Since our communication of December 20, 2022, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has again delayed implementation of the $400 non-DOCX filing surcharge fee—this time until April 3, 2023.

The USPTO has published a Federal Register Notice announcing a new program: the Cancer Moonshot Expedited Examination Pilot Program.

On September 23, 2019, the USPTO issued the following statement:

The USPTO published a report on April 23, 2020 showing that the Office's recent initiatives on patent-eligible (PE) subject matter (2018 Berkheimer memorandum and 2019 PE Guidance)

On November 6, 2018, ALJ MaryJoan McNamara issued Order No. 7 in Certain LTE- and 3G-Compliant Cellular Communications Devices (Inv. No. 337-TA-1138).

Over the summer, representatives introduced bills and amendments of interest to the pharmaceutical industry. First, Senator Orrin Hatch, co-author of the Hatch-Waxman Act, filed an amendment...

One of the many topics discussed the challenges of patenting AI, implications of advancing AI technology on IP laws such as copyright and trademarks, and perspectives on AI policies around the world.

Certain Convertible Sofas and Components Thereof.

Certain Microfluidic Systems, Components Thereof, and Products Containing the Same.

As part of the USPTO's effort to make drugs more affordable it is now publishing a list of PTE applications filed within the last five years by filing date as well as a listing all granted PTEs.

More broadly, the Finnavations opinion underscores the District of Delaware's increased willingness in recent years to grant exceptional case motions.

On June 23, 2021, the ITC issued a Notice of Investigation in Certain Power Inverters and Converters, Vehicles Containing the Same, and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-1267).

On August 27, 2021, the ITC issued a Notice of Investigation in Certain Flocked Swabs, Products Containing Flocked Swabs, and Methods of Using Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-1279).

OPEX is requesting that the Commission issue limited exclusion orders and permanent cease-and-desist orders directed to Respondents.

On March 7, 2022, the ITC issued a Notice of Investigation in Certain Electronic Exercise Systems, Stationary Bicycles and Components Thereof and Products Including Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-1305).

On April 4, 2019, the PTAB designated as precedential its decision in Huawei Device Co., Ltd. v. Optis Cellular Tech., LLC, which provides additional insight on the Trial Practice Guide's good cause standard ...

All pilot parameters remain the same as first implemented on June 29, 2016.

The Essilor Vision Foundation hopes to eradicate poor vision from the world by 2050; Oblon donates again to support that cause.

On March 28, 2022, the ITC issued a Notice of Investigation in Certain Power Semiconductors, and Mobile Devices and Computers Containing Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-1308).

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued special accommodations for patent and trademark applicants affected by a severe earthquake in Japan on July 28, 2026. These measures include restarting response time periods...