Filing Deadlines, Patent Litigation, Intellectual Property Protection

The Top Five Challenges of Pursuing Litigation at the ITC

Troutman Pepper Locke on 5/21/2025

Patent litigation at the International Trade Commission (ITC) is characterized by its rapid pace, with proceedings for investigations under 19 U.S.C. § 1337 typically concluding within 15 to 18 months after the filing of the...more

US Patents Set to Issue 33 Percent Faster from the Notification Date

BakerHostetler on 5/9/2025

Starting May 13, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will accelerate the time between issue notification and the issue date of a patent. That is, the time frame will be cut from about three weeks to two weeks –...more

Provisionals’ Disclosures Must Fully Support an Issued Claim for Pre-AIA Priority

Jones Day on 4/9/2025

The PTAB recently provided a pre-AIA priority analysis for reference patents in Roku, Inc. v. Anonymous Media Research Holdings, LLC, No. IPR2024-01057, Paper 10 (P.T.A.B. Feb. 10, 2025). This decision highlights the...more

USPTO Procedure Adds New Hurdle to PTAB Trial Institution

Ballard Spahr LLP on 4/1/2025

On March 26, 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced changes to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) trial institution process, creating a new bifurcated approach to institution decisions....more

A Published Patent Application Is IPR Prior Art as of Its Filing Date

Knobbe Martens on 1/23/2025

Before Lourie, Prost, and Stark - Summary: In an IPR, a patent application is considered a “printed publication” as of the application’s filing date, not its publication date. Samsung filed a petition for IPR of a Lynk Labs...more

IP+T: Intelligence Newsletter - December 2017

Robinson & Cole LLP on 12/5/2017

If you own trademark registrations in the United States, you are required to make certain filings with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) to keep your trademark registration(s) alive. In particular, prior to the sixth...more