Published on: 09/02/2021 11:34 AM
|
A look back at the highlights of August 2021 |
|
|
|
Audrey Sherman, a leading inventor of adhesives at 3M, shows what’s possible through persistence and collaboration. |
|
|
|
Driving innovation
Audrey Sherman was initially drawn to science by the appeal of "cooking polymers all day and driving a sports car," but it was her personal drive and persistent inquisitiveness that paved her way to becoming 3M's top female patent holder. Perhaps best known for inventing the adhesives on smartphone screen protectors and Command hooks designed for humid or soapy environments, Sherman is quick to credit the invaluable role collaboration has played in her success.
Read the full story
|
|
|
|
The surge of trademark filings has created challenges, but those challenges also highlight the significant value of U.S. trademark registrations. |
|
|
|
USPTO’s comprehensive strategy to fight trademark fraud
Businesses at home and abroad are becoming more and more aware of the value and benefits of a U.S. trademark registration. Unfortunately, along with the historic surge of new trademark filings over the past year (see our blog on the surge), the USPTO has also seen an increase in suspicious submissions ranging from inaccurate to fraudulent. The Department of Commerce’s Office of Inspector General, after analyzing a snapshot of data (applications filed between October 2, 2019 and April 30, 2020), found that we need to enhance controls aimed at combating this increase in suspicious filings. We agree, and have been actively enhancing our register protection efforts to meet this challenge for some time now (as described in Appendix B of the report, titled Agency Response). The integrity and accuracy of our trademark register is more important than ever to our economy, to businesses everywhere, and to the USPTO.
By Drew Hirshfeld, performing the functions and duties of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO, and David Gooder, Commissioner for Trademarks | Continue reading
Protecting our trademark customers with federal registration of USPTO marks
Imagine you are a trademark applicant who receives a notice in the mail from an agency claiming to be the USPTO, with an almost identical logo, informing you that the USPTO will deny or cancel your registration unless you pay a required fee. Or if a business appearing to be affiliated with the USPTO solicits fees to help file your application and perform other registration services for you at a price that seems too good to be true. You pay the fees, assuming the businesses and promised services are legitimate, only to never hear from them again.
By David Gooder, Commissioner for Trademarks | Continue reading
PTAB’s “Fast-Track” pilots available for regular and COVID-19 related ex parte appeals
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has two programs to expedite our turnaround time for ex parte appeals. By speeding up patentability determinations on new inventions, we aim to quicken the pace at which products or services embodied in these inventions reach the marketplace, spurring follow-on innovation, economic growth, and job creation.
By Scott Boalick, Chief Judge for the PTAB | Continue reading
|
|
|
|
Coke Stewart, former Acting Deputy Director of the USPTO, and Farheena Rasheed, Deputy Solicitor at the USPTO. |
|
|
|
Patent Agency Lets Women Shine in Court While Big Law Sends Men
Farheena Rasheed spent five years as a Big Law patent litigator, writing many briefs for appeals her colleagues—mostly men— to argue before the nation’s top patent court. She never once presented a case at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit before leaving private practice. During a subsequent clerkship at the court, she watched attorneys from the Patent and Trademark Office stand up for arguments. And many of them were women.
Read the article
David Berdan to perform functions and duties of Deputy Director
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that starting Monday, David L. Berdan will be performing the functions and duties of the Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the USPTO, following the news that Coke Stewart will be departing the agency.
Read the news brief
Coke Stewart, performing the functions and duties of Deputy Director, to join law school faculty
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that Coke Stewart, performing the functions and duties of the Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the USPTO, will be departing the USPTO to join the faculty at the Regent University School of Law in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Read the news brief
Find all upcoming and past events at https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/events.
|
|
|
|
The USPTO announced that David Berdan will be performing the functions and duties of the Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the USPTO beginning Monday, August 23.
View original post on Twitter
|
|
|
|
|
Broken crayons = a back to school bummer. Luckily, kid inventor Cassidy Goldstein came up with an out-of-the-box solution to this art class conundrum.
View original post on Facebook
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
