News & Publications

Arlington, VA. August 19, 2024 - The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) submitted comments to the USPTO on their recent Withdrawal of Changes to Post Registration Response Deadlines.

Arlington, VA. July 29, 2024 - The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) submitted comments to the USPTO in response to their Request for Comments Regarding the Impact of the Proliferation of Artificial Intelligence on Prior Art, the Knowledge of a Person Having Ordinary Skill in the Art, and Determinations of Patentability Made in View of the Foregoing (“the RFC”).

Arlington, VA. July 9, 2024 - The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) submitted comments to the USPTO in response to their Notice of Proposed Rule Making on terminal disclaimer practice to obviate nonstatutory double patenting.

Arlington, VA. June 25, 2024 - The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) submitted comments to the USPTO in response to the USPTO’s March 27, 2024 Notice on the WIPO Diplomatic on the Design Law Treaty (“DLT”).

Arlington, VA. June 21, 2024 - The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) filed an amicus brief in support of certiorari with the United States Supreme Court in Cellect, LLC v. Vidal.

Arlington, VA. June 17, 2024 - The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) submitted comments to the USPTO on Patent Trial and Appeal Board Rules of Practice for Briefing Discretionary Denial Issues, and Rules for 325(d) Considerations, Instituting Parallel and Serial Petitions, and Termination Due to Settlement Agreement.

Arlington, VA. June 17, 2024 - The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) submitted comments to the USPTO on Rules Governing Director Review of Patent Trial and Appeal Board Decisions.

Arlington, VA. June 17, 2024 - The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) submitted comments to the USPTO on Resources for Examining Means-Plus-Function and Step-Plus-Function Claim Limitations.

On June 13, 2024, the Supreme Court decided that the Lanham Act’s names clause does not violate the First Amendment. The decision contrasts with the amicus brief filed by AIPLA on August 1, 2023.

Arlington, VA. June 3, 2024 - The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) submitted comments to the USPTO in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees During Fiscal Year 2025.