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  • Guide New Examination Guide on Specimen Examination

    July 16, 2019

    The United States Patent & Trademark Office published a new examination guide titled, "Examination of Specimens for Use in Commerce: Digitally Created or Altered and Mockup Specimens."
  • Turbine Engine Federal Circuit Says No Standing for GE Without Specific Injury

    July 15, 2019

    The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on July 10, 2019, held that General Electric Co.‘s position as a patent owner’s competitor was insufficient to establish standing to appeal a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision.
  • USPTO Issues Final Rule on Claim Construction Standard PTAB Designates Decision as Precedential

    July 12, 2019

    The US Patent and Trademark Office on July 10, 2019, designated as precedential Focal Therapeutics, Inc. v. SenoRx, Inc., Case IPR2014-00116 (PTAB July 21, 2014) (Paper 19).
  • 20190620_120639411_iOS-400x200 IP Practice in China 2019 Trip

    July 11, 2019

    The IP Practice in China Committee delegation kicked of this year's trip with a dinner with Dennis Duncan, the USPTO IP Attache based in Beijing, who provided a briefing of current developments in China.
  • Car Load Floor Federal Circuit Sends Reissue Patent Tiff Back to PTAB

    July 10, 2019

    The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on July 5, 2019, held that the Patent Trial & Appeal Board must reexamine Global IP Holdings LLC’s bid to broaden the scope of its patent.