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PTO Tries To Clear Backlog
As has been well documented, the backlog of pending patent applications at the USPTO is increasing. In some areas of technology patent Applicants have received estimates that it will take over 6 years for the USPTO to issue a first office action for pending patent application...

Attorneys: New USPTO Patent Appeals Rules Will Raise Costs, Accomplish Little
By Dugie Standeford for Intellectual Property Watch New United States Patent and Trademark Office procedural rules governing ex parte appeals of rejected patent applications before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) have met with resistance from some patent attorneys, who argue they are unfair, unnecessary and will hurt smaller ...

Another Modest Proposal on Reducing the Backlog of Pending Patent Applications
By Kevin E. Noonan -- On Tuesday, U.S. Patent Commissioner John Doll (at right) touted several initiatives being pursued in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to reduce the backlog of pending cases (see "Lunch with Commissioner Doll")...

Patent Office on Patent Reform
USPTO management posted on its internal agency website a position statement concerning changes in pending patent law. The patent office strongly opposes damages apportionment, while supporting the new post-grant opposition regime...

Attorney Sanctions in Patent Trials, a Trend
Perhaps it’s a coincidence of timing, but not a coincidence of fact. In the span of two weeks, two different teams of outside litigators representing Medtronic in two different patent trials, heard in two different jurisdictions, were both fined attorneys fees...

Unigen Agrees to Consolidate Three Pending Cases
Unigen Pharmaceuticals, maker of an herbal supplement Univestin (a blend of flavans from Acacia catechu and flavanoids from Chinese Skullcap (Scutellaria Baicalensis)) agreed Friday to consolidate three pending cases for infringement of US Patent No...

Zantac Patent
GlaxoSmithKline and Cypress Pharmaceutical settle patent infringement dispute.

Becker County
Faces Civil Rights Class Action by Inmates and their Attorneys

Soliris Patent
Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. agrees to pay the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation a $10 million patent infringement settlement.

DRAM Patent
ProMOS Technologies and Mosel Vitelic pay MOSAID Technologies an undisclosed patent infringement settlement.

Marriott
Hourly Wage Class Action Settlement Pending

National Association of Realtors
Settlement reached in broker listing antitrust lawsuit, pending court approval.