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USPTO Launches Redesigned KIDS! Web Pages
Pages provide intellectual property education resources for parents, teachers, and students of all ages
Pages provide intellectual property education resources for parents, teachers, and students of all ages
USPTO Decisively Examining Claims for Eligibility Following Alice Corp.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has taken a noticeably stronger stance on subject-matter eligibility following the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank. The Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank decision limited software patents that were directed at what the Supreme Court considered to be “abstract ideas.” On August 4, the […]
Apotex Inc. v. UCB, Inc.
The Federal Circuit upheld a district court decision that Apotex’s patent was unenforceable due to inequitable conduct. The patent related to a process for manufacturing tablets for high blood pressure treatment. The patent claimed a “reacting” step, which during prosecution, the inventor argued earlier processes did not include. The inventor submitted an expert declaration in […]
PTAB Issues First Precedential Opinion
The US Patent Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board has issued its first precedential opinion in an AIA post-grant proceeding, Securebuy, LLC v. CardinalCommerce Corp., CBM2014-00035, Paper 12. Petitioner SecureBuy had filed a civil action seeking declaratory judgment, and had later petitioned for covered business method review (a process similar to post-grant review). The relevant […]
Maintenance on trademark systems by USPTO
On Saturday, August 23, 2014, the USPTO will perform maintenance on the following trademark systems: (1) The Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP) will be unavailable from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. ET. (2) The Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) will be unavailable from 8 a.m. until 4 […]
Should an ovum be protected with a patent?
Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-364/13 International Stem Cell Corporation v Comptroller General of Patents According to Advocate General Cruz Villalón, an ovum whose development has been stimulated without fertilisation and which is not capable of becoming a human being cannot be considered a human embryo However, if this ovum is genetically manipulated in such […]
Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-364/13 International Stem Cell Corporation v Comptroller General of Patents According to Advocate General Cruz Villalón, an ovum whose development has been stimulated without fertilisation and which is not capable of becoming a human being cannot be considered a human embryo However, if this ovum is genetically manipulated in such […]
Charles W. Hull awarded within European Inventor Award 2014
The EPO presented the European Inventor Award 2014, last month in Berlin to outstanding inventors or teams, honouring their contribution to social, economic and technological progress. The award ceremony, held at the former Kaiserliches Telegrafenamt (Imperial Telegraph Office) in Germany’s capital, was attended by some 500 guests from the fields of business, science, culture and politics, including German […]
IP5 Heads of Office meeting in Busan – public access to patent information
The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) hosted a meeting of the heads of the five major intellectual property offices, known as the IP5, in Busan, Korea from June 4 to 6, 2014, with the participation of the European Patent Office (EPO), the Japan Patent Office (JPO), the State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic […]
IP5 Heads of Office meeting in Busan – public access to patent information
The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) hosted a meeting of the heads of the five major intellectual property offices, known as the IP5, in Busan, Korea from June 4 to 6, 2014, with the participation of the European Patent Office (EPO), the Japan Patent Office (JPO), the State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic […]
Expediting Patent Application Examination in the USPTO
Introduction In the past, all newly filed United States patent applications were generally put in the same queue, providing the applicant no control over when their application would be examined. However, the USPTO has responded in recent years to customer input on this issue, with a number of initiatives allowing applicants some control over the […]
Change in Claim Definiteness Requirement in the United States
In a landmark decision today, June 2, 2014, the United States Supreme Court disagreed with a decision of the Court of Appeals of the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on just how definite a claim must be to avoid invalidity. The CAFC had previously held that a claim was not invalid for indefiniteness unless it was “insolubly […]
The USPTO Deems Changes to 35 USC 119(e)(3) Made in the PLTIA Automatic and Retroactive
The Patent Law Treaty Implementation Act (PLTIA)2 changed 35 USC 119(e)(3), as explained in section IV, in my prior article “Restoration of Priority.”3 There is now a USPTO decision on 35 USC 119(e)(3), as amended by the PLTIA. The decision is from a “petition under 37 CFR 1.78(b), … to regain benefit of the provisional […]
USPTO Proposes Reducing Certain Trademark Fees To Lower Costs And Promote Efficiency For Customers
USPTO also proposes new TEAS Reduced Fee filing option Washington– The U.S. Commerce Department’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to reduce fees for many new trademark applications and most renewals of registration. USPTO also proposes a new Trademark Electronic Application System Reduced Fee (TEAS RF) filing option […]
CIOPORA AGM 2014 in The Hague: Ornamental and Fruit Breeders Define the Association’s Future IP Position
Hamburg, March 11/2014 Many of the ornamental and fruit breeders, united in CIOPORA since 1961, have been writing the history of the breeding industry for more than a century. On April 1 and 2, 2014, CIOPORA members will also receive an opportunity to define its future by providing their input to the texts of the […]
World IP day at US Copyright Office
The U.S. Copyright Office will present a Copyright Matters program in connection with World Intellectual Property Day on Wednesday, April 23, at 1:45 p.m. This year’s theme, as announced by the World Intellectual Property Organization, is “Movies: A Global Passion.” The program will feature remarks from Francis Gurry, Director General of the World Intellectual Property […]