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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. This is where a trademark reexamination comes in. What trademark registrations are eligible to be reexamined?
Patent Trademark Blog
MARCH 13, 2024
How do you defend a patent infringement claim? Accusations of patent infringement should be taken seriously. Whether they are asserted in the form of cease-and-desist letter or an Amazon patent violation, an accused infringer needs to gauge the seriousness of the problem. Do the accused products infringe the asserted patent?
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Patent Trademark Blog
MARCH 10, 2022
When would an expungement or reexamination be available? This post will cover some key differences between an expungement and a reexamination, including situations that might warrant one or the other. Reexamination = repeat examination. What are the requirements for reexamination? Not in the past, and not now.
Patent Trademark Blog
JULY 11, 2022
Mission Impossible: Can you block a design patent application? Design patent applications are not publicly viewable. It can be nearly impossible to figure out what design patent applications are pending. Suppose your competitor indicates that their product is patent-pending. But, it won’t be easy.
More Than Your Mark
JULY 2, 2021
Hologic, Incorporated that the doctrine of assignor estoppel (a rule that prevents people who assign their patents to a company from then challenging the validity of their patent) is alive and well, but subject to certain important exceptions. The Validity of a Patent. Contact Norris McLaughlin about Patent Protections.
LexBlog IP
JUNE 23, 2022
The Patent Reexamination and Invalidation Department (PRID) of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) invalidated the CN Invention Patent No. within six months before the priority date of the ’987 patent), and all the inventors of the ’987 patent are also authors of the article.
IP Tech Blog
JULY 22, 2021
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced the final deadline for submission of applications for its Patents for Humanity COVID-19 award: The submission deadline is 5 p.m. The USPTO will only continue to accept applications for the Patents for Humanity COVID-19 category until September 30, 2021.
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