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USPTO Practice

USPTO PATENT REEXAMINATION: AN EFFECTIVE "TOOL" TO ACQUIRE A FRESH VIEW OF PATENTABILITY AT LOW COST COMPARED TO LITIGATION. More

THE PATENT PROSECUTION "HIGHWAY": UNDER THE PPH PROGRAM, AFTER ONE CLAIM IS ALLOWED, CORRESPONDING CLAIMS IN OTHER COUNTRIES MAY BE "FAST TRACKED" More

THIRD PARTY SUBMISSIONS: A COST EFFECTIVE WAY TO PREVENT UNDESERVING PATENT APPLICATIONS FROM ISSUING. More

Federal Circuit Court of Appeals (CAFC or FEDERAL CIRCUIT)

DISTRICT COURT ABUSES DISCRETION BY FAILING TO CONSIDER eBAY FACTORS FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF More

ORIGINATING DISCLOSURE RELIED UPON TO PROVIDE THE MEANING OFCLAIM LANGUAGE IN INTERFERENCES More

DURING CLAIM CONSTRUCTION, THE CLAIM LANGUAGE, THE SPECIFICATION, AND THE PROSECUTION HISTORY WILL BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT BEFORE EXTRINSIC EVIDENCE IS CONSULTED More

POST-KSR"OBVIOUSNESS" DETERMINATION More

TERMS OF PREVIOUS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ARE BINDING AFTER MERGER More

LICENSE TO MAKE, USE AND SELL A PRODUCT INHERENTLY INCLUDES THE RIGHT TO HAVE THE PRODUCT MADE BY A THIRD-PARTY More

FEDERAL CIRCUIT VACATES FINDING OF INEQUITABLE CONDUCT More

NO INFRINGEMENT OF A PRODUCT-BY-PROCESS CLAIM More

OFFICE ACTIONS FROMA CONTINUATION APPLICATION FOUND TO BE MATERIAL TO PATENTABILITY OF PARENT More

US Supreme Court

SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW BILSKI/CAFC DECISION --- Bilski IS AN IMPORTANT DECISION CHALLENGING THE SCOPE OF PATENTABLE SUBJECT MATTER. Bilski MAY PERTAIN TO SOFTWARE PATENTS IN PARTICULAR. BUT WHAT DOES THE SUPREME COURT AGREEING TO REVIEW MEAN? More

Other Federal Court and USPTO Decisions

EX PARTE GUTTA: APPLYING THE MACHINE-or-TRANSFORMATION TEST SET FORTH IN In re Bilski, THE BOARD OF APPEALS HELD THAT METHOD CLAIMS DIRECTED TO "A COMPUTERIZED METHOD PERFORMED BY A DATA PROCESSOR" WERE NOT PATENTABLE SUBJECT MATTER. More

USPTO Trademark Rules and Practice

EUROPEAN COMMUNITY TRADEMARK APPLICATIONS BECOME LESS EXPENSIVE More

"GREEN" MARKS CONTINUE TO BE POPULAR More

BONA FIDE INTENT TO USE THE APPLIED-FOR MARK BECOMES INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT FOR U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICANTS More

THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD (TTAB) REAFFIRMS THAT OWNERS OF A FOREIGN TRADEMARK CANNOT ENFORCE THEIR RIGHTS IN THAT MARK IN THE U.S. MERELY UNDER A "FAMOUS MARK" THEORY More

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