Tag Archives: USPTO

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

USPTO Announces New Lower Fee Schedule for Trademark Applications

By Farah Bhatti on January 22, 2015 Posted in Uncategorized

On January 17, 2015, the United States Trademark Office implemented a reduced fee schedule for newly filed applications. The Trademark Office has introduced an additional category of applications called the TEAS Reduced Fee, or TEAS RF, application. Previously, the Trademark Office allowed applicants to file only two types of applications: TEAS PLUS or a regular TEAS application. … Continue Reading

USPTO Issues “2014 Interim Guidance on Patent Subject Matter Eligibility”

By Michael Stein on December 18, 2014 Posted in Uncategorized

On December 15, 2014, the USPTO published a document titled “2014 Interim Guidance on Patent Subject Matter Eligibility” (Interim Guidance). The new Interim Guidance follows the previous preliminary examination instructions issued on June 25, 2014, in view of CLS v. Alice (2014), and was published as a notice for comments and may therefore be updated … Continue Reading

Don’t Miss the Window for Post-Grant Review: Monitor Your Competitors by Creating Alert Systems

By Harold Fullmer, Han Gim and Alaina Renz on November 14, 2014 Posted in Uncategorized

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has new and popular procedures for challenging the validity of (in other words, killing) a competitor’s patent. The most powerful procedure, a Post-Grant Review (PGR), must be filed within nine months of the grant or “issue date” of any patent with a priority date of March 16, 2013, or … Continue Reading

Public Comments to USPTO’s Preliminary Examination Instructions in View of Supreme Court Decision in Alice Case

By Michael Stein on August 5, 2014 Posted in Uncategorized

As reported here last month, the USPTO recently issued a memorandum to the Examination Corps, entitled “Preliminary Examination Instructions in view of the Supreme Court Decision in Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International, et al.” The memorandum provides preliminary instructions to the Patent Examining Corps relating to subject matter eligibility of claims involving … Continue Reading

USPTO Issues “Preliminary Examination Instructions in view of the Supreme Court Decision in Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International, et al.”

By Michael Stein on July 2, 2014 Posted in Uncategorized

On June 25, 2014, the USPTO issued a memorandum to the Examination Corps, entitled “Preliminary Examination Instructions in view of the Supreme Court Decision in Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International, et al.” This memorandum provides preliminary instructions, effective June 25, 2014, to the Patent Examining Corps relating to subject matter eligibility of … Continue Reading