By:  Gene M. Garner II, Partner The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently announced: Microsoft Teams rather than Webex is now available for virtual interactions, including Examiner interviews; a new Patent Public Search webpage and a new Patent Public Search tool are available. The new Patent Public Search […]

By:  Mehdi Sheikerz, Partner The USPTO has implemented a new pilot program, starting from February 1, 2022 and ending on July 30, 2022, to evaluate the effect of permitting applicants to defer responding to subject matter eligibility (SME) rejections in certain patent applications. The Deferred Subject Matter Eligibility Response (DSMER) […]

By:  Gene M. Garner II, Partner The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Performance and Accountability Report (PAR), which is a comprehensive report on the state of the USPTO, is available online.  According to a blog in the USPTO Director’s Forum by Jay Hoffman, USPTO […]

By:  Gene M. Garner II, Partner TRAVEL SENTRY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee v. DAVID A. TROPP, Defendant-Appellant; DAVID A. TROPP, Plaintiff-Appellant v. CONAIR CORPORATION, HP MARKETING CORP., LTD., MAGELLAN’S INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL CORPORATION, TITAN LUGGAGE USA, TRG ACCESSORIES, LLC, Defendants BRIGGS & RILEY TRAVELWARE LLC, DELSEY LUGGAGE INC., L.C. INDUSTRIES, LLC, OUTPAC DESIGNS […]

Broadcom Limited, Broadcom Corporation, and Avago Technologies Ltd. (collectively “Broadcom”) and Apple, Inc. (“Apple”) appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) from an adverse decision in the District Court for the Central District of California in an infringement suit filed by the California Institute […]