Article: COMMERCE UNDER SECRETARY PLEASED WITH DISMISSAL OF LAWSUIT AGAINST PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE OFFICIAL

Article: No Joke - District Court Voids USPTO's Rule ...
Mondaq Business Briefing;  April 3, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... was the outcome following yesterday's ruling by U.S. District Court in Tafas, Smith Beecham Corp. et al. v. Dudas, No ... 2008). On August 21, 2007, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued a final notice of its changes to the rules governing ...

Article: District Court v. USPTO: The Battle Of Claim ...
Mondaq Business Briefing;  October 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... patent, the USPTO is not bound by a district court's claim construction order issued ... a claim construction rendered by a district court in an earlier infringement proceeding ... that the USPTO was not bound by the district court's claim construction order because ...

Article: District Court Grants Summary Judgment Holding ...
Mondaq Business Briefing;  April 8, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") has been enjoined ... Beecham Corporation, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of ... judgment. On April 1, 2008, the District Court issued its ruling on these ...

Article: Board Decision Won't Be Overturned Based Simply On Plausible ...
Mondaq Business Briefing;  September 10, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... United States Patent and Trademark Office Board of Patent Appeals ... of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The district court may determine that the applicant ...

Article: Filling of notice of a security interest in a trademark with the ...
The Secured Lender;  November 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... S. Patent and Trademark Office insufficient to perfect ... New York federal district court affirmed a bankruptcy ... States Patent & Trademark Office ("PTO") but did ... arguments to the federal district court in support of his ...

Article: Hold On To Your Jeans-District Court Oppositions ...
Mondaq Business Briefing;  June 29, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Bestseller then ... an opposition in federal district court under s. 21(b) of the ... to the TTAB. After the district court dismissed the complaint ... between actions initiated in district court under s. 21(b) and ...

Article: Inevitable Confusion And Fraud On The USPTO.(U.S. Patent and ...
Mondaq Business Briefing;  June 24, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... injunction. The district court canceled the federally ... substantiate the district court's finding that ... also held that the district court had not erred in ... S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) by falsely ...