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US and EP "opposition fees" compared

March 21, 2012 11:00

USPTO Director David Kappos has a blog post on his Director's Forum entitled "Comparing USPTO's New Post-Grant Processes and Associated Costs to EPO's". The title promises a little more than it delivers, as there's no actual comparison between the fees charged by the EPO for filing an opposition,...

Gone Fishing, in Sin City

info@fed-soc.org
March 19, 2012 15:51

Spring break brings my family to Las Vegas this year; when we made the plans, we never anticipated leaving behind better weather in Minneapolis, especially this time of year. Oh, well. At least it isn’t slowing down our hiking adventures in the amazing Red Rock Canyon area. Meanwhile, closer...

Patents for Humanity

Rajiv Sarathy
March 08, 2012 17:46

The USPTO has announced a competition designed to encourage research and development that targets challenges humanity faces worldwide.  Winners will receive a certificate for accelerated examination of their patent application. For details, see: ...

Welcoming More Women to Intellectual Property

info@fed-soc.org
March 07, 2012 10:05

Nineteen years after the first U.S. patent was granted, Mary Dixon Kies was the first female recipient of a patent in 1809 covering a technique for weaving.  During the following 30 years only 20 more patents were issued to women. While the USPTO doesn’t track patent and trademark applicant gender,...

Chick-fil-A Goes Stealth in “Eat More Kale” Trademark Dispute?

info@fed-soc.org
March 05, 2012 07:43

The question for the day is not, why did the chicken cross the road, but rather, why did the chicken file an ex parte Letter of Protest with the Office of the Deputy Commissioner for Trademark Examination Policy at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), just a few months ago? To get...