The Patent Office has begun offering education regarding how patent examiners, and the office generally, examines a patent application. The problem is that the program is only offered as a live, in-person experience.
Long continuous use of a trademark is not always sufficient for showing it has acquired distinctiveness.
Ownership of copyright in a work generally vests in the author, but can change it within the scope of employment.
By filing a patent application late at night, you can delay the payment of filing fees for a brief time without incurring a late-payment surcharge.
Petitions to make special can expedite the prosecution of a patent application.
A patent declaration must be signed at some point in the application process, but not necessarily with filing.
A trademark can be used in a patent claim, but it is not usually recommended.
The Patent Office suffered a catastrophic power shutdown the week of Christmas 2015.
The Trademark Office’s prohibition against the registration of disparaging trademarks was struck down as unconstitutional yesterday. Many have questioned for a long time how a statute could legitimately refuse to register some marks because of their moral quality. Nevertheless, for…
Continuing Patent Applications can be safer alternatives to arguing or amending a patent application in light of allowed and rejected claims.