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Congress, President Align on Powerful New U.S. Intellectual Property Protection Law

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On January 5, 2023, President Biden ushered in the new year by signing into law the Protecting American Intellectual Property Act of 2022 (“PAIPA”), Pub. Law 117-336.1 PAIPA was passed with considerable bipartisan support in...more

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Top Four Stories of 2022

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After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its 16th annual list of top patent stories.  For 2022, we identified ten stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe had...more

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Crypto Research Published; USPTO Seeks NFT Input; SEC and FINRA Address Digital Assets; OFAC Settles with Exchange; DOJ...

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New Research and Surveys Address CBDCs, Institutional Crypto Investment - Staff from the board of governors of the U.S. central bank recently published a research paper addressing central bank digital currencies (CBDCs)....more

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Protecting IP in the Face of Russia Sanctions

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The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) has issued two general licenses relevant to intellectual property matters authorizing transactions that would otherwise be prohibited by the sanctions...more

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PTAB/USPTO Update - June 2022

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USPTO Leadership - ..In May, USPTO Director Kathi Vidal delivered official remarks at the International Trademark Association (INTA) Annual Convention, the Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC), and the Advanced...more

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Client Alert: Intellectual Property in Russia

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The Russian war on Ukraine has resulted in a series of US sanctions and Russian countermeasures that have disrupted the coordination of patent and trademark rights between the United States and Russia. ...more

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USPTO Provides Advice Regarding Dealings with Rospatent

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Earlier this month, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it was terminating engagement with officials from the Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) and Eurasian Patent Organization...more

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MedTech Update 2020: Legal and Regulatory Issues to Watch For in the Medical Technology Industry in the New Year

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Medical device and diagnostics companies and laboratories should anticipate significant legal, regulatory and market changes in 2020 that will have a lasting impact on the industry. From revisions to how the government...more

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Distillations: A Rum Thing

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The first time this blogger wrote about the HAVANA CLUB trademark dispute, it was for the November/December issue of World Trademark Review in 2006. Even then, it was a long-running and complicated feud. I wrote at the...more

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A Tale Of Trade And Trademarks: General Cigar Co., Inc. v. Empresa Cubana Del Tabaco

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The United States has taken several recent steps towards normalizing its ties with Cuba and, just yesterday, the two countries re-opened embassies in each other’s capitals for the first time since 1961. Despite these...more

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