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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has introduced new trademark fees for 2025. These changes are designed to address increased operating costs and examination times and they will impact many routine...more
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has implemented three new rules impacting practice before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)....more
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently proposed a significant change to the rules governing terminal disclaimers. The USPTO says that the rule change would “promote innovation and competition,” but is...more
On May 10, 2024, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced a proposed rule change to terminal disclaimer practice.Unfortunately, the proposed change appears to further weaken issued patents in which terminal disclaimers...more
Starting March 22, 2024, patent correspondence may be electronically signing using DocuSign®, Acrobat® Sign, and similar third-party e-signature software. The new rule from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is aimed at...more
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) is amending the rules of practice in patent cases by creating a separate space for individuals with educational backgrounds in design-related disciplines to qualify to...more
Thank you for reading the August 2023 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter. This month, we conclude our series that explores ways to lose trademark rights with an examination of naked licensing, discuss a...more
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) adopted a new rule for evaluating whether non-syndicated news columns are “goods in trade” under the Lanham Act in In re The New York Times Company, a precedential opinion issued on...more
The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that it will no longer issue patents in a printed “ribbon copy” form as of April 18, 2023. Instead, patents will now only be issued electronically in a digital form. This...more
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A new rule has been published by The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in the Federal Register to put into action the particulars of the Trademark Modernization Act (TMA) of 2020...more
In this Alert, we reported on the new email address rule. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), based on objections from trademark attorneys throughout the U.S., has now modified the new email address rule to permit...more
Statistics from 2018 reveal that .03% of trademark applications were paper filed. As such, effective February 15, 2020, paper trademark filings are no longer an option. The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO")...more
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) just issued new rules that directly affect trademark owners. Going forward, trademark applicants, registrants, and parties to a proceeding before the Trademark Trial and...more
On February 7, 2020, the U.S. Trademark Office issued long-anticipated guidelines governing electronic filing and electronic communications with attorneys and trademark owners. Effective February 15, 2020, these new rules...more
The Canadian Patent Act was amended last year to include a new provision which allows prosecution histories into evidence in patent proceedings to rebut representations made by the patentee regarding claims construction. ...more
According to the USPTO Commissioner of Trademarks, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has seen a significant increase in the number of applicants who are not fulfilling their legal and ethical obligations...more
Since August 3, 2019, all foreign-domiciled U.S. trademark applicants, registrants and parties to proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) Trademark Trial and Appeal Board must be represented...more
On July 31, 2019, the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") published final rules changes that mandate electronic filing. This new rule becomes effective on October 5, 2019. There are limited exceptions, so it...more
Effective on August 3, 2019, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will require foreign-domiciled trademark applicants, registrants, and parties to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board proceedings to be...more
The US Patent and Trademark Office recently announced that starting on August 3, 2019, all foreign-domiciled trademark applicants, registrants and participants in USPTO trademark proceedings must be represented by US counsel....more
Earlier in July 2019, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a final rule amending the Rules of Practice in Trademark Cases, the Rules of Practice in Filings Pursuant to the Protocol Relating to the...more
The United States Patent and Trademark Office USPTO recently announced a significant rule change. Effective August 3, 2019, all foreign-domiciled trademark applicants, registrants, and parties to Trademark Trial and Appeal...more