The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a final rule setting out patent fee increases which came into effect on January 19, 2025. The USPTO states that costs justify an increase of 10% for up-front fees and 7.5% for other...

The USPTO restructured its electronic trademark filing process by replacing the current TEAS Plus and TEAS Standard options with a single streamlined electronic application.    ...

On April 3, 2024, the USPTO issued a notice of fees that it proposes for the fiscal year (starting on 9/29/24).  The fees are subject to public comment before becoming final and suggest that there will be few, if any, changes from the current...

Update: The USPTO has announced that February 5th, 2024 will now be the date for the Assignment Center to replace the Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS) and Electronic Trademark Assignment System...

Communications from the European Patent Office (EPO), which include official actions, were originally sent by registered letter and the rules were written to take this into account and assumed that such communication would take ten days to reach its...

An article about genericness and Gruyere cheese titled: “Fourth Circuit Confirms that ‘Gruyere’ is Generic for Cheese”, was recently published in the World Trademark Review. The article was written by Ladas attorneys Dennis Prahl, Edward...