From March to May of 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) responded to the COVID-19 outbreak by offering various forms of relief to stakeholders. The widest ranging of these ...

The USPTO Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) rules include a “safe harbor” that avoids a PTA deduction for “Applicant delay” for Information Disclosure Statements that are accompanied by a certain statement ...

“The agency’s decision to mandate use of Form PTO/SB/133 for PTA statements follows a sampling of PTA statements submitted independent of the official form, which revealed a portion of statements that ...

The USPTO wants to make it mandatory to file trade mark applications electronically. Colleen Connors Butler of Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione reveals the advantages and disadvantages of doing so Since ...

Earlier this week the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued an Advisory to the patent bar, reminding everyone about regulations of the European Patent Office that requires search results to ...