The end of DEI initiatives in the US - the impact on the USPTO and US innovation
28 Feb 2025
On 20 January 2025, the newly inaugurated US President signed an Executive Order entitled “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing” that...
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USPTO expands inclusivity while maintaining high standards for practice
27 Nov 2024
The USPTO has made great strides to improve diversity both within the USPTO and in the innovation ecosphere at large...
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Can America’s broken law of patent subject matter eligibility be fixed?
04 Mar 2024
... applicants have struggled to patent inventions in the US, most notably in medical diagnostics and computer-implemented inventions, while such inventions can be patented...
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Obviousness-type double patenting: best IP practices for international practitioners in view of In re: Cellect, LLC
28 Nov 2023
The impact of the court’s decision in Cellect was particularly acute because the reference patents on which the ODP findings were based had all...
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