Patent / Trademark Law News

It looks like at least one round of the battle between Funai and VIZIO is drawing to a close, and it's a big win for VIZIO.

Despite recent White House recognition as an innovative effort, the highly hyped Peer-to-Patent collaborative patent review program was suspended last month.

Law.com issued an article today confirming what most practitioners have known for a while - patent examination has become a stingier process, resulting in more appeals at the BPAI.

A federal judge has turned away a first-of-its-kind lawsuit filed by an attorney seeking to exploit a quirk in federal patent law that had been dormant for more than a century.

The rules upheld would limit the number of times that someone can request a re-examination of a patent and require applicants with several claims to submit additional materials among other provisions aimed to address the "large and growing backlog of unexamined patent applications." The three-judge panel for the court rejected one rule [37 CFR 1.78 ...

From Now @ MPL : Milwaukee Public Library is an official Patent and Trademark Depository Library .

Michael Jackson's Smooth Invention: His loafer/sock look was actually a highly technical, gravity-defying Velcro boot.

Indigenous people and governments like the United States' may be able to help each other, especially when it comes to protecting traditional knowledge while also using it combat global crises like climate change, says Terry Williams of the Tulalip Tribes.

Apple may be developing technology that would provide non-visual feedback when a person touches the screen of a laptop, smartphone, or other electronic device, according to a patent application filed by the company Thursday.

Television host Jay Leno has won control of a Web address using the name of his new show.

DR. ZALMAN M. SHAPIRO, 89, GRANTED PATENT FOR INNOVATIVE METHOD OF SYNTHESIZING DIAMONDS /EIN News/ Pittsburgh, PA - July 1st, 2009 - Fiances have a new reason to celebrate.

The PTO recently announced that "in view of the high level of interest sparked by the case, the USPTO is posting selected court documents from Bilski v. Doll on this Web site." Currently the site only contains PTO material related to the Federal Circuit Panel Proceedings , Federal Circuit En Banc Proceedings, and Supreme Court Briefs .

ImmuDyne , continuing to build its intellectual property and leadership role in Beta Glucan technology, today announced that the Company recently received an issue notice from the U.S. Patent Office.

The European Patent Office has granted an EU-wide patent for the transmission of location-based information between devices and the subsequent publishing of that information for viewing on a map.

Being underwater - or, at least, standing in line - seems to be a fact of life for the US Patent and Trademark Office , and things have only been getting worse.

Barak Obama last week announced David Kappos as his choice to head the US Patent and Trademark Office .

Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy and ranking member Jeff Sessions came to the rescue of the Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday night when they introduced a bill that will allow the agency to use funds designated for its trademark portfolio to be used to address its growing backlog of patent applications.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is facing a growing shortfall that has forced it to ask Congress for rule changes to help it weather economic hard times, a Commerce Department official told Reuters on Tuesday.

Even in a recession, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office keeps busy. Since 1996, the annual number of patent filings has jumped 130% to 485,000 last year.

Main Category: Medical Devices / Diagnostics Article Date: 24 Jun 2009 - 0:00 PDT Micronics, Inc.