JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently launched an online First Office Action Estimator, which provides an estimate when a patent application will receive a first Office action.

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Managing IP

JUNE 16, 2021

Lawyers say they are happy to keep flexible working – but question how effective it will be in a post-COVID world

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) and the United States Copyright Office (“USCO”) delivered a report to Congress entitled Non-Fungible Tokens and Intellectual Property on March 12, 2024 (“Report”). The offices sought written input and held listening sessions to receive comments from interested groups.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

APRIL 11, 2024

Representatives from several Commerce bureaus and offices participated, as did delegates from the White House, the Department of Treasury, the Small Business Administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Board, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Learn more about the Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.

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Erik K Pelton

AUGUST 30, 2022

Learn more about these three and the different office action response situations in this episode. Learn more about these three and the different office action response situations in this episode.

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Erik K Pelton

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Interns will be expected to work approximately 20 hours per week (onsite in our Falls Church, VA office at least one day per week). Intern responsibilities will include: Assisting associates with all aspects of trademark clearance, registration, and guidance Drafting responses Office Actions at the U.S.

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Erik K Pelton

MARCH 18, 2024

At the dentist office or at the auto shop, they’re using vocabulary terms to talk about their work that don’t resonate with me because I don’t know anything about dentistry or the insides of a car. Learn more about trademark registration – and terminology – in our Trademarkive®.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Kathi Vidal held a virtual conversation with the intellectual property (IP) press on Wednesday to coincide with a one-year anniversary Director’s blog post published today. “If If last year was about listening…this is really the year where we’re trying to bring that to impact,” said Vidal.

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Michael Geist

APRIL 9, 2024

million to support the Office of the AI and Data Commissioner, which would be created by Bill C-27. There is unquestionably a need to address AI policy, but this approach appears to paper over hard questions about AI governance and regulation. million for the Office of the AI and Data Commissioner. Second, $5.1

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U.S. Department of Commerce

APRIL 22, 2024

Happy Earth Day from the Office of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Programs (OSEEP)! Download the newsletter to see the photos and read about OSEEP news, events and updates. April 22, 2024 ASowah@doc.gov Mon, 04/22/2024 - 07:09 Photos above submitted by (left to right): Alexandra D., NOAA; Angela S., NOAA; and Kathryn K.,

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Erik K Pelton

JULY 5, 2022

Past listeners and viewers of my videos and podcasts will know that from time to time I provide an update and more information about trademark scams, and the time has come once again. Patent and Trademark Office and their logos. Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, Virginia or the uspto.gov domain name, if it’s an email?

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IP Law 360

APRIL 18, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office unveiled proposed Patent Trial and Appeal Board rules Thursday that would codify current policies on when multiple challenges to one patent are permitted and set a new briefing process about discretionary denials, which attorneys say should add clarity.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 24, 2022

Copyright Office. Copyright Office, which is part of the federal government, the work itself is in the public domain. Copyright Office. Though the circular touches on international issues some, much of the space of it is taken up with information about copyright registration. Best of all, since it was produced by the U.S.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 22, 2024

In 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) reversed examiners’ decisions in about 30% of appeals, and only in about 7% of appeals related to patent applications for business methods, which include financial technology (fintech) inventions. By: ArentFox Schiff

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IP Law 360

MARCH 12, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Copyright Office told Congress in a report Tuesday about the intellectual property implications of nonfungible tokens, identifying opportunities and concerns about the technology, while advising against changing IP law or policy as a result.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 5, 2024

During the ANA Advertising Law One Day Conference at Katten’s New York office on March 20, Intellectual Property Partners Kristin Achterhof and Michael Justus, who leads the firm’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Working Group, hosted a panel discussion about the legal and regulatory challenges of generative AI (GenAI), particularly as it relates to marketing (..)

