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Fall 2011 Newsletter

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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