All of the International Searching Authorities have increased their PCT search fees within the past two months. Under the Patent...

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

Under Section 102(e) of Title 35 of the United States Code, a person is not entitled to a patent if their invention was described in a...

David Kappos is the new Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark...

The U.S. Copyright Office has announced a fee increase for registration and recordation services and certain other services.The fee...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) is reformatting certificates of registration issued for registered trademarks. The...

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The five major intellectual property offices (IP 5) recently announced that they have laid out a blueprint for work sharing and...

Raymond Hobbs, Ph.D. of Tulsa, Oklahoma is the inventor of Special-Purpose Sunglasses for Pilots. Mr. Hobbs began flying in August 1963...

If your company is ever sued for trademark infringement, do not forget to check your company's insurance policy to see whether such...

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 Federal Trade Commission has issued a newly updated version of its Franchise Rule, which sets forth requirements that businesses must...

Remember, you cannot use the ® symbol unless your trademark has been registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. If...

Did you know that you are required by law to send the Library of Congress two copies of everything you publish? United States Copyright...

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

Since its inception, the Patent Office has been through five buildings and two fires before coming to its newest residence in Alexandria,...

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...