Does Your Patent Application Qualify for the PTAB’s Fast-Track Appeal Pilot Program?

By Tayan Patel on February 23, 2021 Posted in Patents

The USPTO recently launched the Fast-Track Appeal Pilot Program on July 2, 2020. The Pilot Program is slated to last one year, with a cap of 125 granted petitions per quarter – 500 total for the year. According to a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) webinar hosted on Feb. 18, 2021, the PTAB may … Continue Reading

“All Expenses Paid” Is No Trip to the E.D. Va. for Patent and Trademark Applicants

By BakerHostetler on July 18, 2017 Posted in Patent, USPTO Litigation

Authored by: Kristie Butler, Summer Associate On June 23, 2017, the Federal Circuit confirmed in Nantkwest, Inc. v. Matal (No. 2016-1794) that patent applicants facing rejection from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) may seek relief in the Eastern District of Virginia under 35 U.S.C. §145, but ruled that these litigants must pay the … Continue Reading

Unsolicited Offers for Trademark-Related Services in the United States

By Nancy R. Frandsen on March 4, 2015 Posted in Uncategorized

WARNING! If you have filed a trademark application in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), it is likely that you will be the target of private companies who will try to confuse you into paying unnecessary fees. Here’s how it works. Once your trademark application is filed, the information in the application and subsequent … Continue Reading