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  • Learning-400x200 Learn How Examiners Approach Unity of Invention

    October 17, 2019

    The US Patent & Trademark Office will host a Virtual Instructor Led Training (vILT) course titled “Unity of Invention” on December 10, 11, and 12, 2019.
  • PTAB PTAB Designates Two Decisions as Informative

    October 16, 2019

    The Patent Trial and Appeal Board designated two decisions regarding design choice as informative.
  • Energy-Drinks-400x200 Fed. Cir. Invalidates FUSION Energy Drink Trademark

    October 14, 2019

    The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on October 10, 2019, upheld a Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) ruling which canceled Brazilian beverage company Cervejaria Petropolis SA’s FUSION trademark at the request of Ambev SA.
  • USPTO-Charts-400 Patent Office Lowers First Action, Total Pendency

    October 11, 2019

    The US Patent and Trademark Office on October 9, 2019, announced that it achieved its patent examination pendency goals of reducing first office action times to under 15 months, and reducing total pendency times to under 24 months.
  • Facebook-400 Facebook Awarded Costs After Winning Patent Case Dismissal

    October 10, 2019

    The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on October 9, 2019, held that Facebook Inc. was properly awarded $4,424.00 in costs after it “rebuffed” a patent infringement case by convincing the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) to invalidate patent claims relating to advertising software.