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With Germany’s Ratification, the EU Unified Patent Court Begins June 1, 2023

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

The European Patent Office Votes to Modernize the ‘10-Day Rule’

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

USPTO Transitions from Legacy Search Tools and Databases to New Online Search Tool

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

“Unreviewable Authority” by APJs During Inter Partes Review Struck Down

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

USPTO Offers Further Deadline Extensions Through June 1

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

USPTO Extends Trademark and Patent Deadlines Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

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

4/8/2020  /  CARES Act , Patents , USPTO

No Unified Patent Court or Unitary Patent for Post-Brexit UK

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

Patent System Stakeholders Underutilizing Open Data Resources at the USPTO

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

Arthrex: Administrative Patent Judges Found Unconstitutional

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

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