U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross has named U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Associate Solicitor Joseph Matal to perform the functions and duties of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO. The position is effective June 7, 2017 and follows the resignation of Michelle K. Lee. Matal [...]
USPTO director Michelle Lee announced her resignation noting that," it has been professional experience of a lifetime a true privilege serving our country by supporting what have to believe to be some of the America's greatest heroes our inventors and entrepreneur." Lee will be known as stabilizing force managing the agency during these tough [...]
The U.S. Supreme Court said companies give up their patent rights when they sell an item, in a ruling that puts new limits on businesses’ ability to prevent their products from being resold at a discount. The ruling is a defeat for Lexmark International Inc., which was trying to stop refurbished versions of its [...]
There are numerous problems with the United States patent system, extraordinary good could come from undoing several pivotal decisions. If Congress wants to resurrect the U.S. patent system these three decisions would be overturned. As long as these decisions remain in force the U.S. patent system will continue to suffer. If and when these [...]
Supreme court agreed to hear about the another case of the America Invents Act: SAS institute's vs. Lee. The inter partes review focuses on whether the AIA permits USPTO to partially institute IPR proceedings as it has been always doing. SAS argues instead that the statute requires a full up/down vote on a petition [...]
America’s patent system could likely rattle off more than three reasons, on those three points America’s patent system would be immediately begin to flourish. They were: (1) the Supreme Court’s decision in eBay v. MerchExchange; (2) the Supreme Court’s decision in Mayo v. Prometheus; and (3) the creation of post grant administrative challenges at [...]
