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2025 Patent Filing Costs Rise: USPTO Fee Update and Response Strategies

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In January 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) implemented a broad set of fee increases and structural adjustments intended to address rising operational costs and encourage more efficient patent...more

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Canadian patents: Establishing “due care” after failure to pay a maintenance fee

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It has been four years since amendments to the Patent Act and Patent Rules were made, bringing the Patent Law Treaty (PLT) into force in Canada. The most consequential changes have proven to be the handling of missed...more

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New USPTO Fee Schedule Reduces Costs for PCT Patent Filings and Small and Micro Entities

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The enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 includes the Unleashing American Innovators Act of 2022 (UAIA), directed toward increasing innovation of small businesses and inventors in America. Congress is using...more

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Changes to Canadian Patent Law

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On October 30, 2019, the final stage of the new Canadian Patent Law will come into force. There will be many changes to Canadian Patent Law and practice. ...more

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The new Canadian Patent Rules will be in force October 30, 2019—get ready now for these two key requirements

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As discussed in detail in our recent article, new Canadian Patent Rules, implementing requirements of the Patent Law Treaty, will come into force on October 30, 2019. Two requirements under the new Rules warrant particular...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Overlooked Changes To Patent Cooperation Treaty Practice - Law360

The recent Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd. case brought to light a little-known quirk in how national stage patent applications affect the length of one’s patent term. That case involved a drug company losing five days of...more

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