The United Kingdom (UK) issued a statement on Feb. 27, 2020, cementing a new position that the country will take no steps to participate in the Unified Patent Court....more
In a surprising precedential ruling, with the potential to vacate past decisions by administrative patent judges (“APJs”) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”), the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled...more
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The Intellectual Property Office of the United Kingdom (UK)—together with the Minister of State for Energy and Intellectual Property and Prime Minister May—issued a press release on Nov. 28 confirming that the country will...more
The future of the proposed European Unified Patent Court and European Unitary Patent have been jeopardized by the Brexit vote because ratification of the proposal by the United Kingdom is expressly required before the...more
Recent developments in a court case concerning induced patent infringement may have a significant impact on patent owners and patent portfolio valuations, pending review by the Supreme Court.
On October 16, 2014, the...more
The Denver satellite office of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will officially open on June 30, 2014. This is exciting news for Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck clients and the broader Denver and Rocky Mountain community...more