On January 18, 2025, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) implemented significant changes to trademark application filing procedures and fees. The changes will result in higher costs and ...

Rumor has it that one of many behind-the-scenes changes being implemented at the USPTO relates to how (or when) continuing applications are taken up for examination. Typically, an examiner may give ...

USPTO issues page with advice for victims of Pakistan-based Abtach Ltd Company allegedly operated fraudulent low-cost trademark filing agencies Advice includes filing new applications and contacting ...

Baker & Hostetler represent prolific inventor Gilbert Hyatt in a lawsuit challenging a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office rejection decision. Hyatt filed hundreds of pre-GATT patent applications in 1995 ...

Acknowledging that artificial intelligence is likely being used in the preparation and submission of applications, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is reminding those who interact with the ...

“The USPTO has no…discretion to flag and indefinitely shelve pending patent applications because someone views them as being of ‘special interest.’” A battle is currently being waged in a federal ...

A new committee has been formed to come up with new procedures to tackle spurious trademark application at the USPTO following the implementation of the Trademark Modernisation Act of 2020. Talking to ...

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If used correctly, continuation applications can offer a host of benefits within a broad patent portfolio, says Bryce Bailey at Baker McKenzie Practitioners often consider continuation applications to ...