The 2017 US Toteboards have been published. These toteboards have the goal of listing the firms that obtained US design patents, US trademark registrations, and US utility patents for clients. You can see:
A design decision from Europe
A few days ago the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) rendered an opinion in the case of Doceram v. CeramTec. This is an industrial designs case exploring how you may know the scope of protection for an article as a function of the extent to which the appearance of the article is solely dictated by its technical function. Continue reading “A design decision from Europe”
Get your numbers in for the 2017 USPTO Plant Patent tote board
The goal of this toteboard is to list the firms that helped clients to obtain US plant patents in 2017. It will rank the firms according to the number of US plant patents obtained. Respondents are asked to report only US plant patents for which the firm is listed on the front page of the granted patent. Please respond by Thursday, March 22, 2018.
You can see the previous Toteboards here.
To send in your numbers for the 2017 US Plant Patent tote board, click here.
Register now for USPTO Design Day 2018
Registration is now open for USPTO Design Day 2018.
Design Day 2018 will take place Wednesday, April 25 in the Madison auditorium at 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314.
This event always sells out. So if you are planning to attend, don’t delay. Register now. Continue reading “Register now for USPTO Design Day 2018”
USPTO is closed today – not?
See the Office of Personnel Management announcement which says:
FEDERAL OFFICES in the Washington, DC area are CLOSED. Emergency and telework-ready employees required to work must follow their agency’s policies, including written telework agreements.
I wrote:
The USPTO is closed today, Friday, March 2, 2018.
Normally at this time of year such a closure would be due to a dusting of snow. But the reason for the closure is “high wind”.
Oh, and at the risk of stating the obvious, this means that any response or action that would have been due today will be timely if filed by this coming Monday, March 5, 2018.
But people are telling me they think the USPTO is actually open today. If this is true, then maybe the resetting of response dates to Monday won’t happen after all.
I will investigate further.
Hague Agreement, DAS, and four-character access codes
Today WIPO announced that starting today ( February 28, 2018) the Hague Agreement e-filing interface and international application form DM/1 have a new item to allow the provision of an access code via DAS. What does this mean? How will it affect you? Is there anything bad that will happen to practitioners who don’t know about this or fail to make use of this new item?
Continue reading “Hague Agreement, DAS, and four-character access codes”
Traps for the unwary in a Hague application that designates the US
If an applicant pursues US design protection using the Hague Agreement system, there are several mistakes to avoid, as I will discuss. Continue reading “Traps for the unwary in a Hague application that designates the US”
Get your numbers in for the 2017 US trademark registration toteboard
It’s that time of year again. A year ago we published the 2016 US Trademark Registration Tote Board and before that, the 2015 US Trademark Registration Tote Board. Now it’s time to get your numbers in for the third annual US Trademark Registration Tote Board.
The goal of this toteboard is to list the firms that helped clients obtain US trademark registrations in 2017. The toteboard seeks to list US trademark registrations granted in 2017. The closing date for the questionnaire will be Thursday, March 8, 2018.
You can see the previous Toteboards here.
To learn more and to report your numbers for the 2017 US Trademark Registration tote board, please click here.
It is also time to report your numbers for the 2017 US Design Patent tote board and the 2017 US Utility Patent tote board.
Get your numbers in for the 2017 design patent toteboard
The goal of this toteboard is to list the firms that helped clients to obtain US design patents in 2017. It will rank the firms according to the number of US design patents obtained. Respondents are asked to report only US design patents for which the firm is listed on the front page of the granted patent. Please respond by Thursday, March 8, 2018.
You can see the previous Toteboards here.
To respond to be listed in the 2017 US Design Patent Toteboard, click here.
It’s also time for the third annual US Utility Patent Toteboard. To learn how to respond to be listed in that tote board, click here.
It’s also time for the 2017 US Trademark Registration Toteboard. To learn how to respond to be listed in that tote board, click here.
Get your numbers in for the 2017 US utility patent tote board
A year ago I published the 2016 US Utility Patent Toteboard, and a year before that the 2015 US Utility Patent Toteboard. Now it’s time to finalize and publish the 2017 Utility Patent Toteboard.
The goal of this toteboard is to list the firms that helped clients to obtain US utility patents in 2017. It will rank the firms according to the number of US utility patents obtained. Respondents are asked to report only US utility patents for which the firm is listed on the front page of the granted patent. Please respond by Thursday, March 8, 2018.
You can see the previous Toteboards here.
To respond to be listed in the US Utility Patent Tote Board, click here.
It’s also time for the sixth annual US Design Patent Tote Board. To learn how to respond to be listed in that tote board, click here.
It’s also time for the 2017 US Trademark Registration Toteboard. To learn how to respond to be listed in that tote board, click here.