An amendment that was offered by Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) to the patent reform bill (America Invents Act S. 23) has been tabled by a vote of 87 to 13. The Feinstein Amendment removed the First To File provision in favor of the existing First to Invent System. Arguments against the First to File System [...]
The US Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) opened a new exhibit yesterday at the Inventor’s Hall of Fame, at the Madison Building in Alexandria, Virginia. The exhibit is the first major exhibit installation to come to the Hall of Fame since it was relocated to Alexandria from Akron, Ohio in 2009. The exhibit shows how [...]
The United States and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) announced last week that it has entered into a no-cost, two-year agreement with Google to make bulk electronic patent and trademark public data available to the public in bulk form. Under this agreement, the USPTO is providing Google with existing bulk, electronic files, which Google will host without [...]
