The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has again exercised its authority under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act to grant patent applicants additional COVID-19 ...

The USPTO previously had two different trademark filing “tiers” —TEAS Plus and TEAS Standard—whereby TEAS Plus had a $250 per class filing fee, and TEAS Standard had a $350 per class filing fee. The ...

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“The USPTO has no…discretion to flag and indefinitely shelve pending patent applications because someone views them as being of ‘special interest.’” A battle is currently being waged in a federal ...

USPTO issues page with advice for victims of Pakistan-based Abtach Ltd Company allegedly operated fraudulent low-cost trademark filing agencies Advice includes filing new applications and contacting ...

If used correctly, continuation applications can offer a host of benefits within a broad patent portfolio, says Bryce Bailey at Baker McKenzie Practitioners often consider continuation applications to ...

ITC is designed to serve as a centralized marketplace for filed provisional patent applications, enabling companies to identify and evaluate early-stage intellectual property opportunities in a ...

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“While the address requirement may not concern [all stakeholders], practitioners might take pause at the other ways in which the USPTO allegedly failed to comply with administrative law when ...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published today that Visa V has filed a patent application to create digital currency on a centralized computer using blockchain technology. This patent ...