Since 2012, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has provided patent applicants and examiners an opportunity to continue collaborative prosecution after a final rejection has been received through the After...more
On Dec. 8, 2023, European Parliament negotiators reached a provisional agreement on the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) to regulate the use of AI in the European Union (EU), more than five years after initial calls were...more
After years of setbacks, the EU Unified Patent Court (UPC) will begin its work on June 1, 2023. Germany’s ratification of the UPC Agreement on Feb. 17, 2023, triggered a countdown under Article 89 of the UPC Agreement for the...more
On Oct. 13, 2022, the Administrative Council of the European Patent Office (EPO) voted to change Rule 126(2) of the EPC (the “10-day rule”). This change comes as part of the annual revision cycle for the EPC and PCT-EPO...more
As of Sept. 30, 2022, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) retired decades-old search and viewing tools, many of which were accessed on a daily basis by inventors, assignees, applicants and patent...more
In a split decision, the United States Supreme Court ruled on June 21, 2021, in United States v. Arthrex, that administrative patent judges (APJs) are not constitutionally permitted to wield “unreviewable authority” during...more
7/9/2021
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will further extend certain trademark and patent deadlines through June 1 for those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic—expanding and superseding the relief announced...more
Under authority from the Coronavirus Aide, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently announced that it will extend certain trademark and patent deadlines for...more
The United Kingdom (UK) issued a statement on Feb. 27, 2020, cementing a new position that the country will take no steps to participate in the Unified Patent Court....more
Fostering and supporting innovation is, quite literally, the mission of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). To advance this mission, the USPTO hosts a suite of web portals that empowers patent applicants,...more
11/21/2019
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In a surprising precedential ruling, with the potential to vacate past decisions by administrative patent judges (“APJs”) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”), the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled...more
11/7/2019
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The Intellectual Property Office of the United Kingdom (UK)—together with the Minister of State for Energy and Intellectual Property and Prime Minister May—issued a press release on Nov. 28 confirming that the country will...more
The future of the proposed European Unified Patent Court and European Unitary Patent have been jeopardized by the Brexit vote because ratification of the proposal by the United Kingdom is expressly required before the...more