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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office proposes three-track patent examination initiative

  • Haynes and Boone LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 23 2010

The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") is seeking public comment on a proposed three-track patent examination initiative that would provide applicants with greater control over the speed at which their applications are examined

Management (and the Federal Circuit) torched our patent: what should we have done differently?

  • Haynes and Boone LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 10 2010

Just one day after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit indicated that it would consider the current state of the inequitable conduct doctrine en banc in Therasense, Inc. v. Becton Dickinson and Co., a split panel of the Federal Circuit issued a decision in the case of Avid Identification Systems, Inc. v. Crystal Import Corp. affirming a lower court’s finding of inequitable conduct

Litigation risk and liability danger from false patent marking in view of Forest Group, Inc. v. Bon Tool Co

  • Haynes and Boone LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 27 2010

In a case arising from the Southern District of Texas, the Federal Circuit recently issued an opinion that highlights the risks associated with marking products with patent numbers

Maintaining attorney-client privilege when disclosing opinion letters in M&A transactions

  • Haynes and Boone LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 11 2010

During President Bush's administration earlier this decade, several time-limited, corporate-friendly tax laws were enacted

Zipping your greentech patent application down the line

  • Haynes and Boone LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 10 2009

Accelerated examination of patent applications has typically required an applicant to either: (1) satisfy a handful of very specific requirements, or (2) submit to a potentially risky and time-consuming procedure

Jumpstart your patent application through early examination

  • Haynes and Boone LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 30 2009

The Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) published an official notice titled “Patent Application Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan” on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 that it will now advance applications out of turn for small entity patent applicants on a temporary basis (74 Fed. Reg. 62,285

PTO seeking rulemaking authority despite rescinding proposed claims and continuation rules

  • Haynes and Boone LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 12 2009

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) has announced that the director has signed a Final Rule, which has not yet been published, that rescinds the hotly contested proposed claims and continuation rules

Double standards at the Federal Circuit

  • Haynes and Boone LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 21 2009

Generally, "product" claims in a patent define a product in terms of its structure, properties, or composition