JD Supra

USPTO Finalizes Fee Hikes and New Fees for 2025: Key Tips for Patent Applicants

The USPTO announced a set of finalized fee increases and new fees to take effect on January 19, 2025. The changes to the USPTO’s fees in 2025 add significant new fees for filing continuing ...
JD Supra

3 Tips for Avoiding Having to File a Budapest Treaty Declaration When Prosecuting Patent Applications on Biological Materials

The Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure is an international agreement to establish a uniform system for depositing ...
Morningstar

LegalZoom Launches Streamlined Provisional Patent Filing Product to Help Businesses and Entrepreneurs Protect Intellectual Property, Secure Funding and Drive Growth

LegalZoom Launches Streamlined Provisional Patent Filing Product to Help Businesses and Entrepreneurs Protect Intellectual Property, Secure Funding and Drive Growth LegalZoom’s law firm to provide ...
IPWatchdog

Thinking Globally: International Patent Filing and Inventors’ Rights

“In some countries, for inventions made by employees in the course of their employment, it is critical to ask (1) who owns the invention—the employer or employee?—and (2) Is an employee entitled to ...
World IP Review

China: Unpacking the first successful patent invalidation due to unauthorised foreign filing

In considering where an invention was ‘completed’ the CNIPA’s invalidation raises issues for any company carrying out R&D in China, says Jennifer Che of Eagle IP. China and the US are similar in that ...