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10/8/2009 6:16:25 PM EST
Valri Nesbit
Posted by Valri Nesbit
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO David Kappos has signed a new Final Rule rescinding highly controversial regulations, ...
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10/2/2009 2:33:20 PM EST
Michael A. Gollin & Tiffany M. Moore
(VENABLE, LLP) Just before the G20 summit, on September 24, 2009, the US announced a national innovation strategy, joining a trend that includes China, Canada, and the UK ...
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9/2/2009 3:50:45 PM EST
LexisNexis Patent Law Center Staff
The Senate passed the House-passed version of H.R. 3114, allowing the PTO to borrow up to $70 million from 2009 trademark fees to avoid furloughs and layoffs in patent operations. Public Law 1 ...
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7/22/2009 11:19:27 AM EST
Valri Nesbit
Posted by Valri Nesbit
The USPTO announced the implementation of the e-Office Action program following a successful pilot project. Under the program, patent applicants receive an e-mail notification of office communications instead of paper mailings. An e-mail is sent to p ...
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7/22/2009 11:11:41 AM EST
Valri Nesbit
Posted by Valri Nesbit
Senior officials of the United State Patent and Trademark Office will be available on-line on this Thursday July 23, from 2 to 3 PM (EST). They will be answering questions and offering tips for independent inventors. Instructions for taking part in the ...
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7/22/2009 11:15:49 AM EST
Valri Nesbit
Posted by Valri Nesbit
The USPTO has received questions from patent practitioners whether the $118 annual maintenance fee for 2009 must be paid by September 30, 2009.  The Final Rules adopted in November 2008 do not specify the date by which the annual fee, if collected ...
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6/28/2009 9:22:32 PM EST
James R. Burdett
Posted by James R. Burdett
Venable LLP
SENATE
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6/22/2009 3:57:46 PM EST
Valri Nesbit
Posted by Valri Nesbit
President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate David Kappos, an experienced patent professional with more than 20 years of experience, as the new Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S Patent and Trademar ...
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6/5/2009 4:25:34 PM EST
James R. Burdett
Posted by James R. Burdett
Venable LLP
T he Senate's Judiciary Committee favorably reported S.515, as amended by the Leahy, Specter, Feinstein, Cornyn, Whitehouse, Kaufman amendment (GRA09451), ...
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6/5/2009 2:23:56 PM EST
Valri Nesbit
Posted by Valri Nesbit
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has introduced a system that allows registered practitioners to update their official address of record with the Office of Enrollment and Discipline by way of an on-line customer interface. This featur ...
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6/5/2009 2:19:17 PM EST
Valri Nesbit
Posted by Valri Nesbit
Plaintiff-appellee Dr. Triantafyllos Tafas and plaintiffs-appellees SmithKline Beecham Corp., SmithKline Beecham PLC, and Glaxo Group Ltd.  filed petitions for a panel rehearing or rehearing en banc of the March 20 decision ...
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6/2/2009 4:03:37 PM EST
Valri Nesbit
Posted by Valri Nesbit
The UK Intellectual Property Office has launched an initiative to give priority to patent applications directed to technology having environmental benefits.  Instead of the current average of 2-3 years for an application to get through the UKIPO, ...
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5/7/2009 12:20:08 PM EST
Valri Nesbit
Posted by Valri Nesbit
The U.S. Commerce Department's United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) agreed to partner in establishing a Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot program. PPH agreements are cooperative initiati ...
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5/7/2009 10:45:00 AM EST
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The 21 st annual Patent Information Users Group (PIUG) conference finished its third, and final, day of technical s ...
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