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By Michael S. Borella – The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is trapped in a perpetual battle on two fronts. First, there is their application backlog, which can extend patent pendency by months or years. Second is the systemic challenge of patent quality. These two problems are not independent of one another. Low-quality examination…
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The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) will be holding its 2025 IP Conference on November 17-19, 2025 in Palm Springs, CA. The conference will offer presentations on the following topics: • Navigating the Road of Joint Inventorship• Public Disclosures and Patent Risks: US vs EP Perspectives• Antibody Inventions: The Life and Times of the Genus Claim•…
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The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled “Patent & Technology Law Developments: Personal Jurisdiction, Estoppel & Everything in Between” on October 30, 2025 from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm (ET). Aaron Chatterjee of Microsoft Corporation, Renée Fuller of Bristol Myers Squibb Company, and Paul McAndrews of McAndrews, Held & Malloy,…
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By Joshua R. Rich — Under President Trump, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has sought to encourage the issuance of more patents and limit the ability to challenge them in post-grant proceedings; since John Squires was sworn in as Director, that process has accelerated tremendously. On October 16, 2025, the Office issued proposed rules…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — The advent of a new administration always carries with it changes in how the laws are executed and applied, and patent law is both no exception and tends (at least in recent years) to appear to be fraught with dramatic changes in emphasis (at least on certain aspects of the…
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To paraphrase Chicago Bulls legend, Michael Jordan, Patent Docs would like to announce that we are back! A few of our readers have noticed that it has been awhile since we last posted, and you may have noticed that there were a few “issues” with the way Patent Docs appeared on your browser earlier this…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — On April 29th, Ambassador Jamieson Greer, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), issued the 2025 Special 301 Report. In a press release (being quite different in tone from many over the past decade), the USTR stated that "[o]ur trading partners must address the concerns identified in the Special 301 Report and stop those…
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The Buckeye Institute Files Amicus Brief in Newman v. Moore et al. By Kevin E. Noonan — It has been a remarkable feature of the Federal Circuit's suspension of the Honorable Judge Pauline Newman that few have taken a stand publicly on the propriety of the suspension (something the Judge herself recently mentioned; see "An American…
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By Donald Zuhn –- After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its 17th annual list of top patent stories. For 2023, we identified ten stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe had (or are likely to have) a significant impact on patent practitioners and…
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The American Conference Institute (ACI) will be presenting its 9th Annual Paragraph IV Disputes Master Symposium on October 24-25, 2023 in Chicago, IL. As in the past, this curated program will not only address "hot" topics but also will put the issues within the context of pre-suit considerations, case filings, final adjudication, and every step…
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