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While the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) remains open for online filings, it has further extended many trademark and patent deadlines due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Trademark - Under the authority of...more
For many patent and trademark filing deadlines that would have been due between March 27, 2020 and May 31, 2020, the USPTO will consider them timely filed so long as: (1) they are filed on or before June 1, 2020; and (2) they...more
Like many public and private enterprises, the USPTO has had to make changes in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is likely that, in future pandemics, the USPTO would take similar steps....more
On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), which authorizes the Register of Copyrights to temporarily adjust timing provisions in the Copyright Act if...more
On March 31, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) issued a notice entitled “Notice of Waiver of Patent-Related Timing Deadlines under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“Notice”)....more
Our Intellectual Property Group explains the recent USPTO notice regarding available extensions of time for certain applicants and deadlines due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. - Limited to certain actions and...more
The USPTO announced Tuesday that it was exercising its authority under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to extend certain patent- and trademark-related filing and fee deadlines by 30 days from...more
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ("CARES Act") allows the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to extend the time to file certain patent-related documents or fees. Specifically, subsection...more
The recently passed Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act contains provisions allowing the Director of the USPTO and the Register of Copyrights to waive, adjust, or modify deadlines established under...more
Recently, the government of Canada published the final version of the new Patent Rules (SOR/2019-251) in Canada Gazette, Part II on July 10, 2019. The new Rules and associated amendments to the Patent Act will come into force...more
In a move being cheered the world over by patent practitioners and patent applicants alike, the EPO has announced an amendment to EPO Rule 36, thereby signaling the end of the 24-month time limit imposed on the filing of...more