The Designs Amendment Bill 2020 passed both houses in Australia on August 30 and is now waiting Royal Assent.This bill introduces a 12-month grace period for design patents, bringing it…

Thomas Rinaldi’s new book- Patented: 1,000 Design Patents, covers design patents, one per page and arranged chronologically, from 1900 to the present.The book documents a shift in design patents over…

China has recently made some changes to the legal system allowing up to five times the punitive damages for intentional and serious intellectual property infringement. This is part of an…

In US v Arthrex, 2021 US Lexis 3123, the Supreme Court found that PTAB (Patent Trial and Appeals Board) should have been nominated by the President and confirmed by the…

Beginning the first of 2022, the USPTO will require submitting patent apps in the docx format. Well, technically not quite true- apps will still be accepted in pdf format but…

https://fishiplaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Office-Sunset3.mp4A little promotional video featuring our office building at Main and Jamboree in Irvine CA.The video is 3D, and the hi-rise buildings are 3D objects. But the surrounding buildings, trees…

One of the challenges of patenting technology related to blockchain is that the subject matter is likely directed to one of the judicial exceptions (i.e., abstract ideas) that are not…

The Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) approved phase II of its Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) program, which commenced on January 1, 2021.  The PPH program is a bilateral agreement…

In late December, 2020, the Consolidated Appropriations Act established the Copyright Claims Board (CCB).  In simple terms, the CCB is like a small claims court for copyright cases. It gives…

Several trademark fees have increased starting January 2nd. The most notable fee increases are: (1) TEAS standard filing fee is increased from $275 to $350, (2) Combined §8 and §15 declarations from…