When a patent or trademark application is received by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”), it is examined to...

The United States Supreme Court granted certiorari in Global-Tech Appliances Inc. v. SEB S.A. on October 12, 2010, thereby agreeing to...

The Patent Reform Act of 2010 was recently made public when details were released by the United States Senate. The Act has been presented...

The United States Supreme Court recently issued a much-anticipated decision in the case Bilski v. Kappos, 561 US ___ (2010). The Court...

Thailand has recently become the 142nd contracting state of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). Any PCT application filed on or after...

The Federal Circuit, in Egyptian Goddess, Inc. v. Swisa, Inc., 543 F.3d 665, 2008 WL 4290856 (Fed.Cir. 2008) (en banc) (No. 06-1562),...

Ever wonder what was needed for a patent to be granted some two hundred years ago? For roughly ninety years after its establishment in...

Many inventors believe that they can achieve a measure of protection for their invention simply by mailing a description of their...

On September 7, 2007, the United States House of Representatives passed the Patent Reform Act of 2007. The Senate Judiciary Committee is...

The Supreme Court recently issued a unanimous opinion that could change the way the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the...

The PCT application may be filed in the USPTO as an RO although the IB of the WIPO administers the PCT. Have you got that? The Patent...

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether a permanent injunction should ordinarily issue after a patent is found valid and...

Two recent developments in the USPTO could mean that the range and quantity of “business method” patents being issued will increase, or...