The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced on Wednesday that patent-related fees will be raised starting January 19, 2025 to offset forecasted increases in operating cost. While ...

In a move that goes against the norm of service and government fees increasing steadily each year, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has made several fee decreases introduced as part of the ...

How do we ensure Americans get their “day in court” while also weeding out meritless lawsuits? One often-discussed way is to require the losing party to pay the winning party’s attorney fees, as is ...

A patent maintenance fee is an official fee that is payable at prescribed intervals to a national patent office over the lifecycle of a patent application or a granted patent, in order to keep the ...

“Since it is the practice of some large companies to abandon applications or issued patents – sometimes in large numbers – before the first maintenance fee comes due, under the current fee schedule, ...

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Unitary Patent renewal fees will be based on those of the top four participating member states, an EPO Select Committee has decided The Select Committee of the EPO Administrative Council, which ...

The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fee structure will change on 1 January 2026. The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fee structure will change on 1 ...

Over his career Thomas Edison garnered more U.S. patents than anyone in his time. Edison profited from his patents, but he was also exposed to the dark side of the patent system. He had to contend ...