A Primer On the USPTO’s 2019 PEG
By Stephen P. Scuderi for The Daily Record On January 7, the USPTO published its new "2019 Revised Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance" (the 2019 PEG), which became "effective" on that same day....
View ArticleWhat’s On Sale? The Latest On the Patent Novelty Requirement
By Alexsandar Nikolic for The Daily Record On Jan. 22, 2019, the Supreme Court provided its decision in Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.[1] Despite receiving little publicity...
View ArticleFreedom to Contract vs. Patent Misuse: An Analysis of Post-Expiration Patent...
By Thomas L. Sica for The Daily Record Inherent within American contract law is the freedom to contract — i.e., the ability to negotiate and agree to any terms that the parties see fit for any given...
View ArticleIP Frontiers: Toward Rebalancing Outcomes of Alice Patentable Subject Matter...
By Wayne F. Reinke for The Daily Record It has been about nine months since my last patentable subject matter (aka "Alice") update, tracking cases and other important information in the wake of the...
View ArticleSCOTUS Invalidates Lanham Act's Prohibition on Immoral or Scandalous Trademarks
By Alexsandar Nikolic On June 24, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) provided its long-awaited decision in Iancu v. Brunetti, 588 U.S. ___ (2019) by invalidating the Lanham Act's...
View ArticleNew USPTO Rule Requires a U.S. Attorney Must Represent All Foreign Trademark...
Effective August 3, 2019, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will require all foreign-domiciled applicants, registrants and parties to be represented by a U.S.-licensed attorney in...
View ArticleThe Difficulties of Protecting Cannabis and Related Intellectual Property
By Kristian E. Ziegler for The Daily Record As more than half of the states in the U.S. have recently decriminalized cannabis/marijuana to some extent, the domestic cannabis business has been growing...
View ArticlePatent Rights Issues Under Government R&D Contracts
By Stephen P. Scuderi for The Daily Record This article will present an overview of some of the issues pertaining to the disposition of patent rights to inventions made under a government R&D...
View ArticleThe Future Is Now: Patenting Inventions Independently Invented by an AI system
By Lloyd J. Wilson for The Daily Record The idea that machines, rather than humans, could invent something on their own is a concept that was once thought to be a futuristic fantasy. However, the U.S....
View ArticleImplementation of the Music Modernization Act: Copyright Office Issues...
By Annette I. Kahler for The Daily Record Signed into law on Oct. 11, 2018, the Orrin G. Hatch-Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act (MMA) reforms U.S. Copyright law in significant ways that will...
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