On December 11, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) controversial policy of shifting attorneys’ fees in Peter v. NantKwest, Case No. 18-801. The ...

Patent agents in the United States are authorized to practice in patent prosecution matters before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”). Such authorized practice includes both ...

Disputing U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) rulings may no longer carry an automatic price tag. A recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit raises doubts about the ...

Today marks the official launch of Landfall IP, an AI-native patent law firm built from the ground up to deliver a frictionless experience that produces faster, higher-quality, and more cost-effective ...

If you come to a patent attorney with a provisional that you filed pro se or used a cheap online service and ask the attorney to file the utility, you may already be behind the eight ball. You have a ...

Firms that made strategic PTAB hires say that insider expertise is becoming more valuable in the wake of USPTO changes ...

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Before you hire a patent attorney or patent agent to help you write and file a patent application, you should know about their policies and practices. Most of the inventor-friendly patent ...

Warning issued after email sent to attorneys asking to use their details in filings Move appears to be designed to circumvent proposed new roles on representation Expert calls on USPTO to add security ...

Baker & Hostetler represent prolific inventor Gilbert Hyatt in a lawsuit challenging a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office rejection decision. Hyatt filed hundreds of pre-GATT patent applications in 1995 ...