John E. Martin will replace Magistrate Judge Andrew P. Rodovich in the Northern District of Indiana’s Hammond Division. Rodovich is retiring from the bench. Mr. Martin is a deputy federal community defender in Hammond, representing indigent clients. Prior to working as a federal defender, Martin worked in private practice and…
Washington, DC The Federal Circuit on October 9, 2012 granted en banc review of a case in which a Federal Circuit panel held that a claim must not be deemed inadequate under 35 U.S.C. §101 if, after taking all of the claim recitations into consideration, it is not “manifestly evident”…
Washington DC: President Obama on October 5, 2012, signed legislation (H.R. 6215) that restores the limitation of the federal registration defense to trademark dilution claims based on state law only. Background In 1995, Congress enacted the Federal Trademark Dilution Act with a federal registration defense intended to encourage federal trademark…
Indiana patent attorneys obtained issuance of the following 173 patents from the US Patent Office to persons and businesses in Indiana in September, 2012: PAT. NO. 1 D667,963 Wall panel 2 D667,953 Combination patella drill guide and clamp 3 D667,937 Faucet spout 4 D667,935 Faucet 5 D667,934 Faucet 6 D667,933…
The US Trademark Office issued the following 160 trademark registrations to persons and businesses in Indiana in September, 2012, based on applications filed by Indiana Trademark Attorneys: Reg. Number Mark 85,606,789 IRELY 4214085 Click to View 85,585,401 ELDER ADVISERS 4215699 Click to View 85,583,755 BOAT CARPET…
Indiana patent attorneys obtained issuance of the following 115 patents from the US Patent Office to persons and businesses in Indiana in August, 2012: PAT. NO. Title D666,299 Ambu-bag squeezing device D666,276 Faucet D666,074 Door lock 8,255,383 Method and system for qualifying keywords in query strings 8,254,680 Apparatus and method…
The US Trademark Office issued the following trademark registrations to persons and businesses in Indiana in August, 2012 based on applications filed by Indiana trademark attorneys: Reg. Number Mark Click to View 4,197,979 CHAINBUILDER VIEW 4,198,633 VIEW 4,198,544 HIP HOP VOTES HOT 97 FM VIEW 4,198,475…
The USPTO seeks public comment on the possibility of adjusting trademark application fees so as to lower the fees for all applicants willing to file and communicate electronically with the USPTO . The efficiencies achieved by trademark electronic filing and communications have put the USPTO in a position to potentially…
The USPTO seeks public comment on the possibility of amending federal law to shorten by two years the first filing deadline to demonstrate either use or excusable nonuse of a registered trademark. Although any such change would require a legislative amendment of the Trademark Act, and thus is beyond the…
Washington, DC. Current EPO regulations require that search results from an application, to which a European patent application filed on or after January 1, 2011 claims priority, must be filed with the EPO by the patent attorney without delay after the search results are made available to applicants. See Amended…