The New Trade Secret Law Impact on Business It’s just nine months old, but the new Defend Trade Secrets Act provides for a new stronger defense of key intellectual property. Enacted May 11, 2016, the law provides for the first time for a uniform federal law protecting trade secrets. Previously, trade secrets could be enforced only according to variable state law, and […] Continue Reading →
Federal Circuit Determines the Statutory Standard for Instituting Review of Covered Business Method Patents Unwired Planet v. Google involved a review of what standard the Patent Trial and Appeal Board should use in order to institute reviews of Covered Business Method (CBM) patents. Unwired owns the patent in question which describes a system and method for restricting access to a wireless device’s location information. Google petitioned for CBM […] Continue Reading →
Unity of Control over a Family of Marks Wise F&I, LLC and a number of its subsidiaries recently opposed Allstate Insurance Company’s application to register the marks MILEWISE and ALLSTATE MILEWISE for ” insurance services, namely, writing and underwriting of property and casualty insurance and providing ancillary services thereto, namely, administration and claims adjustment,”in International Class 36. Wise F&I, LLC and subsidiaries jointly […] Continue Reading →
USPTO Data Visualization Center Have you ever wondered how long the typical time before a first Office Action in a pending patent or trademark application is? Or am I the only one waiting for some months after filing an RCE to have my patent application reexamined? Or what is the average length of time a patent application or trademark […] Continue Reading →