Inevitable Disclosures

The U.S. Copyright Office’s 2020 “Section 512 Report” addressed the role technologies and technical measures can play in addressing internet piracy. Read more

The U.S. Copyright Office is proposing procedures governing representation of parties by law students and representation of business entities by authorized individuals in proceedings before the Copyright Claims Board (CCB), established by the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement (CASE) Act of 2020. Read more

On December 10, 2021, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued an order for sanctions against Huanyee Intellectual Property Co., Ltd. and its Executive Director, Yusha Zhang, for violating the USPTO’s trademark rules of practice. Read more

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is proposing to amend the patent rules of practice so that the official receipt date of correspondence submitted electronically is the date in the Eastern time zone of the United States when the USPTO received the correspondence rather than the date the correspondence address in Alexandria, Virginia, received it. Read more

Effective January 1, 2022, electronic retrievals of priority documents between the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the European Patent Office will be managed via the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Digital Access Service (DAS). Read more

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to revise the rules of practice to issue patents electronically through its patent document viewing systems (i.e., Patent Center and Patent Application Image Retrieval (PAIR)). Read more

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) plans to start issuing electronic trademark registration certificates in spring 2022. Read more

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is indefinitely delaying implementation of the voluntary continuing legal education (CLE) certification for registered patent practitioners and individuals granted limited recognition to practice before the USPTO in patent matters. Read more

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a new examination guide titled “Expungement and Reexamination Proceedings Under the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020.” Read more

On December 18, 2021, the United States Patent and Trademark Office updated the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and other IT systems to implement the provisions of the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (TMA) that went into effect on that date. Read more