IP Tech Blog

JULY 22, 2021

Aside from public recognition for their work, Patents for Humanity Award COVID-19 award winners will receive a certificate to accelerate USPTO processing for one eligible matter (such as an ex parte reexamination proceeding, or a patent application).

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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. Ex Parte Challenges to Current Trademark Registrations. The TMA seeks to address these issues through two new ex parte proceedings. 18, 2019 (available at [link] ). [2]

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

MAY 27, 2021

In 2020, the program shattered its previous volunteer participation record, as more than 100 patent practitioners and more than 25 corporations and law firms reported 50 or more hours of patent pro bono service to a regional patent pro bono program. Craig Deutsch is a principal in the Twin Cities office.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Four subjects stand out this month: (1) stays of district court litigation pending IPR, (2) subject matter eligibility under § 101, (3) service of foreign subsidiaries, and (4) damages expert opinions. United Services Automobile Association v. Sable Networks, Inc. Splunk Inc. et al , 5-21-cv-00040 (Nov. 1, 2021, E.D. Schroeder, J.).

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The IPKat

JANUARY 9, 2022

The idea of competition to WIPO’s PCT system is a broader one in looking at how WIPO and its related services can remain valuable as a whole to its member states. expungement and reexamination) would “greatly impact” trademark practice. The buzzword for Ms. Jorgenson was “competitive” – the goal is to keep WIPO competitive.

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IP Intelligence

MAY 27, 2021

Ex Parte Expungement and Reexamination Proceedings: To address problems of fraudulent filings and continued registration of marks not properly in use in commerce, the USPTO proposes rules implementing the new ex parte expungement and reexamination proceedings created by the TMA.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 19, 2021

Ex Parte Proceedings. 225 creates two new ex parte cancellation procedures intended to address concerns that the trademark register has become bloated with fraudulently-filed and unused marks. The first of these procedures, ex parte expungement, applies to marks that have never been used in commerce.

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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. § 1064(6) , the TMA provided for two new avenues for ex parte examination: expungement pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1066(B). § 2.91(d)(2)

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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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The TTABlog

JANUARY 2, 2024

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 24, 2023

Avoid Fintiv where petition filed within 6 months of complaint service? As to reexamination, I don’t understand how this can be included even if this rule were lawfully promulgated. It is an ex parte proceeding that is no different from original prosecution, and where piles of claims can be added. not RPI or privy).

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The TTABlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

In large part, the Trademark Modernization Act (TMA), signed into law by then President Trump on December 27, 2020, will take effect on December 27, 2021. The petition for reexamination must be filed prior to the fifth anniversary of the registration.

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