The USPTO is proposing limiting documents that may be sent via fax and specifying a minimum font size.  The release in the Federal Register said, in part:

In today's Federal Register, the USPTO published a notice clarifying which rules are in effect after the Tafas v. Dudas Ruling.  The announcements says:

In Merck & Co., Inc. v. Apotex, Inc. , 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 15014 (Fed. Cir. July 16, 2008), the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s dismissal ...

In Muniauction, Inc. v. Thomson Corp ., 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 14858 (Fed. Cir. July 14, 2008), the Appellate Court for the Federal Circuit reversed the district co ...

The USPTO announced it will extend the duration, increase the maximum number of applications, and expand the scope of applications eligible to participate in the Peer Review Pilot. The pilot, launched in June 2007, encourages the public to review voluntee ...

The program will begin July 28, 2008 and end on July 28, 2009 or upon acceptance of 100 requests.   There are special requirements to ensure that the applications are from "diverse technologies."    The concept of the ...

The USPTO announced a new pilot program.  When no §8 affidavit or §9 renewal is filed before the end of the six-month grace period, (see 15 U.S.C. §§1058 and 1059), the USPTO’s practice has been to wait an ad ...

An assignment can jeopardize a patent in the event the assignee fails to pay the maintenance fees required by the Patent Act. In Burandt v. Dudas , 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 12328, Burandt as ...

Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously reaffirmed the longstanding doctrine of exhaustion as it applies to method patents. LG Electronics (“LG”) argued before th ...

On June 10, the USPTO published new rules that will improve the process of ex parte appeals before the USPTO’s Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI). The final rule provides new requirements and clarifications that will help to streamline ...

Cat Tech LLC v. Tubemaster, INC. involved a method for using loading devices to place catalyst particles into multi-tube chemical reactors and whether ...

In Dominant Semiconductors Sdn. Bhd. v. OSRAM GMBH, et al. , OSRAM's outside patent counsel wrote an opinion letter, stating his opinion that several of Dominant's LED products were infri ...

In Lighting Science Group Corporation, et al. v. Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., et al. , 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 43959 (E.D. Cal. June 3, 2008), plaintiffs filed a state court action ...

It was in January 1990 when Mars, Inc. (“Mars”), the maker of popular M&M candy and a host of other products, including pet food (Pedigree) and other food products (Uncl ...