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Category: Trademark

Senate Bill Would Let Customs Enforce Design Patents

by Adam Philipp | Dec 17, 2019 | Copyright, Trademark

US Senate bill Would allow Customs to seize Infringing designs A bill introduced in the US Senate would authorize US Customs and Border Protection (“Customs”) to take action against imported products that infringe US design patents. At the moment, 19 USC...

USPTO Issues More Subject Matter Eligibility Guidelines

by Adam Philipp | Oct 28, 2019 | Patent, Trademark

USPTO Issues new patent guidelines And improves training On October 17, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued new patent eligibility guidelines. These new guidelines elaborate on the guidelines issued in January, and were issued in response to public...

USPTO Increases Trademark Proof-of-Use Audits

by Adam Philipp | Oct 18, 2019 | Trademark

USPTO Cracks down on unused trademarks; More audits coming The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is cracking down on unused registered trademarks. Unused marks “clutter up” the trademark registry and make many potentially valuable marks unavailable for others to...

WIPO Panel Refuses to Cancel Domain Name Registration

by Adam Philipp | Oct 13, 2019 | Trademark

Domain name bad faith Isn’t shown when respondent Registered name The Arbitration and Mediation Center of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has refused to cancel a challenged domain name, finding that the Complainant failed to prove that the name had...

Can an NDA Block a PTAB Review?

by Adam Philipp | Jul 18, 2019 | Intellectual Property, Licensing, Patent, Trademark

Sneaky NDAs Can prevent patent review By PTAB Many patent owners and potential licensees enter into non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) at an early stage of discussions. These agreements may be either unilateral or mutual, and are intended to protect the disclosing party...