By Thomas F. Zuber and Sarah S. Brooks of Zuber & Taillieu
The Federal Circuit recently clarified several aspects of § 1920’s allowances for a prevailing party to charge its costs against the losing party. In In re Ricoh Co., Ltd., 661 F.3d 1361 (Fed. Cir. 2011), the Federal Circuit upheld the use of cost-sharing agreements over default statutory rules, allowed the… More...
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced plans to implement a Missing Parts Pilot Program which will effectively provide a 12-month extension to the existing 12-month provisional application period, providing applicants additional time to find financial help, evaluate a product’s worth in the marketplace or further develop the invention for commercialization. More...
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced plans to implement a Missing Parts Pilot Program which will effectively provide a 12-month extension to the existing 12-month provisional application period, providing applicants additional time to find financial help, evaluate a product’s worth in the marketplace or further develop the invention for commercialization. More...
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) David Kappos has announced that the deadline for filing petitions under the USPTO’s Green Technology Pilot Program, which allows for expedited processing of patent applications related to green technology, is being extended until December 31, 2011. More...
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that proposes changes to the rules governing ex parte patent appeals before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. More...
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is adopting new, more comprehensive procedures for measuring the quality of patent examination. More...
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the European Patent Office (EPO) have agreed to work toward the formation of a joint patent classification system. More...
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has launched a second Peer To Patent pilot program with New York Law School’s Center for Patent Innovations (CPI). More...
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) has issued an update to its examination guidelines concerning the law of obviousness under 35 U.S.C. 103 in light of recent precedential decisions of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued since the 2007 decision by the United States Supreme Court in KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex Inc. More...
The United States Patent and Trademark Office Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010, which makes supplemental FY 2010 appropriations of $129 million to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) has become a law. More...
The U.S. International Trade Commission (“USITC”) has voted to institute an investigation of certain inkjet ink supplies and components thereof. The products at issue in this investigation are ink supplies and components thereof used in, for example, inkjet printers. More...
