Intellectual Property Law

The 2021 Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC) Annual Report is now available online. Read more

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) commenced a Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot program with the National Institute of Industrial Property of France (INPI) on December 1, 2021. Read more

The U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, announced that it is requesting public comment on a new draft policy statement concerning standards-essential patents (SEPs). Read more

Three law student reporters — Alyona Eidinger, Christine Savala, and Alexandra Volpicelli were invited to the Institute to summarize events. Read more

Looking to get all your Ethics, Competence, and Elimination of Bias MCLE credits in one place with an IP-focused spin? Read more

At the request of Congress, the Copyright Office is undertaking a public study to evaluate the effectiveness of current copyright protections for publishers in the United States, with a focus on press publishers. Read more

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has announced that effective December 1, 2022, the deadline to respond to an Office Action for trademark applications based on Sections 1 and 44 will be three months. Read more

The USPTO has announced that starting in 2022, as part of its ongoing efforts to protect the integrity of the U.S. trademark register, all trademark filers will be required to verify their identity with a one-time verification process. Read more

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has published a new rule in the Federal Register to implement the provisions of the Trademark Modernization Act (TMA) of 2020. Read more

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a final rule that delays until January 1, 2023, the effective date of the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.16(u) for any nonprovisional utility patent application filed under 35 U.S.C. 111, including any continuing application, that is not filed in DOCX format. Read more