“PATENT REFORM 2016” (attached ) is a must read comprehensive guide to current patent reform developments in congress, the Executive Branch, the Courts, and the several States. Patents in the ...
Attachment provided, here, for the previous email: “PATENT REFORM 2016” (attached ) is a must read comprehensive guide to current patent reform developments in congress, the Executive Branch, the Courts, ...
While there has been interest in the proposal to further implement first-to-fie, now, further to the previous note (letter attached), the PTO has now given its response acknowledging receipt of ...
The Board affirmed Section 2(e)(1) refusals to register PARIS OG KUSH INDICA and HARDCORE OG KUSH INDICA, finding the marks to be deceptively misdescriptive of "medicinal herbs." Applicant stated that ...
Today in VocalTag Ltd.v. Agis Automatisering B.V., __Fed. App’x __ (Fed. Cir. Sept. 1, 2016)(Stoll, J.), following long-standing precedent, the panel affirmed a conclusion of noninfringement of a “means”-defined claim element ...
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued an incendiary report on Patent Examiner overtime abuse which will surely attract the attention of Congress. Minor Abuse in the Overall Scheme ...
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board has scheduled five (5) oral hearings for the month of September 2016. The hearings will be held in the East Wing of the Madison ...
Yesterday, in Veritas Technologies LLC v. Veeam Software Corp.,__ F.3d __, 2016 WL 4525278 (Fed. Cir. 2016)(Taranto, J.), an Inter Partes Review proceeding where the Patent Office had denied entry ...
Kenyon& Kenyon had been one of the remaining major patent law firms of New York City. Now, all 55 lawyers of Kenyon & Kenyon have accepted offers to join Andrews ...
The Board reversed a Section 2(e)(1) mere descriptiveness refusal of WATERCRAFT SUPERSTORE for "Online retail store services featuring personal watercraft parts and accessories" [SUPERSTORE disclaimed]. Applicant convinced the Board that ...