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Intellectual Property Law
Updates and events from the Intellectual Property Law Section
Over the past year, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has gathered feedback from across the intellectual property (IP) community through outreach events.
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The USPTO announced a new Patent Public Search tool that provides more convenient, remote, and robust full-text searching of all U.S. patents and published patent applications.
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The USPTO has published a new webpage showing expungement and reexamination petitions that have been received.
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You can now use the USPTO's First Office Action Estimator online tool to get a time estimate for the first Office action on your U.S. patent application.
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The USPTO launched a Pro Bono Clearinghouse Program for the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB).
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Join us for our 46th Annual Intellectual Property Institute: November 3-5, 2022!
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The U.S. Copyright Office’s 2020 “Section 512 Report” addressed the role technologies and technical measures can play in addressing internet piracy.
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The fee schedule was revised on January 1, 2022.
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The USPTO announced a new Deferred Subject Matter Eligibility Response (DSMER) Pilot Program for nonprovisional patent applications that will launch on February 1, 2022.
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Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. v. Monument Peak Ventures, LLC, IPR2021-00330, (PTAB Jan. 14, 2022) (Paper 19)
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