegal streaming services?

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Patently-O

APRIL 10, 2024

By Dennis Crouch Over the past year I’ve been investigating various generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) tools for assisting patent attorneys in their practice. ” In the context of patent applications, the notice provides specific examples of how the duty of disclosure may be implicated when using AI tools.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

A patent is an intellectual property right granted by a government to the inventor, to protect their invention and allow the fullest commercial exploitation of the patented invention. Importantly, only those who have developed new technologies and created a product can file for a patent on the new technology.

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IPilogue

MARCH 21, 2023

IP Innovation Clinic Fellows It is expected that the majority of the work done by students will relate to patent or trademark law. reviewing patent specifications, etc.) reviewing patent specifications, etc.) The remaining time would be spent working on other IP-related and start-up business related needs as they arise.

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