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 24, 2024

While practicing law and competing in long-distance triathlons can make work and life feel unbalanced at times, participating in the sport has revealed important lessons about versatility, self-care and perseverance that apply to the office as much as they do the racecourse, says Laura Heusel at Butler Snow.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 30, 2024

As highlighted by Aparajita, here and here , the amendments introduced by the Jan Vishwas Act, 2023 dilute the obligation to submit the working statement and introduce new powers for the controller to establish a separate adjudicatory mechanism within the patent office.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

This issue was later raised before the officers in the Open House Session of December 19, where the offers said they were hopeful about the issue being resolved within a month. With this issue now out of picture (hopefully), the Registry can work toward resolving other issues.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 17, 2024

In addition to raising questions about ownership of outputs , infringement in training , and the future of copyright as a policy tool to encourage creativity , economists are in the early stages of analysing the effects of these technologies on human creativity.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 18, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that will be officially published in the Federal Register tomorrow and that addresses a subset of issues from the controversial April 2023 Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM).

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Copyright Office (USCO) released its decision this past week in Kristina Kashtanova's case about the comic book, Zarya of the Dawn. In one sense this is a success, as the Office was previously threatening to revoke the copyright altogether.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Office (USPTO) and Apple, Inc. file responses to his petition for writ of mandamus, the owner of the trademark APPLE JAZZ has filed a reply of his own charging that “the USPTO is not sincere and has never been sincere about deciding this case.”

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SpicyIP

APRIL 7, 2024

Significantly, the agreement requires India to make substantive changes to its provision obligating a patent applicant to furnish information about their foreign applications corresponding to their application in India. This obviously will lead to allegations of arbitrariness and makes the office vulnerable to undue influence.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 28, 2024

To do that you may need to understand the ownership structure, where they source materials, where and how they manufacture, and a host of other data about each and every one of them. It’s also one that Jenna Wells, Chief Customer and Product Officer at Supply Wisdom believes is ideally suited for AI. That’s a daunting task.

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 31, 2024

We provide advanced information management and data integration solutions to organizations globally, and we have an extensive presence in Europe with offices and operations in several European countries; including the Netherlands, the UK, Romania , Spain , Germany, and, most recently, in Finland and Poland. How would you describe it?

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Patently-O

JANUARY 7, 2022

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

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U.S. Department of Commerce

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In this blog post, we share more about this effort, as well as discuss major insights from the Metrics Working Group final report, “Innovation in Evidence-Building: Evolving Program Data Management Practices within the Department of Commerce.” This post is authored by Barbara Downs, Evaluation Officer, U.S. Bureaus and Offices U.S.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

In a February 2, 2023, article titled “USPTO warns of new spoofing scam targeting trademark owners,” we warned you about a spoofing tactic where scammers were calling trademark owners using “spoofing” to hide their true identity, falsely representing to be employed with the U.S. By: McAfee & Taft

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Every month, Erise’s trademark attorneys review the latest developments at the U.S.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 24, 2024

Every month, Erise’s trademark attorneys review the latest developments at the U.S.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

MARCH 8, 2024

I had a blast talking to Elizabeth and Ruby about their work at Georgetown Law’s Office of Public Interest and Community Service. Stay tuned for more information about our ongoing collaboration with Georgetown! Our work at the Department of Commerce has a profound impact on so many areas that Americans care about: U.S.

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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.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 6, 2024

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP has added an attorney who worked for Robins Kaplan LLP for about seven years as a partner in its Minneapolis office.

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Velocity of Content

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

What kinds of conversations are you having inside CCC and with external stakeholders about generative AI? Resource.org case with a great deal of interest; I am talking with a bunch of folks about the impact that is having on Standards Development Organizations’ (SDOs) licensing, development, and sustainability practices. CCC: Hi, Roy.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 12, 2023

According to those who have seen the complaint, Moore is claiming she has probable cause to believe that Newman is unable to effectively discharge the duties of her office. Second, Moore has apparently heard stories from colleagues and others at the court that cause her to have concerns about Judge Newman’s overall ability to serve.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 20, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Kathi Vidal expressing concern about so-called “patent thickets” and requesting that she consider changes to the USPTO regulations and practices to address perceived problems with patent examination.

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