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Eye on IPRs, July 2024: Impact of the End of Chevron on USPTO; PTAB Filings Are Up; and More

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Every month, Erise’s patent attorneys review the latest inter partes review (IPR) cases and news to bring you the stories that you should know about: What Does the End of Chevron Deference Mean for the USPTO? In June, the...more

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PTO Stands by Patent Fee Increases

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The US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) issued a notice of rulemaking announcing proposed patent fee increases beginning next year. 89 Fed. Reg. 23226 (April 3, 2024). The proposed increases are generally consistent with the...more

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Shifting Strategies in U.S. Intellectual Property Disputes: Lessons from 2023

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For Taiwanese corporates developing critical technologies in the face of shifting global supply chains, the need to protect intellectual property assets has never been more pressing. The biggest IP-related drag on company...more

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Basics – How an Inventor’s Own Work Affects Patent Applications

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Imagine excitedly filing a patent application, waiting years for the case to be examined, and then finding your application rejected on grounds that it is obvious or anticipated by your own previously published work. This is...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

USPTO Report On COVID-19 Diagnostic Patent Filings

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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released a report on innovations in COVID-19-related diagnostics as a case study of how innovation and intellectual property operate during times of crisis. The study utilized...more

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What Barbenheimer Can Teach Us About Intellectual Property

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Barbenheimer is a new term for consecutively watching the movies “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer.”  In honor thereof, we present the Barbenheimer Legal Alert. Did you know Mattel sued, and lost, to stop the “Barbie Girl” song?...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Cha-Ching: USPTO Proposes Increases in Patent Fees

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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has proposed a significant increase in patent fees, including the implementation of entirely new fees and revamped fee structures. The USPTO has indicated that the fee proposal is...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

USPTO to Launch New Patent Issue Procedure on April 18: What You Need to Know

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In a recent press release, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that, starting on April 18, 2023, the Office would begin issuing electronic patent grants (eGrants) to patent recipients....more

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC

Patents Are Going Paperless

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Inventors prize their bound hardcopy patents for both sentimental reasons and because the hardcopy can be useful in negotiation. The USPTO only issues one original “Letters Patent.” If a patent is lost or destroyed, the best...more

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USPTO Patent Fees Reduced for Small Businesses

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) has reduced the patent fees for small businesses and certain other applicants. This fee reduction is part of an effort to reduce financial burdens and resulting barriers...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

The USPTO’s Transition to Electronic Patent Grants

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In its ongoing efforts to modernize patent examination practices, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced it will transition to electronic patent grants (eGrants) and discontinue mailing...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Ready, Set, Go: Implications of USPTO's Shift to Electronic Patent Grants

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Effective April 18, 2023, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will begin issuing patent grants electronically. Here is what that means: •Patents will issue much more rapidly (such as just a few days) from the date...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

USPTO Transitioning to Electronic Patent Grants Starting April 18

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On April 18, 2023 the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will start issuing Electronic Patent Grants (eGrants). Under the current paper-laden system and toward the end of the patent prosecution process, a...more

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Patent & Trademark Office to Begin Issuing Electronic Patent Grants

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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

Ladas & Parry LLP

USPTO Goes Green With Electronic Patent Grants

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Why is the USPTO moving to electronic Grant (eGrant)? The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is implementing electronic patent issuance to reduce pendency of patent applications, foster a green economy by...more

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U.S. Patents Will Soon Be Issued Electronically: What Does This Mean to You?

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After centuries of issuing paper patents to inventors, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will soon transition to only electronic issuance, with patent holders able to receive a printed “ceremonial” copy to display proudly...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Early 2023 Update: Where Are Plaintiffs Filing Patent Cases Now?

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As patent litigators are well-aware, the Western District of Texas and the District of Delaware, the two most popular venues for patent litigation, each issued orders regulating litigation in their districts in 2022. So as of...more

Dickinson Wright

New USPTO Fee Schedule Reduces Costs for PCT Patent Filings and Small and Micro Entities

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The enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 includes the Unleashing American Innovators Act of 2022 (UAIA), directed toward increasing innovation of small businesses and inventors in America. Congress is using...more

McDermott Will & Emery

PTO Updates DOCX Filings, Delays Surcharge Fee

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The US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) recently announced that the surcharge fee for patent applications that are not filed in DOCX format will not go into effect until January 1, 2023. During the period before non-DOCX...more

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2021 Design Patents Year in Review: Analysis and Trends

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This year, we will mark the 10-year anniversary of the first jury verdict in the landmark IP litigation between Apple and Samsung, which resulted in the jury awarding more than $1B to Apple. More than $500M of that award was...more

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Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2021 Decisions: Hyatt v. Hirshfeld, 998 F.3d 1347 (Fed. Cir. 2021)

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In Hyatt, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit addressed “for the first time the PTO’s assertion of a prosecution laches defense in a civil action brought by a patentee under 35 U.S.C. § 145 to obtain a patent.”...more

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Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2021 Decisions

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[co-author: Jamie Dohopolski] Last year, the continued global COVID-19 pandemic forced American courts to largely continue the procedures set in place in 2020. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was no...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

USPTO News Briefs - January 2022

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USPTO Proposes Electronic Issuance of Patents - In a notice of proposed rulemaking published last month in the Federal Register (86 Fed. Reg. 71209), the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is proposing to issue patents...more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

Dear Patenticity: Still Inventing

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Dear Patenticity, My company has several new product concepts under development right now, and some are very early in the design process. We are in a very competitive space, so we want to protect our work with patents to...more

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Protecting Your Intellectual Property: Part I

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Recently, high level policy changes with intellectual property (IP) have been taking place on a wide scale. When considering intellectual property protection, it is important to understand the different types of intellectual...more

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