by lingchoi | Mar 11, 2014 | Legal/Tech News
The Obama administration recently announced a renewal of Patents for Humanity, a USPTO program promoting the use of patented technologies to address worldwide humanitarian needs. Patents for Humanity is part of the President’s program to strengthen the patent system...
by djschaff | Feb 24, 2014 | Commentary
Patent-seeking inventors may spend countless hours perfecting that grand idea that sparked its way into their brains while returning from a hunting trip–in the case of that useful adhesive we know as velcro–or while watching a cat pull feathers through a...
by jhevey | Apr 27, 2012 | Commentary
Imbued with its new fee setting authority after the America Invents Act (AIA), the USPTO has, unsurprisingly, decided to raise its fees. Taking a page out of the USPS playbook, the PTO is not promising any better or faster service with its increased fees. In fact,...
by sandc | Feb 16, 2012 | Legal/Tech News, Legislation/Regulations, Technology
The USPTO recently announced a new awards competition called Patents for Humanity. The competition is a pilot program meant to encourage the development of technology to meet humanitarian rather than strictly business means. The prize? Accelerated processing of the...
by tashaf | Sep 17, 2011 | Commentary
Most states and territories in the United States require attorneys to meet continuing legal education (CLE) requirements in order to practice law before their courts. Only Maryland, Connecticut, Massachusetts, South Dakota, Washington D.C., and Michigan do not...
