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  1. November 17, 2017

    USPTO Defends Win-Or-Lose Fee Rule To Full Fed. Circ.

    The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office filed its opening brief Thursday at the Federal Circuit in a closely watched case over its new stance that applicants who appeal to a district court must pay the agency's legal bills regardless of who wins the case.

  2. August 31, 2017

    Full Fed. Circ. To Weigh USPTO's Win-Or-Lose Atty Fees Rule

    The full Federal Circuit said Thursday that it would rehear en banc a case challenging the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's new stance that applicants who appeal to a district court must pay the agency's legal bills regardless of whether it wins or loses.

  3. June 23, 2017

    Fed. Circ. Affirms USPTO's No-Matter-What Attys' Fees Rule

    A split Federal Circuit panel on Friday endorsed the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's new stance that applicants who appeal to a district court must pay the agency's legal bills regardless of whether it wins or loses.

  4. February 09, 2017

    USPTO Asks Fed. Circ. For Fee Awards In All Outside Suits

    The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office made its case to a Federal Circuit panel Thursday morning that applicants who appeal to a district court must pay the agency's legal bills, homing in on language in the Patent Act entitling it to "all expenses" in such cases.

  5. September 19, 2016

    INTA Says USPTO's Fee Rule Is 'Anathema' To IP Law

    International Trademark Association urged the Federal Circuit last week to invalidate the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's new rule that applicants who appeal to a district court must pay the agency's legal bills, calling it "anathema" to the basic principles of intellectual property law.

  6. September 07, 2016

    USPTO Fee Rule Upends 170 Years Of History, Fed Circ. Told

    A drugmaker at the center of a closely watched case over whether patent and trademark applicants must pay the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's legal bills fired its opening shot Tuesday in the Federal Circuit, ripping the patent office for "abandoning nearly two centuries" of precedent.

  7. July 13, 2016

    Trademark Cases To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2016

    From the Washington Redskins and other "disparaging" marks, to Trader Joe's and the international scope of the Lanham Act, the second half of the year is primed for some big news on the trademark front. Here are a few of the cases trademark attorneys will be watching through the rest of 2016.

  8. June 09, 2016

    USPTO Defends No-Matter-What Fee Stance To Fed. Circ.

    The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office headed to the Federal Circuit this week to defend a new policy that applicants appealing to a district court must pay USPTO attorneys' fees regardless of who wins, arguing their use of the more costly process should not be "subsidized" by others.