Since the United Kingdom and Gibraltar voted in favor of leaving the European Union (EU) in June 2016, the British Prime Minister, Teresa May has said that notice of the intention to leave will be given before the end of March 2017 and it is then...

Patent eligible subject matter under Section 101 has been a hot topic this year and the Alice v. CLS Bank decision by the U.S. Supreme Court has made it difficult to patent software-related inventions.  However, recent Federal Circuit Court...

Changes to the Rules of Practice announced by the USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) last Fall are now in effect.  For more information, click...

On Monday, October 3rd, The United States Supreme Court denied the petition for certiorari requested by the proprietor of the Washington Redskins trademarks to have the Court hear its 1st amendment case before the issuance of a decision by the U.S....

The Supreme Court today granted the USPTO’s petition to review the decision of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruling that the USPTO’s refusal to register allegedly disparaging marks is a violation of the First Amendment...

Amendments to the Mexican Industrial Property Law introducing an opposition system for trademarks entered into effect on August 30,...