Provisional Patent Application: Key Benefits and Filing Process

Discover how a Provisional Patent Application protects your invention with the "patent pending" label and learn about its ...
American Enterprise Institute

Attorney Fees in Patent Cases: There Is a Middle Ground

How do we ensure Americans get their “day in court” while also weeding out meritless lawsuits? One often-discussed way is to require the losing party to pay the winning party’s attorney fees, as is ...
MD&M East

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Fee Changes Benefit Startups and Academic Patent Applicants

In a move that goes against the norm of service and government fees increasing steadily each year, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has made several fee decreases introduced as part of the ...
IPWatchdog

Towards a Better Patent System, Part Two: USPTO Fees

“Since it is the practice of some large companies to abandon applications or issued patents – sometimes in large numbers – before the first maintenance fee comes due, under the current fee schedule, ...
The National Law Review

US PATENT FEE INCREASES FOR 2025: Not (Nearly) as Bad as They Could Have Been

We collaborate with the world's leading lawyers to deliver news tailored for you. Sign Up for any (or all) of our 25+ Newsletters. Some states have laws and ethical rules regarding solicitation and ...
Managingip.com

Unitary Patent renewal fees agreed

Unitary Patent renewal fees will be based on those of the top four participating member states, an EPO Select Committee has decided The Select Committee of the EPO Administrative Council, which ...
The National Law Review

PTO Proposes Patent Fee Increases

We collaborate with the world's leading lawyers to deliver news tailored for you. Sign Up for any (or all) of our 25+ Newsletters. Some states have laws and ethical rules regarding solicitation and ...