The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) has taken a significant procedural turn. In an open letter titled “Bringing the USPTO Back to ...

For applicants with a patent application having, or amended to have, a streamlined claim set—one independent claim and a ...

The interior of the USPTO headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, in 2019. (Antony-22 / Wikimedia Commons) The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office said this week that it intends to award an estimated $70 ...

The USPTO announced that it would revisit its subject matter eligibility guidance today, July 25. USPTO director Kathi Vidal indicated in the blog post in which she announced the news that she wanted ...

Vidal has served as head of the USPTO since being confirmed by the Senate in 2022. She oversaw a budget of $4.2 billion and more than 13,500 employees. Deputy Director Derrick Brent will succeed Vidal ...

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has recently disclosed a data security incident involving domicile information in certain trademark filings between February 2020 and March 2023. According ...

Just one day after the USPTO issued proposed rules limiting the availability of inter partes review when the claims might be subject to ...

Department of Commerce files trademark applications for USPTO name and logo Move follows “rapid increase in sophistication” of scams targeting USPTO users US trademark commissioner admits “it’s never ...

For business owners, decision makers, and the attorneys who represent them, perhaps 2022 brought great change. Did your or your client's company expand, downsize or restructure? Did your client, an ...

The US Department of Commerce’s OIG releases results of USPTO audit Claims USPTO trademark registration “not effective” in preventing fraud One expert “troubled by the Sinophobia underlying” the ...

The NIST director and register of copyrights were added as co-vice chairs of the Council for Inclusive Innovation, among others The USPTO has tapped several top government officials to serve as ...