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The USPTO's Office of the Chief Economist (OCE) is responsible for advising the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO on the economic implications of policies and programs affecting the U.S. intellectual property (IP) system.

The USPTO will celebrate World IP Day 2023, centering on the theme of "The Value of Her IP" on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, from 4:30-7:30 p.m. ET., at the U.S. Capitol building's Senate Visitors Cent

The USPTO has an upcoming event directed to "Getting Started with Patent Public Search." Librarians from the Patent and Trademark Resource Center Program...

The USPTO recently extended the After Final Consideration Pilot (AFCP) 2.0 to September 30, 2024. AFCP 2.0 is part of the USPTO's ongoing effort toward compact prosecution...

On February 5, 2024, the USPTO will retire the Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS) and the Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS).

The USPTO's Patent and Trademark Resource Centers Program (PTRC) administers a nationwide network of public, state and academic libraries designated...

The USPTO maintains an events webpage listing current events in all the USPTO locations. A link to the webpage can be found here.

The AccessUSPTO pilot program works with national organizations and the public that do not specifically focus on intellectual property (IP), but whose members include aspiring creators...

An International Application is not a prior application as to the National Stage (they are legally the same application), therefore amended 37 CFR 1.78(a)(2)...

Amendments to drawings filed after allowance are entered by the USPTO's Office of Publications. If such an amendment is forwarded to the examiner, the examiner should forward or return the application.

Hosts Rich Assmus and Kristine Young examine the dramatic transformation of Schedule A litigation, from its emergence as an efficient mechanism for combating online counterfeiting to recent judicial decisions that have fundamentally challenged its procedural validity. The episode explores landmark rulings including Eicher Motors and Kangol v. Hangzhou Chuanyue, analyzing how courts are rebalancing IP enforcement efficiency...

On May 4, 2017, an SGR team consisting of Rodgers Lunsford, Elizabeth Borland, and Courtney Thornton obtained a preliminary injunction from the U.S. District Court...

The Art of IP Protection: Trade Dress

The number of Top Level Domains (such as .com, .net, .eu, etc.) are expanding exponentially. On October 31st, the first of the new gLTDs opened registration for a trademark "Sunrise," which allows trademark owners to register domains matching their trademarks.

An article by Jessica Bromall Sparkman and Rod Berman titled "Inconsistency and Confusion in the Judicial Treatment of Counterfeiting Claims" was published in the May–June 2023 issue of The Trademark...

Lisa Mandrusiak wrote an article featured in the Intellectual Property Magazine - November issue, entitled "Thinking Outside the Box."

Ashe P. Puri was featured in the Marijuana Business Daily article, "Trademark Board Hands Setback to Marijuana Businesses."