IP Watchdog

MARCH 15, 2024

Leveque Intellectual Property Law, P.C., one of America’s oldest continuously-operated patent practices founded and operated by a woman patent attorney, is seeking a registered U.S.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 16, 2023

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to the Federal Register that proposes a separate design patent practitioner bar. Design patent practitioners would only be able to participate in design patent proceedings.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued its one millionth design patent on September 26, 2023. D1,000,000 claims the ornamental design for a dispensing comb. This milestone comes during a particularly prolific period for design patents.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 2, 2022

Protecting the Product ’s Editor-in-Chief James Aquilina and regular contributor Joseph Ambrose will each teach sessions at the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s “Design Rights Boot Camp” on June 23-24, 2022, in Arlington, Virginia. Protecting Designs in the Virtual World.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 17, 2022

A freedom to operate opinion (FTO) is a legal opinion from a qualified intellectual property attorney that concludes a proposed commercial product or process may be made, used, sold, or offered for sale without infringing another party’s intellectual property rights. Intellectual Property , Patents.

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TraskBritt Intellectual Property

JUNE 10, 2021

An applicant secures a patent after successfully prosecuting the patent application at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). When the USPTO believes an application embodies an invention worthy of a patent, the USPTO grants a Notice of Allowance. Appeal (MPEP § 1200).

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 18, 2023

Patent Practice: Creation of a Design Patent Practitioner Bar by John DeStefano The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has proposed a significant change to the rules of practice in patent cases. Enable more underrepresented groups to practice design patent law.

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