Have an invention you want to patent, or are you about to file a patent application? Change may be in the works at the USPTO. Today, the Senate reached a “tentative agreement” over a patent reform bill that has been…
The Office of Inspector General recently found that while most patent examiners are truthful in reporting their hours worked, some have been compensated – at high cost – for hours they have not.
Patent on the Web Upgrade The USPTO has upgraded the USPTO Full Text and Image Database. It now uses PDF images instead of TIFF images which provides several new benefits including the ability to print full documents. Patent images may…
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board recently decided that its judges would not be disqualified to decide a proceeding involving a number of Trump-owned trademarks.
Trademark owners will soon have a shorter office action response deadline. Beginning December 3, 2022, the Trademark Office will cut the normal six-month response period to just three months. When a trademark application undergoes examination, the Trademark Office sends an…
my presentation at the Art Institute of Phoenix on May 29, 2012.