The USD Annual Patent Law Conference will feature Undersecretary of Commerce & Director of USPTO, Andrei Iancu, on Thursday evening (Mar. 21) in Carmel Valley. Friday (Mar. 22) will be on campus and will feature prominent judges, USPTO officials, local attorneys and executives, and patent law professors. REGISTER NOW > More details on the [...]
This column highlights some of the more notable recent online notices, newsletters, and blogs dealing with IP prosecution issues. IPWatchdog – a patents and patent law blog – IPwatchdog.com On November 30, 2018, Robert Schaffer, Joseph Robinson, and Dustin Weeks explained the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals opinion in Ancora Techs. v. HTC Am., Inc., [...]
Views from the Bench: Discussion of Patent Trials by Judges of the Southern District of California Panelists: Hon. Judge Marilyn L. Huff and Hon. Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo, District Judges, and Michael S. Berg, U.S. Magistrate Judge Moderator: Phillip C. Samouris, HIGGS FLETCHER & MACK Date: Thursday, February 7, 6:00 pm New Location: AMN Healthcare [...]
Join us for a lively and informative presentation focusing on the PTAB’s revised standard operating procedures – how cases are assigned to panels, the new POP panel for high-level review, and how decisions are nominated for designation or de-designation as precedential or informative – and what this all means to practitioners and patent holders. Foley [...]
This column highlights some of the more notable recent online notices, newsletters, and blogs dealing with IP prosecution issues. IPWatchdog – a patents and patent law blog – IPwatchdog.com On November 3, 2018, Steve Brachmann explained that the USPTO is developing a rule (details here) that foreign trademark applicants and registrants must be represented by [...]
