JD Supra

USPTO Announces Extension of the Expanded Collaborative Search Pilot Program

File a Petition to Make Special using Form PTO/SB/437 in a U.S. application. There is no fee for filing this petition, or for participating in the Expanded CSP. Additionally, the U.S. application must ...
JD Supra

USPTO Grants Relief for Patent Applicants Who Failed to Timely File Patent Applications Due to the COVID-19 Outbreak

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has again exercised its authority under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act to grant patent applicants additional COVID-19 ...
The National Law Review

USPTO Allows Electronic Filing of Plant Patent Applications Due to COVID-19 Outbreak

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Las Vegas Athletics trademark application denied by patent office

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has denied trademark applications for “Las Vegas Athletics” and “Vegas Athletics” a second time.
IPWatchdog

Petition Asks USPTO to Undo Rulemaking on Physical Addresses in Trademark Applications

“While the address requirement may not concern [all stakeholders], practitioners might take pause at the other ways in which the USPTO allegedly failed to comply with administrative law when ...