Intellectual Property Law

New Rules Regarding Ex Parte Appeals Before the BPAI.
Per a USPTO press release earlier this week: The Department of Commerce?s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will publish tomorrow in the Federal Register new rules that will improve the process of ex parte appeals before the USPTO?s Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI)...

Canadian Youth Court and Adult Criminal Court Statistics, 2006/2007
Statistics Canada just released its youth court and adult criminal court statistics for 2006/2007. Key findings: Youth court: Fewer young people have been appearing before a judge since the enactment of the Youth Criminal Justice Act in April 2003, and fewer are being sent to custody...

USPTO Statistics from the 2007 Fiscal Year
The close of another fiscal year at the USPTO brings forth some interesting statistics. For instance, the number of new patent applications filed in FY 2007 rose to 467,243; up over 4...

USPTO Proposed FY2009 Budget Announced
On Monday, the USPTO announced its request of a $2B+ budget for FY2009, marking the first time the $2 billion level has been requested by the office. The FY2009 request of $2.075 billion represents an 8% increase over the FY2008 level of $1...

USPTO Publishes New Ex Parte Appeals Rules
Yesterday, the USPTO announced that it will be publishing its ?final rule? in an attempt to ?improve the process of ex parte appeals before the USPTO?s Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI)...

A New Day, New Rules: Ex Parte Appeals Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published some new rules that will improve (their word, not ours) the process of ex parte appeals before the USPTO?s Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI)...

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation