Patent Law

Reengineering the Patent Examination Process: Two Suggestions
Re my previous post about suggestions to eliminate substantive patent examination, I was just made aware of D.C. Toedt, "Reengineering the Patent Examination Process: Two Suggestions," 81 J...

Accel Excels
Having recently completed an Accelerated Examination filing, I am convinced that this is the way to go, especially under ideal circumstances. Accelerated Examination (AE) has taken quite a lashing on this blog, with one muffin-head professing: "Forget accelerated examination...

USPTO News: USPTO and KIPO Sign Memoradum on Cooperative Patent Examination
By Christopher P. Singer -- The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a press release on September 24, 2008 announcing that the Office had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) regarding a comprehensive plan on cooperative patent examination...

Patently-O Bits and Bytes No. 44: Deferred Examination
Deferred Examination I: For the current state of PTO backlog, I am a strong believer in providing a mechanism to either (i) allowing the inventor pay to move to the front of the examination line if the patent needs to...

Examination Support Document (ESD) COuld Add $26,000 to Patent Costs
Even though we’ve covered the ?suspicious procedures? at the USPTO regarding the Final Continuations and Claims Limits Rule, more evidence seems to keep coming to light.  See Tafas v...

Fast-Track Canadian Patents
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office has announced its participation in the  Canada-U.S. Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot project.  This experimental program, which has been in the works for some time, is designed to help fast-track patent examination in both Canada and the U...

Zantac Patent
GlaxoSmithKline and Cypress Pharmaceutical settle patent infringement dispute.

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.

Sony
to Pay $18.5 Million For Patent Infringment

Qualcomm Settles Patent Suit for $891 Million

The Princeton Review
$2.6 million settlement reached in patent infringement case.