Multiple trademark owners have contacted Blank Rome to say that, starting this month, scam artists have contacted them by telephone pretending to be the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”). The scam artists claim to be...more
On March 31, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) announced that it was using the authority provided to it under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ( the “CARES Act”) to extend...more
On Monday, March 16, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) announced that it will consider the coronavirus pandemic to constitute an “extraordinary situation” within the meaning of the relevant patent...more
According to a recent decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the words of a U.S. design patent claim can limit the scope of the claimed design, and should not be ignored in the claim construction...more