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  • Medical Diagnostics Medical Diagnostics Patent Eligibility Still Unsettled

    July 8, 2019

    A split US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, on July 3, 2019, refused to revisit their February decision to invalidate a patent licensed to Quest Diagnostics Inc.’s Athena unit for a way to diagnose a severe neurological disorder.
  • TM Guide New USPTO Trademark Examination Guidance

    July 5, 2019

    The US Patent and Trademark Office on June 3, 2019, published an examination guide explaining how the USPTO will examine trademark applications following the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Iancu v. Brunetti.
  • USPTO USPTO Rule Requires US Attorney for Foreign Trademark Applicants

    July 3, 2019

    The US Patent and Trademark Office on July 2, 2019, issued final rules requiring foreign-domiciled trademark applicants, registrants, and parties to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board proceedings to be represented by an attorney who is licensed to practice law in the United States.
  • TBMP New TBMP Available

    July 1, 2019

    The June 2019 update of the USPTO’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP) is now available on the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board webpage under "Policies and procedures.
  • Smartwatch Federal Circuit Finds Cellspin Data Transfer Patents Abstract but Valid

    July 1, 2019

    On June 25, 2019, the Federal Circuit held that a trial court wrongly dismissed Cellspin Soft, Inc.’s (Cellspin), patent infringement lawsuits after determining that the four disputed patents were invalid and covered an abstract idea.