USPTO Director to Consider U.S. Manufacturing and Small Business Status When Instituting or Denying IPR and PGR Petitions
Key Takeaways Effective immediately, the USPTO will consider whether a patent challenger’s accused products or a patent owner’s products are manufactured in the United States as additional factors in the...
Software Claims Failed Alice Step One Where Purported Improvements Were Not Claimed
TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY v. GEN DIGITAL INC. Before Dyk, Prost, and Reyna. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Summary: Software claims were directed...
Charlene Azema Comments on Trademark Office Backlog Reduction and Pendency Trends in Law360
In the Law360 article “Squires And Stewart’s Trademark Office, By The Numbers,” Knobbe Martens’ Trademark and Brand Protection Co-Chair Charlene Azema shared her perspective on recent initiatives at the U.S....