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USPTO Director Announces President Obama’s FY 2011 Budget Request for the USPTO

February 1, 2010

In a press release today, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) David Kappos today announced President Obama’s $2.322 billion fiscal year 2011 (FY 2011) budget request for the USPTO.
The president’s budget request for FY 2011 will support a five-year plan designed to enable [...]

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USPTO Director Announces New Initiative To Accelerate The Patent Process For Independent Inventors

November 9, 2009

On November 5, 2009, USPTO Director David Kappos delivered the keynote address at the 14th Annual Independent Inventors Conference held at USPTO’s headquarters in Alexandria, Va.
During the address, Director Kappos announced a new initiative that is specifically designed to accelerate the patent process for independent inventors.  He called it a “backlog reduction pilot project” that [...]

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USPTO Rescinds Controversial Patent Regulations Package

October 8, 2009

Agency Files Joint Motion with Plaintiff GlaxoSmithKline to Dismiss Lawsuit Related to Proposed Claims and Continuation Rules
Today, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO David Kappos signed a new Final Rule rescinding highly controversial regulations, proposed by the previous administration, that patent applicants felt unduly restricted their capacity to protect intellectual property.  The regulations, which [...]

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Summary of the Kappos Confirmation Hearing

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The U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary conducted a nomination hearing on July 29, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:14 a.m. for David J. Kappos to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.  Beverly Baldwin Martin (to be United States Circuit Judge for the [...]

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Parties in Tafas Litigation Jointly Seek Stay Until 60 Days after Kappos Is Confirmed As Director

July 27, 2009

The plaintiffs and the government in the litigation challenging the PTO continuation and claim rules have jointly asked the Federal Circuit for a stay of en banc proceedings until 60 days after David Kappos is confirmed as the new PTO Director.  Tafas v. Doll, Fed. Cir., No. 2008-1352, motion filed 7/24/09.
In the “Joint Consent Motion For [...]

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Another Bill Introduced To Prohibit Patents On Tax Planning Methods

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The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants applauded Representative Rick Boucher, a Democrat from Virginia, and Representative Bob Goodlatte, a Virginia Republican, for introducing legislation that would prohibit patents on tax planning methods.
 
“We need this bill so that U.S. tax laws will be applied equally to all taxpayers,” AICPA President and CEO Barry Melancon [...]

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AIPLA Spring Meeting: District Court Judge Has Not Seen Impact post-eBay

May 18, 2009

After hearing presentations describing a different “post-eBay world” in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s much debated decision on injunctive relief, Judge Joseph J. Farnan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware argued that the high court’s 2006 ruling “hasn’t done a whole lot,” and rather can best be seen as [...]

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