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Recent developments at the USPTO suggest a significant shift in favor of the PTAB exercising discretionary denial and uncertainty on behalf of parties to PTAB proceedings. ...more
There is a potential for a U.S. federal government shutdown on October 1, 2023, in view of the ongoing discussions in Congress regarding funding for Federal Fiscal Year 2024 (FFY24). The longest government shutdown was under...more
On April 5, 2022, the Senate confirmed Kathi Vidal as the new Director of the USPTO by voice vote. President Joe Biden nominated Vidal for the post last October. ...more
On October 26, 2021, President Biden nominated Kathi Vidal – the managing partner of Winston and Strawn’s Silicon Valley office – as Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). ...more
What comes to mind when you think of “hot topics” in patent law? Subject matter eligibility? Obviousness? Damages? Quietly, administrative law has moved to the top of the list of issues that consume the attention of the Court...more
A divided Supreme Court changed the landscape of administrative law in a recent decision, Kisor v. Wilkie. In Kisor, a slim majority declined to overrule Bowles v. Seminole Rock & Sand Co., Auer v. Robbins and related cases,...more
Today, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to the constitutionality of inter partes review...more