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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce that serves a fundamental role in the U.S. intellectual property system by issuing patents and registering trademarks.... more +
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Decoded - Technology Law Insights, V 5, Issue 6, July 2024

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Welcome to our seventh 2024 issue of Decoded - our technology law insights e-newsletter. We have a few events we want to pass along to those interested in technology, but also other areas of law and business....more

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White House AI Order Balances Innovation And Regulation

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On Oct. 30, President Joe Biden issued an executive order on safe, secure and trustworthy artificial intelligence. The executive order provides a sprawling list of directives aimed at establishing standards for AI safety...more

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THE Ohio State Trademark Registration: Ornamental Features & Consent Agreements

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On June 21, 2022, The Ohio State University (OSU) obtained a federal trademark registration (U.S. Reg. No. 6,763,118) for the standard character mark THE for “t-shirts, baseball caps, and hats; all of the foregoing being...more

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PTAB/TTAB Hearings May Be Coming To A Law School Near You

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Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) hearings are typically open to the public, and a schedule of upcoming hearings is posted on the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) website. But hearings are only...more

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State University's Filing Of Patent Infringement Action Waives Sovereign Immunity To IPR Proceedings

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The PTAB (Patent Trial and Appeal Board) of the USPTO recently issued a decision that a filing of a patent infringement action by a public university waives sovereign immunity to inter partes review (IPR) proceedings in the...more

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PTAB Recognizes Limits to Eleventh Amendment Sovereign Immunity

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In a pair of near identical decisions issued on December 19, 2017, an expanded PTAB panel found that the Regents of the University of Minnesota had waived its defense of sovereign immunity by filing actions against the...more

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State Universities Gain Immunity from IPRs

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State Universities Gain Immunity from IPRs - Today, many universities own extensive patent portfolios that are managed by sophisticated tech transfer offices. Universities obtain these patents for many reasons, not the...more

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