New Paper: “PARIS CONVENTION PRIORITY PITFALLS UNDER THE LEAHY SMITH AMERICA INVENTS ACT” The attached, captioned paper is a draft analysis of procedures to obtain foreign priority rights for Asia and Europe under ...
Following our report on April 28, 2017 (attached below), Andrei Iancu has been nominated to be Director of the PTO. It is hoped and expected that the nomination will proceed swiftly ...
In Impression Products, Inc. v. Lexmark International, Inc. the United States government has taken its most anti-patentee position on international exhaustion in modern history, as manifested by its summary of ...
The Eastern District of Virginia’s legendary patent “rocket docket” has been a source of amazement for the past generation as a model of speed and efficiency. Messrs’ Quinn and Brachman ...
“Michelle Lee Must Go”: James Edwards, writing on the country’s most popular patent blog, says that “Michelle Lee’s track record at the PTO doesn’t align with strong, inherent property rights. ...
A respected insider reports that the confirmation hearing for the Secretary of Commerce-designate will be held in eight days which may open the door to consideration of whether Ms. Lee stays ...
The New York Times has a detailed story on vacant positions within the Administration, which may explain the peculiar “limbo” situation of its Director, Under Secretary Lee. As of February ...
Louis French spent his legal career with Phillips Petroleum in Bartlesville, Oklahoma where he rose to the position of General Patent Counsel. He retired in the early 1980’s. With sadness, ...
Eugene Quinn has personally investigated the ongoing mystery to discover that now, nearly a full month after Inauguration, the incumbent leader of the Patent Office continues to sign papers as Director ...
From an insider at (not part of) the PTO: “There has been a lot of press and blogs about the leadership at the USPTO, but being on-site and knowing most of ...