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Business Owners: Beware of Scams and Solicitations

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For years, federal trademark and patent application owners have been the target of scammers seeking payment for services that are neither required nor provided. Recently, however, it appears that scammers are finding new ways...more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

Belcher Patent Unenforceable for Inequitable Conduct

Inequitable conduct is an affirmative defense to patent infringement, but the bar for proving it is a high one. A defendant must prove by clear and convincing evidence that the patentee intentionally deceived the Patent...more

Sands Anderson PC

Survey of Discipline of Practitioners by the USPTO in 2018

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Practitioners before the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) must comply with the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct, 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.10, et seq. Within the USPTO, the Office of Enrollment and Discipline is...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Fresh From the Bench: Latest Federal Circuit Court Cases

PATENT CASE THIS WEEK - In an appeal from a bench trial finding patents unenforceable, the Federal Circuit issued a rare decision on the doctrine of unclean hands. The doctrine of unclean hands in patent law arises from...more

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If Considered Material, False Statements Made to Federal Regulatory Bodies Create Exposure to Criminal Liability - United States...

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit reversed a conviction for making a false statement to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), holding that a false statement is not material if it could not influence the...more

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