Attached is an open letter to the leadership of the patent community. It challenges leaders to come forward at the dawn of a new Administration to change the direction of ...
Congratulations to the partners of both Arnold & Porter LLP and Kaye Scholer LLP. They have announced their merger effective January 1, 2017, to a practice styled as Arnold & ...
Clarence Ditlow attended night law school in Washington, D.C., in the mid-1960’s, working in the day as a Patent Examiner in the Commerce Department main building. He was known at ...
The Board affirmed a refusal to register the mark shown below (Persian, in Arabic script) for "classified advertising services," the panel majority finding the mark merely descriptive and lacking in ...
The Naples Patent Roundtable, Inc. is accepting reservations for its annual conference January 14-17 at the beachfront Naples Beach Hotel. The Naples Roundtable, Inc., is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with ...
The USPTO refused registration of the mark FILAMENT TOWER for LED fixtures and light bulbs, concluding that the specimens of use differed materially from the drawing of the mark in ...
On the fifth anniversary of the Leahy Smith America Invents Act of 2011, the U.S. PTO has still failed to eliminate unnecessary procedures that slow down filings. This is so critical ...
The attachment cited in the note, here, is provided. On the fifth anniversary of the Leahy Smith America Invents Act of 2011, the U.S. PTO has still failed to eliminate ...
Congratulations to Drew Hirshfeld, who is expected to serve as Acting Under Secretary of Commerce in charge of the Patent Office beginning January 20, 2017, for several months, up until ...
The Board affirmed another Section 2(e)(4) refusal, finding the mark HECHTER (Stylized) to be primarily merely a surname for leather goods and clothing. Although a very rare surname, it is ...