USPTO Patent Rules and Practice
USPTO Issues Patent Number 8,000,000
USPTO Meets or Exceeds Fiscal Year 2011 Goals
USPTO Fiscal Year 2011 Patents Operations Statistics
USPTO Implementation of the America Invents Act
Effective Dates of Key Provisions of the America Invents Act
USPTO to Conduct Studies on Prior User Rights and International Patent Prosecution for Small Businesses
Federal Circuit
Beuregard Claiming Insufficient to Overcome Patentability Restrictions Under 35 U.S.C § 101 When Underlying Method or Process is Unpatentable
When the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences Affirms a Rejection Based Upon a New Factual Finding, It Must Identify the Holding as a New Ground for Rejection
The "Domestic Industry" Requirement for ITC Section 337 Actions is Not Satisfied by Mere Litigation Expenses
The Federal Circuit Resolved Two Issues of First Impression as to How Patent Reexamination Proceedings Affect Related Patent Infringement Litigation
The Federal Circuit Finds Prosecution History Estoppel Prevents Coverage of Equivalent, since Amendment was a Foreseeable Equivalent
The Scope of a Patent Assignment May Extend Beyond Just the Family Members of the Applications Listed Therein
District Courts have the Power to Correct Obvious Drafting Errors
ITC Has Authority to Grant Relief Based in Part on Extraterritorial Conduct to Protect Domestic Industries
USPTO Trademark Rules and Practice
USPTO Fiscal Year 2011 Trademark Operations Statistics
USPTO Proposes Possible Changes in its Procedure for Examining Specimens
The USPTO issues Two New Trademark Examination Guides
Other Intellectual Property News
Apple Loses Bid for Preliminary Injunction Against Amazon Over "App Store" Trademark Claim
Firm News
Staas & Halsey LLP Celebrates 40th Anniversary with Reception at the Washington National Zoo
Staas & Halsey LLP Welcomes New Attorney Jason Becker
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