US and EU Sanctions - IP Engagement Suspended with Russia, Belarus, and Eurasian IP Offices -
Four days after the invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the United States Treasury Department issued Directive 4 under...more
4/7/2022
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USPTO
The USPTO has announced yet another COVID-19 pilot program, which began on September 17, 2020. Under this new pilot, the USPTO allows applicants to defer the application fee for any provisional patent application directed to...more
Having previously identified the COVID-19 outbreak as an “extraordinary situation” under 37 CFR 1.183, USPTO Director Andrei Iancu is exercising sua sponte authority to implement a COVID-19 prioritized examination pilot...more
USPTO Director Andrei Iancu has exercised temporary authority under the CARES Act to extend certain Patent and Trademark filing deadlines by thirty days due to the COVID-19 emergency. The extensions apply to selected Patent,...more
Clients in the software space now have stronger arguments for subject matter eligibility, following the Federal Circuit decision in Enfish LLC v. Microsoft Corp. (May 12, 2016). The decision also touches on novelty,...more