Over the past two weeks, the Ukrainian Institute of Intellectual Property (Ukrpatent) has been posting letters of support that it has received from other European IP offices. Among the offices from which Ukrpatent has...more
Over the last week, the Ukrainian Institute of Intellectual Property (Ukrpatent) has been posting letters of support that it has received from other European patent offices. Among the offices from which Ukrpatent has...more
Last week, the Ukrainian Institute of Intellectual Property (Ukrpatent) began posting letters of support that it had received from other European patent offices. Among the offices from which Ukrpatent has received such...more
On Tuesday, the Ukrainian Institute of Intellectual Property (Ukrpatent) issued a statement declaring "that during this extremely difficult time for the country, during the military aggression of the Russian Federation...more
In a Decision on Petition issued in April, and signed by Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy Robert W. Bahr, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office refused to vacate a Notice to File Missing Parts of...more
8/20/2020
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On March 11, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom declared that the COVID-19 outbreak "can be characterized as a pandemic." At the time of the announcement, the WHO noted that there were 118,000 cases...more
On March 11, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom declared that the COVID-19 outbreak "can be characterized as a pandemic," cautioning that the WHO has "rung the alarm bell loud and clear." At the time...more
4/15/2020
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On Wednesday, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom declared that the COVID-19 outbreak "can be characterized as a pandemic," cautioning that the WHO has "rung the alarm bell loud and clear." At the time...more
3/17/2020
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On Wednesday, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom declared that the COVID-19 outbreak "can be characterized as a pandemic," cautioning that the WHO has "rung the alarm bell loud and clear." At the time...more
3/16/2020
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In a Patent Alert e-mail distributed last week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that beginning July 1, 2019, the Office would once again be accepting new International applications to the IP5 Patent Cooperation...more
USPTO Announces Expansion of eMod Text Pilot -
In August 2015, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it would begin implementing a new system that would eventually replace the EFS-Web, Public PAIR, and...more
In a notice published earlier this week in the Federal Register (80 Fed. Reg. 65649), the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a final rule revising the rules of practice to permit applicants to authorize the USPTO to give...more