October 7, 2009
In our last post, Materiality and a Legitimate Paranoia, we argued that egregious holdings in cases can compel an applicant and his attorney to submit a gargantuan amount of art in order to avoid a charge of inequitable misconduct. The McKesson decision was particularly effective in inducing Applicants everywhere to cite enormous numbers of Office [...]
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September 16, 2009
USPTO Director David Kappos delivered opening remarks at the IPO Annual meeting on Monday, September 14, 2009. For the full text version of the speech, see the USPTO website. In the speech, Director Kappos outlines a number of initiatives that he will be spearheading within the office. Included in the prioritized enterprises were incentivizing compact [...]
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