Suggestions for USPTO Director David Kappos
One month ago today David Kappos was confirmed at the Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and the Director of the Patent and Trademark Office, and days later he was sworn in by...
View ArticleProfessor Arti Rai to the Patent Office? I Sure Hope Not!
I wish I had some inside information to pass along, but I do not. All I can seem to come up with is unsubstantiated rumor and innuendo, but the report the other day from Patently-O that Duke Law...
View ArticleUSPTO Agrees to Withdraw Claims & Continuations Rules
PRESS RELEASE: GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) today announced that it has reached agreement with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to join the USPTO’s motion to dismiss its litigation...
View ArticleKappos Rescinds Claims & Continuations Rules, What Next?
By now most are likely aware of, or rapidly becoming aware of, the fact that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has finally done the right thing and has scrapped the claims and continuations...
View ArticleTafas Objects to Vacatur in Claims and Continuations Appeal
Late this evening attorneys representing Dr. Triantafyllos Tafas filed a Reply to Motion for Dismissal of Appeal and Request for Remand. In this filing Tafas points out that the decision made by USPTO...
View ArticleJUST IN: Federal Circuit Denies Vacatur in USPTO Rules Case
Earlier today the Chief Judge Paul Michel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued an Order declaring the pending appeal of Dr. Tafas and GlaxoSmithKline moot due to the...
View ArticleTop 10 Patent Stories of the Decade 2000-2009 (Part 2)
On December 21, 2009, I embarked upon identifying the top 10 patent stories of the decade, which ends as we usher in the new year. The Top 10 Part 1 identified what I thought were in the bottom half...
View ArticlePractising Law Institute Helping Out Attorneys in Down Economy
PLI is offering scholarships for unemployed attorneys and they are also hosting Winning Strategies for Managing Your Career 2010 for the special price of $25. From time to time PLI also gives away...
View ArticleTafas and GlaxoSmithKline Awarded Jefferson Medal by NJIPLA
Tafas and GSK were recognized with this prestigious award for their successful legal challenge to the claims and continuations rules made final in 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark...
View ArticleTafas v. Dudas/Doll – 5 Years Later But Still Very Pertinent
Although such Final Rules were widely criticized by most companies in the United States, a sole individual, Dr. Triantafyllos Tafas, a co-inventor of a computerized automated microscope, stood alone...
View ArticleChasing Unicorns: Ramblings on Deferred Examination
I am writing this article from 32,000 feet as I fly across country to teach the PLI Patent Bar Review Course in Costa Mesa, California, which is just inland from Newport Beach, and not far from...
View ArticleAwaiting Kappos’ Decision on Claims and Continuations
On Thursday, August 13, 2009, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke conducted a ceremonial swearing-in of Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO David Kappos....
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