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  • USPTO Releases 2018 Performance and Accountability Report Indefinite PKI Outage for EFS-Web and Private PAIR

    June 5, 2019

    The USPTO announced that PKI authentication for EFS-Web and Private PAIR will be unavailable starting on Wednesday, June 5, at 12:01 a.m. ET, until further notice.
  • Boats Brunswick Dodges $5 Million Boating Patent Infringement Award

    June 4, 2019

    The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on May 31, 2019, reversed a $5,396,250 patent infringement verdict against Brunswick Corp., owner of many popular boating brands. Cobalt Boats, LLC v. Brunswick Corp., Fed. Cir., No. 2018-1376, unpublished 5/31/19.
  • shutterstock_686344315-400 Senate Hearings on Section 101 Reform

    June 3, 2019

    This week, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Intellectual Property will hold its first two hearings on “The State of Patent Eligibility in America.”
  • negative-space-illuminated-keyboard-400x200 Juniper Evades Finjan Malware Protection Patent Claims

    June 3, 2019

    The US District Court for the Northern District of California on May 29, 2019, held that Juniper Networks Inc., an American networking products developer, did not infringe Finjan Inc.’s malware protection patents.
  • USPTO Crest PKI Outage for EFS-Web and Private PAIR

    May 30, 2019

    The US Patent and Trademark Office announced that PKI authentication for EFS-Web and Private PAIR will be unavailable starting 12:01 a.m., Thursday, May 30, and ending at 11:59 p.m., Friday, May 31 ET. There is the potential for further outages as well.