24 Aug 2014
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) introduced several new trial proceedings that are now available for reexamining or challenging issued patents. These procedures are an attempt to streamline the process of reviewing issued patents, and to minimize the costs to challengers or patent owners, by providing a less costly alternative to litigation. While...
7 Nov 2013
Patent practitioners refer to communications regarding a successfully filed patent application from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Office that require the patent applicant to respond as an “Office Action.” A successfully filed patent application is one that has received a filing date from the USPTO. Further, patent practitioners actually only refer to...
27 Jun 2013
Since the adoption of the federal patent Act of 1790, patent law in the United States has remained a dynamic area of legal practice as it continues to wrestle with the unique challenges that could only arise in a field where attorneys arm themselves with engineering and science degrees in order to keep up with...