The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is implementing a COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program for small and micro entities. The program is intended to help independent inventors and small businesses...more
This is the third part of our three-part series on the impact of the COVID-19 on patent offices around the world (Part 1 was on the USPTO and Part 2 was on the Chinese Patent Office). We focus today on the European Patent...more
As a follow-up to our Wilson Sonsini Alert on March 23, 2020, which discussed the United States Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO's) response to the COVID-19 update, today we are providing a summary of the response from...more
While the COVID-19 pandemic poses challenges for most businesses, currently United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) operations are proceeding without interruption. This has allowed Wilson Sonsini to continue to do...more