As you may have already heard, effective — October 2, 2012 — the United States Patent and Trademark Office will be adding a significant volume of newly testable material to the Office’s Registration ...

Following a Request for Comments in March 2021, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) yesterday published a Federal Register Notice updating the General Requirements Bulletin (GRB) for ...

eBay claimed victory in the first round of a patent re-examination that could rescue the auction giant from a costly patent infringement judgment. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday sent ...

(CN) - A digital rights group said it has curbed a patent holder from going after cities and transit agencies that use vehicle-tracking systems by having the patent's legitimacy re-examined. The ...

A U.S. government agency agreed this week to re-examine a controversial Microsoft patent on the Windows file format, following an objection from a public-interest group. The FAT file format has become ...

The success or failure of an idea often hinges upon timeliness. Was the time right for a particular innovation? If you have a great idea and want your business to capitalize on it, you need to apply ...

The Netherlands Patent Office has pioneered the concept of non-examined patents. James Nurton spoke to its president, Guus Broesterhuizen, about SMEs, reform in Europe and the proposals for a ...