Examiner interviews are often indispensable to advance prosecution of a U.S. patent application, and interviews can help advance prosecution in the vast majority of applications. The Midwest Regional U.S. Patent and Trademark...more
Patent protection in China has been a hot topic of discussion and strategy for U.S. companies. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) China team within the USPTO's Office of Policy and International Affairs is a...more
How does an important U.S. government agency modernize its operations, especially during a global health crisis? What IT modernization approach can U.S. patent and trademark practitioners expect from the United States Patent...more
8/31/2020
/ Chief Information Officers (CIO) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Examiners ,
Information Technology ,
Modernization ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Prosecution ,
Patents ,
Trademark Examination ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO
On July 20, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in In re OptumInsight denied OptumInsight’s petition for writ of mandamus on privilege waiver. The court held that the District Court for the...more
8/16/2017
/ Antitrust Violations ,
Appeals ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Discovery ,
Federal Rules of Evidence ,
Mergers ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Prosecution ,
Patent Re-Examination ,
Patents ,
Privilege Waivers ,
USPTO ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
Writ of Mandamus