Blog & ArticlesIn December and January, I attended IP group meetings at three separate agriculture/horticulture industry conferences: ASTA’s CSS & Seed Expo, the Mid-Atlantic Nursery Trade Show (MANTS), and ASTA’s Vegetable & Flower Seed Conference. Through those meetings, I learned that there…
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Starting April 3, 2023, the United States Patent & Trademark Office (“USPTO”) will begin assessing a surcharge of $400 (large entity)/$200 (small entity)/$100 (micro entity) for electronically filing certain patent applications in PDF format. This surcharge is designed to encourage…
Panitch Schwarze is pleased to announce additional sessions have been added to the popular Training Academy. These sessions will be offered live. Shortly after the live broadcast, recorded sessions will be available on demand. The Training Academy sessions address…
SpaceX founder Elon Musk recently gave Jay Leno a tour of his Starbase spaceport. During the tour, Mr. Leno raised the topic of patents, to which Mr. Musk apparently replied, “Patents are for the weak.” Consistent with remarks he has…
September 1, 2022By Travis Bliss, Ph.D., Esq. and Stephany Small, Ph.D. There is some good news for breeders considering obtaining Plant Variety Protection (PVP)rights for an asexually reproduced plant variety. On August 31, 2022 the U.S. Department ofAgriculture (USDA) announced…
Good news for breeders of asexually reproduced varieties! Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it was indefinitely waiving the germplasm deposit requirement for Plant Variety Protection (PVP) for asexually reproduced varieties. Thus, any breeder seeking PVP protection…
Panitch Schwarze partner Jeffrey W. Gluck, Ph.D., tackles questions on software-related inventions, AI-related inventions, and what to do if someone copies your idea/patent in his interview on OpSec with Guy Yasika.
All applications with a filing date or international filing date on or after July 1, 2022, MUST file sequence listings in accordance with the new international standard, WIPO Standard ST.26 format. This is implemented internationally starting July 1, 2022, including…
The Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) recently released interim guidance from Director Katherine Vidal placing some new restrictions on the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) ability to exercise discretion to deny a post-grant petition based on parallel district court…
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