U.S. Patent And Trademark Office
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Alexandria, VA 22314
Recent News About U.S. Patent And Trademark Office
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LAS VEGAS (Legal Newsline) - When former President Obama signed the America Invents Act, it was packaged as historic patent reform legislation that would streamline the process for American entrepreneurs and businesses.
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The nation’s highest court, in an 8-0 ruling this week, upheld a federal appeals court ruling. The high court, in its decision, agreed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s invalidation of New Jersey-based Cuozzo Speed Technologies LLC’s speedometer patent.
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The Patent and Trademark Office has published guidance for patent examiners four times now since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International in 2014. The decision provided very little to no legal guidance to lower courts on how to decide if a computer-generated technology, in particular, is patentable.
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The nation’s highest court must decide, after hearing oral arguments in Cuozzo v. Lee next month, whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit should handle claims in patent cases arising from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, or PTAB, the same as claims in cases arising from district courts.
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PTO Director Michelle K. Lee says the changes were proposed in response to concerns from some patent owners that they are disadvantaged by certain current rules.
