Advocacy

• AIPLA Submits Comments to USPTO Regarding National Strategy for Expanding American Innovation

  Microsoft Word - 2021_02_23 SUCCCESS ACT February 23, 2021 Attn: Janine Scianna Office of Governmental Affairs The United States Patent and Trademark Office 600 Dulany Street Alexandria, VA 22313-1450 Via Email: innovationcomment@uspto.gov Re: Request for Comments on Proposed National Strategy for Expanding American Innovation [Docket No. PTOP20200057] Dear Ms. Sc

  Categories: Executive, US Patent and Trademark, Letter

• Comments Submitted by AIPLA to USPTO Pursuant to Sovereign Immunity Study

  February 22, 2020 Andrew Hirshfeld Performing the Functions and Duties of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office United States Patent and Trademark Office c/o Office of Policy and International Affairs, Comment Request; State Sovereign Immunity Mail Stop OPIA, P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria, Virginia 22314

  Categories: US Patent and Trademark, Executive, Letter

• AIPLA Comments on Implementation of the Trademark Modernization Act

  February 3, 2021 The Honorable David Gooder Commissioner for Trademarks P.O. Box 1451 Alexandria, VA 22313-1451 Via email: TMFeedback@uspto.gov RE: Comments re Implementation of the Trademark Modernization Act Dear Commissioner Gooder: AIPLA thanks the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for soliciting comments on the implementation of the Trademark Modernization Act (TMA), and for

  Categories: Letter, US Patent and Trademark, Executive

• AIPLA Submits Comments to USPTO Regarding the Article of Manufacture Requirement

  February 4, 2021 Ms. Elizabeth Shaw Office of Policy and International Affairs (OPIA) The United States Patent and Trademark Office P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria, VA 22314 Submitted via www.regulations.gov Re: Notice Regarding the Article of Manufacture Requirement (December 21, 2020; Docket No. PTO-C-2020-0068) Dear Ms. Shaw: The American Intellectual Property Law Associa

  Categories: US Patent and Trademark, Executive, Letter

• AIPLA Comments on the Request for Comments on Proposed Continuing Legal Education Guidelines

  January 7, 2021 Attn: William Covey, Director for the Office of Enrollment and Discipline Mail Stop OED The United States Patent and Trademark Office P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria, VA 22313-1450 Via Email: CLEguidelines@uspto.gov Re: Request for Comments on Proposed Continuing Legal Education Guidelines [Docket No. PTO-P-2020-0042] Dear Director Covey: The American

  Categories: US Patent and Trademark, Executive, Comments

• AIPLA Comments on Discretion to Institute Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board

  December 3, 2020 Attn: Scott C. Weidenfeller, Vice Chief Administrative Patent Judge Mail Stop Patent Board Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria, VA 22313-1450 Via Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov Re: Request for Comments on Discretion to Institute Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board [Dock

  Categories: US Patent and Trademark, Executive

• UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Petitioner, v. ARTHREX, INC. ET AL., Respondents. Case No. 19-1434, 19-1452, amicus brief filed 12/2/2020.

  NOS. 19-1434, 19-1452, 19-1458 In the Supreme Court of the United States UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Petitioner, v. ARTHREX, INC. ET AL., Respondents. SMITH & NEPHEW, INC., ET AL., Petitioners, v. ARTHREX, INC., ET AL., Respondents. ARTHREX, INC., Petitioner, v. SMITH & NEPHEW, INC., ET AL., Respondents. On Writs of Certiorari to the United States Court of

  Categories: Judicial, Amicus Brief

• AIPLA Comments on Revised Trademark Examination Guide 3-19 Examination of Specimens in Commerce: Digitally Created/Altered or Mockup Specimens

  October 8, 2020 The Honorable David Gooder Commissioner for Trademarks P.O. Box 1451 Alexandria, VA 22313-1451 Attention: Catherine Cain Via email: TMFRNotices@uspto.gov RE: AIPLA Comments on Revised Trademark Examination Guide 3-19 Examination of Specimens in Commerce: Digitally Created/Altered or Mockup Specimens Dear Commissioner Gooder: The American Int

  Categories: US Patent and Trademark, Executive, Comments

• AIPLA Comments on Proposed Rule Changes in Representation of Others Before the USPTO

  September 28, 2020 Via Electronic Mail: AC91.comments@uspto.gov Mr. William R. Covey, Esquire Deputy General Counsel for Enrollment and Discipline and Director of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Mail Stop OED-AC91 P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria, VA 22313-1450 Re: Comments in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking entitled: Chang

  Categories: Executive, Comments, US Patent and Trademark

• AIPLA's Comments on the H.R. 6196, the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020

  September 8, 2020 The Honorable Jerry Nadler The Honorable Jim Jordan Chairman Ranking Member Committee on the Judiciary Committee on the Judiciary United States House of Representatives United States House of Representatives 2138 Rayburn House Office Building 2142 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Hank C. Johnson

  Categories: Letter, Legislation, 116th Congress