Our panelists from private practice, in-house and the government will bring the audience up to speed on the latest developments in the world of anti-counterfeiting including the proliferation of counterfeiting in the online space. Brand owners and their counsel will learn about both judicial and extra-judicial approaches to tackling this growing scourge, which jeopardizes the health, safety and welfare of American consumers, workers and companies.

It has been almost two years since the Supreme Court decision in Helsinn on whether private sales by an inventor more than one-year before the first filing date remain prior art after the AIA. District courts have started to grapple with the impact of Helsinn on related question about on-sale prior art and are coming up with different answers for different fact patterns. Learn from the authors of the Prior Art After the AIA Guidebook how to spot these kinds of on sale issues, and how to do your best to avoid having one backfire on you or your clients.

The USPTO published a Final Rule on August 3, 2020 in a Federal Register Notice, announcing fee changes that take effect October 2, 2020. The Final Rule includes an approximate 5-10% increase to most fees impacted by the rule, with some larger increases, notably in issue and maintenance fees, maintenance late fees, and PTAB fees. Four fees were discontinued.

AIPLA congratulates Shira Perlmutter on her appointment as the 14th Register of Copyrights. Her extensive experience in intellectual property law will be a tremendous benefit to the Office.

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on September 9, 2020, held that two former Royal Truck & Trailer Sales & Service Inc. employees didn’t violate the anti-hacking Computer Fraud and Abuse Act by forwarding and misusing confidential company information because they had permission to access it.

The AIPLA 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting is your platform to learn, network, and plot the next steps in your career as you find ways to unlock your potential.

In this edition of AIPLA Direct Live, AIPLA President Barbara A. Fiacco asks the Honorable Chris Coons, United States Senator from Delaware, about the state of the intellectual property landscape.

Senator Tillis speaks on his tenure as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary IP Subcommittee, the need for strong intellectual property protection, Section 101 reform, DMCA review, oversight over the USPTO and the Copyright Office, and more.

On June 30, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the addition of “.com” to a generic term can create a protectable trademark, affirming a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. United States Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com B.V., U.S., No. 19-46. In doing so, the Court rejected the United States Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) "nearly per se rule" that when a generic term is combined with a generic top-level domain the resulting combination is generic.