On April 19, 2018, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a memorandum informing the Examining Corps of recent...

The Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”) became the effective law on May 11, 2016. While trade secrets are often the less talked aspect of a...

Despite numerous setbacks and delays - most recently a June 2017 decision by the German Constitutional Court that prevents Germany from...

The Hague Agreement is an international registration system that allows the possibility of obtaining protection for up to 100 industrial...

Most of the general public is now familiar with the TM and ® symbols used in trademark talk. The TM symbol is generally used after a...

Black Friday may be over but the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) still has deals for trademark applicants and owners....

In August, the U.S. Copyright Office released a public draft of the third edition of the Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices....

You have an issued patent on your product, now what? Perhaps you are in the works to get your product manufactured and on store shelves....

What do you do if your competitor obtains a patent that you think is invalid? Before the America Invents Act (“AIA”) went into effect,...

Under the America Invents Act (“AIA”), the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) is changing from the traditional “first to invent”...

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), H.R. 3261, is a bill introduced to the U.S. House of Representatives on October 26, 2011 by...

The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act was signed into law by President Barack Obama on September 16, 2011 following passage with...

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) has announced the addition of new generic top-level internet domains...

Written by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Posted: April 4, 2011 Washington – The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)...

All of the International Searching Authorities have increased their PCT search fees within the past two months. Under the Patent...

The Federal Trade Commission has issued a newly updated version of its Franchise Rule, which sets forth requirements that businesses must...

Two recent developments in the USPTO could mean that the range and quantity of “business method” patents being issued will increase, or...