Patent Law

USPTO Announces Nanotechnology Meeting
On Wednesday, the USPTO announced its upcoming Nanotechnology Customer Partnership meeting to be held on April 22, 2008, at the South Auditorium of the Madison Building at the USPTO...

USPTO Nanotechnology Customer Partnership Meeting 2008
The U.S. Patent Office is holding their annual Nanotech. meeting on April 22.More info. can be obtained here.

USPTO Survey on Patent eCommerce Customer Satisfaction
Via an email most of you probably received from the Patent Office too: As a valued United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) customer, your opinions are important and enable the USPTO to learn what is working well and where there is room for improvement...

My favorite quote from the Bilski v Kappos SCOTUS oral arguments
Most of the other patent blogs have been covering the Supreme Court oral arguments in the Bilski v. Kappos case.  [e.g., Patently-O] My favorite quote from the case comes from Justice Scalia (page 16 of the pdf): You know, you mention that there are all these — these new areas that didn’t exist in the past because [...

Should the Agenda Law for HOAs and Condos Be Manipulated
Here is a straighforward question ... and a straightforward answer: "Hi there, our board just began putting the following on the top of each Agenda they send out, ?Items may be added to the agenda prior to the meeting called to order...

USPTO Tidbits
The USPTO has issued a number of news releases in the past week ? here is a brief summary of several notable ones.The International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has informed the USPTO that the search fee required by the European Patent Office (EPO) when the EPO acts as the International Searching Authority (ISA) has increased to $2,496...

US Auto
Meeting Notification Regarding $10 Million Class Action Settlement.

Gaylord Gas
allegedly overcharged customer for propane.

Sears
Class Action over Alleged Selling of Customer Information