Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Information and statements” may include, among other items, information that “refutes, or is inconsistent with, a position that the applicant takes in” either “opposing an argument of unpatentability relied on by the Office” or “asserting an argument of patentability.”. the party has a duty to submit the information to the USPTO.”.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 17, 2022

When doing so, parties need to actively consider whether they intend that forum selection clause to prohibit filing petitions, such as petitions for inter partes review of patents, with the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”). Patent and Trademark Office …. emphasis added).

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 17, 2022

When doing so, parties need to actively consider whether they intend that forum selection clause to prohibit filing petitions, such as petitions for inter partes review of patents, with the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”). Patent and Trademark Office.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2021

USPTO announced on December 21, 2021, that it has created a new Petition for Expungement or Reexamination form to be used in TMA actions. This mechanism allows the USPTO to reexamine the accuracy of the applicant’s claim of use at the time the averment was made. Ex Parte Challenges to Current Trademark Registrations.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

In the August 2021 edition of our monthly Texas Patent Litigation Monthly Wrap-Up, we cover a case concerning the doctrine of prosecution laches. 2021), the Personalized Media court held that the asserted patent U.S. 8,191,091 (the “’091 Patent”) is unenforceable under the doctrine of prosecution laches. Patent Nos.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

IP Australia also regulates patent & TM attorneys through professional standards board domination. A broader/systemic problem is the problem of scope: we see this in patent side when Office tries to intervene. The business of the PTO is granting patents/TM. If and when that changes, INTA will show up.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 22, 2023

Also yesterday, some of the very same senators introduced the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2023. The co-introduction of these bills suggests a plan to drive compromise on patent eligibility. Tech industry than the liberalized 101 standard of the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.),Thom

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 20, 2023

For example, the agency cannot require Article III standing for an AIA petition (rejected in legislative history), give deference to previous reexaminations/decisions of the courts (explicitly addressed in AIA estoppel statutes), or foreclose otherwise viable agency options by forced stipulations (explicitly addressed in various AIA statutes).

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) has received more than 170 petitions for expungement and reexamination since it began accepting these new filings late last year. §1066(A) and reexamination pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § § 1066(B). § 2.91(d)(2)

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

OCTOBER 1, 2021

On September 29, 2021, Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) introduced the Restoring the America Invents Act “to address problems for small businesses and ordinary Americans caused by poor-quality patents.” Admitted Prior Art The Bill indicates that admissions in a patent specification (i.e.,

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SpicyIP

JULY 19, 2021

She notes that the most controversial provision in the new Bill is the re-introduction of revisionary powers of the Central Government to direct the CBFC Chairman to reexamine an already certified film. Pandemic Push: Royalty-Based Business Model for Better Downstream Revenue for Musicians. Other Posts.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 24, 2023

Patent Owner disclosure on relationships for 314(a) consideration? So, I am labeling these proposals “good” as this is more or less business as usual. The Patent Owner disclosure requirement to argue 314(a) will not be popular. Member organizations are targeting the worst of the worst in patent owners.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

10 YEARS AFTER THE AMERICA INVENTS ACT (AIA), THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD (PTAB) ENDURES. 1] Nevertheless, the PTAB remains the most active forum for patent disputes nationwide, handling significantly more matters in 2021 than both the Eastern and Western Districts of Texas and the District of Delaware. [2]. 1970 (2021).

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 19, 2021

The highlights of the bill, of course, are its economic relief measures, including $300 per week in enhanced unemployment benefits, $284 billion in business loans through the Paycheck Protection Program, and direct stimulus payments to individuals. Third-Party Submission of Evidence in Trademark Examination.

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