Whether your portfolio comprises one patent or hundreds of patents, it is important to utilize the portfolio to support continued production and innovation efforts; to explore alternative revenue streams through licensing of...more
8/6/2020
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a Final Rule today in the Federal Register, viewable at 85 Fed. Reg. 46932 (August 3, 2020), announcing fee adjustments affecting all aspects of patent practice...more
8/5/2020
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On July 1, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced a new program to expedite ex parte appeals before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Under the “Fast-Track Appeals Pilot Program,”...more
Recognizing the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on many applicants and inventors, on June 29, 2020, the USPTO announced further extensions for small and micro entities to pay certain patent-related fees. In effect,...more
On June 22, 2020, the United States Copyright Office amended its regulations to establish a new option for registration of short, online literary works that will go into effect later this summer. (See Federal Register Vol....more
On June 15, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced a new program to provide prioritized examination for certain trademark and service mark applications that cover qualifying COVID-19...more
On June 3, 2020, the USPTO launched the COVID-19 Response Resource Center as a centralized hub for information about the USPTO’s efforts to accelerate innovation and promote new technologies in response to the COVID-19...more
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has recently taken further steps to support innovation during the COVID-19 crisis to assist innovative companies, research centers, universities and individual inventors,...more
On May 8, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) introduced a pilot program to provide prioritized patent examination for certain patent applications that claim products or processes subject to an...more