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PTAB/USPTO Update - August 2024

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On July 7, the Senate passed a resolution “[r]ecognizing the importance of trademarks in the economy and the role of trademarks in protecting consumer safety, by designating the month of July as ‘National Anti-Counterfeiting...more

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Inside USPTO’s AI Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance

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In accordance with President Biden’s Executive Order on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in October 2023, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued new subject matter eligibility guidance relating to AI...more

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Codifying the Experimental Use Exception? USPTO Seeks Public Input

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released a Notice on the Federal Register (“the Notice”) today requesting public commentary and input on the current state of the experimental use exception. The USPTO is...more

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USPTO Emphasizes Searches of FDA Databases for Pharmaceutical Patent Applications

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In response to Biden Administration goals regarding increasing pharmaceutical competition and lowering drug prices, the USPTO recently released training provided to the USPTO examining corps on utilizing publicly available...more

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AI-assisted inventions: USPTO’s most recent guidance for determining inventorship

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AI technologies bring several new business opportunities, but they also bring a host of new legal questions, including in intellectual property law. A very important question at the intersection of AI and IP is: how do we...more

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Patent Practitioners Take Note: (Even) if You Use AI, Read Before You File

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On February 6, 2024, the USPTO weighed in with guidance for practitioners using—or considering using—AI in preparing submissions to the USPTO. In essence, Director Kathi Vidal has reminded practitioners that they must sign...more

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IP Hot Topic: Biden Administration Proposes Framework for Exercising Bayh-Dole March-in Rights to Control Drug Pricing

The Biden-Harris Administration recently announced various actions to lower healthcare and prescription drug costs. In one action, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released in December 2023 a draft...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Patent Climate Change Program Targets Greenhouse Gas Emissions

In June 2022, the US Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) launched the Climate Change Mitigation Pilot Program (the “Program”). This program was enacted to support President Biden’s January 27, 2021 Executive Order, which...more

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Initiatives to Increase Communication Between the USPTO and the FDA Concerning Pharmaceutical Patent Applications

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President Biden, in July 2021, issued an Executive Order (“E.O.”) observing that “too often, patent and other laws have been misused to inhibit or delay — for years and even decades — competition from generic drugs and...more

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President Biden Signs the "Unleashing American Innovators Act" Into Law on 12/29/2022

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The Unleashing American Innovators Act, which formed part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022, was signed into law by President Biden on December 29, 2022. This Act increased the discount on most patent-related...more

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US Patent Office Seeks to Positively Impact Climate by Accelerating Examination

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The Biden Administration is using a comprehensive set of tools to stick closely to campaign promises around — and the public demand for — climate action. Recently, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced...more

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PTO Requests Comments on Initiatives to Ensure Patent Robustness, Reliability

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The US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) is seeking public input and guidance on proposed initiatives directed at bolstering the robustness and reliability of patents. The request for comments was spurred in part by US...more

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