Patent / Trademark Law News

Organized innovation is the key to bringing the U.S. ecosystem together of universities, businesses and government, according to guest columnists Steven C. Currall and Ed Frauenheim.

In October, the EPO issued a preliminary opinion that questioned the validity of this patent, and this led the Higher Regional Court Karlsruhe to order the discontinuation of the prior court ruling that prohibited .

Personal Audio LLC says that podcasters everywhere need to pay royalties on an idea it generated from its failed "Magazines on Tape" business.

The flyer claims the schedules will be distributed to local banks, grocery stores and sports bars.

Bio-based additive manufacturer Reactive Surfaces has filed a lawsuit in the Federal District Court for the Western District of Texas involving patent law and automaker Toyota.

In this International Labour Office complaint , Miranda Brown, a former employee of the World Intellectual Property Agency, alleges that WIPO Director General Francis Gurry illegally collected DNA samples from WIPO staffers in order to out a whistleblower.

The U.S. Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit has ruled that Section 37 of the Lanham Act does not provide an independent cause of action for cancellation of a trademark registration.

The White House is recruiting a third round of non-government technologists to tackle thorny government problems on a short term basis, according to a notice posted on Thursday .

Ensysce Biosciences Inc. announced today that the U.S. Patent Office has issued a Notice of Allowance for U.S. Patent Application No.

Recent report suggested the next MacBook Air will feature pressure sensitive touch buttons and trackpad, including a two-sided display.

Most startups aren't so special, I recently wrote , because every startup needs customers to survive.

You would hope that someone couldn't just go down to the Patent Office and "borrow" your Patent, but that is exactly what happened to DefensTech Patent #6806212.

MONTCLAIR, N.J. / ACCESSWIRE / March 6, 2014 / MetaStat, Inc. , a life science company focused on understanding and treating systemic metastasis, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued on February 4, 2014, U.S. Patent No.

The USPTO has issued new patent subject matter eligibility guidelines to aid examiners in applying the principles of Myriad and Prometheus to any claim "reciting or involving laws of nature/natural principles, natural phenomena, and/or natural products."

Patent filings at the European Patent Office hit a new record in 2013, with applications coming from the US growing by 2.8% .

Now I have been to Cleveland a couple of times and I can't say I actually saw this rocking take place.

A retail space at San Jose City Hall that has sat vacant since 2005 could be filled - but not by a retail user.

My sister and I invented a gadget, and we're trying to get a patent. The application process seems arbitrary and even capricious, but our patent attorney assures us this is not unusual.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has appointed a top lawyer at AOL Inc as its general counsel, the agency confirmed Wednesday.

A battle royale has been quietly roiling over the St. Louis Brewery Co.' s application for a federal trademark for the Schlafly beer brand name.