Tag Archives: USPTO

“Inequitable Conduct: Refresher and Update” Panel on March 16

I will be on a panel,  “Inequitable Conduct: Refresher and Update,” with Danny Huntington of Rothwell Figg and William Covey of the PTO OED. The panel will take place on Thursday, March 16 at the 2023 IPOwners Spring SummitTM in … Continue reading

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PTO Expands the Scope of the Immunotherapy Pilot Program

The PTO’s Cancer Immunotherapy Pilot Project, begun in 2016, has been deemed a success. It permitted an applicant claiming a method to treat cancer using immunotherapy to file a petition to accelerate issuance of the first Examination Report. When the … Continue reading

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Former USPTO Official Drew Hirshfeld Joins Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner as Principal

We are very pleased to announce that Drew Hirshfeld will be joining SLW on June 27 as a Principal. Drew has been a long-tenured employee of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and was named one of Managing IP’s Top 50 Most Influential People … Continue reading

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Intellectual Property in Russia

Guest Post from Thomas C. Carey | Chair, Business Practice Group, at Sunstein LLP The Russian war on Ukraine has resulted in a series of US sanctions and Russian countermeasures that have disrupted the coordination of patent and trademark rights … Continue reading

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