The United States will began an investigation into whether thermoplastic component used in some Japanese and German vehicle models sold in country violate its patent laws, trade authorities. The U.S. International Trade Commission listed 25 companies into probe, including BMW, Honda Motors, Toyota Motorcorp, along with Japanese part supplier Aisin Seiki. The probe was [...]
Once your idea becomes fully mature, and you can call it an invention than first thought that comes in your mind is to get it protected. Many inventors will find a patent attorney or patent agent that they will work with as they take first step towards filling a patent application in hope of [...]
Unified Patents is a relatively new form of patent troll that works as a “Troll of Trolls” or “ToT.” They file IPRs (inter-partes reexamination requests) to kill patents. While they purport to only attack “bad patents,” their definition of a “bad patent” is simply any patent asserted against their clients. So who are their [...]
By Executive Order dated February 24, 2017, President Donald J. Trump proclaimed: “It is the policy of the United States to alleviate unnecessary regulatory burdens placed on the American people.” In this Executive Order, President Trump ordered the heads of each agency to designate a Regulatory Reform Officer (RRO) within 60 days. The Executive [...]
Concluding our 2016 Patent Market Report with an in-depth view of current patent market size and reflect our on our key findings and action item of the year. Even with some setbacks in 2016, the patent market continues to be strong and robust. Once again brokered market has shrunk we estimate that actual sales [...]
Dinesh Parmar, one of the candidates who wrote the Patent Agent Exam 2016, wherein he had argued that answers to two of the Paper-I Set C questions as provided in the answer key published by the Patent Office were incorrect. While answer to one of the two questions (i.e. Q. 49) was rectified by [...]
