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Why all trademark practitioners need to know about BIMI
Do you or your trademark client ever find that your outbound email to somebody ends up in their spam folder?  Do you or your trademark client ever find that your outbound email to a recipient gets …
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November 9, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Detecting and locating lightning strikes
Loyal readers of this blog will recall (blog article) that I have constructed and have placed into service a station that detects a lightning strike and reports it to a crowd-sourced system that us…
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November 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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27 hours from now – USPTO discusses Section 101
27 hours from now, the USPTO will present a one-hour webinar discussing rejections under Section 101.  For more information, or to register for the webinar, click here. Yes, we get 27 hours of adva…
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November 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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EBC foot-drags handling of Form 2248 for 3 months
It is now 15 weeks ago that I followed instructions from the EBC and used fax to send in a Form 2248 in two of my PCT cases.  (See blog article.)  Yes, more than three months have now passed during…
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November 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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selecting a TSA luggage lock
Is it a good idea to use a TSA luggage lock?  Are they secure?  Should you get a suitcase with a TSA lock built in, or should you use a separate TSA lock?  What can you do to reduce the risk that a…
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November 3, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Why is this door lever vertical?
Yesterday I was among the presenters for a day-long class about the Patent Cooperation Treaty at the Detroit patent office.  The audience was alert and attentive and had lots of good questions.  It…
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October 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Yet another reason to attend the PCT seminar in Detroit next week
Hello PCT enthusiasts! There was already a good reason to make plans to attend the PCT seminar that will take place next week in Detroit — namely the opportunity to hear from very nice WIPO p…
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October 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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PCT training in Detroit this coming Tuesday
Hello PCT enthusiasts!  Who would like to participate in a day of Patent Cooperation Treaty (and ePCT) training?  It will take place this coming Tuesday, October 28, in the Detroit patent office.  …
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October 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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PCT training in Dallas this Friday
Hello PCT enthusiasts!  Who would like to participate in a day of Patent Cooperation Treaty (and ePCT) training?  It will take place this coming Friday, October 24, in the Dallas patent office.  I …
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October 19, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Why outgoing correspondence from the Patent Office is so slow
(Note:  this blog article is the first in a series of articles that will describe recent changes within the USPTO that have big effects upon applicants and upon people within the USPTO.) For decade…
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October 17, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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USPTO fixes a bug in Patent Center
Users of Patent Center are familiar with the Patent Center Tickets web site.   It lists bugs in Patent Center, and it lists Patent Center feature requests, and it has a special section entitled Goo…
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October 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Every USPTO system relating to assignments is broken today
Every USPTO system relating to assignments is broken today.
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October 16, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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What is an “I Want” song?
From time to time I will become aware for the first time of some element of popular culture that most other people already know about.  Today’s example is a term for a kind or category of son…
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October 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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And a reception after the Dallas PCT seminar
What could be more fun than a full day of PCT training?  The answer, of course, is a full day of PCT training followed by a reception. 
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October 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Upcoming opportunity for Madrid Protocol docketing training
As a reminder, folks, there is an upcoming opportunity for training on Madrid Protocol docketing, at which I am the presenter. National Docketing Association annual meeting, San Diego (brochure pag…
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October 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Four upcoming opportunities for PCT and ePCT training
As a reminder, folks, there are four upcoming opportunities for PCT and ePCT training, all of which will include me as a presenter. National Docketing Association annual meeting, San Diego (brochur…
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October 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Reduction In Force at the USPTO
An article just now in The Guardian says: In a memo seen by the Guardian, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced a “reduction in force” (RIF) program of layoffs at the agency on Wedne…
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October 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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USPTO discontinues recognizing Madrid Protocol status
The USPTO has apparently discontinued recognizing the Madrid Protocol status of US trademark registrations.  Nobody outside the USPTO knows why. 
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September 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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LG bricked my TV
In 2022 I purchased the most expensive television in my life — a 77-inch OLED TV made by LG.  Recently LG pushed a firmware update to the television.  It effectively bricked the TV, and LG wo…
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September 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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USPTO blinks on shutdown of familiar assignment searches
On August 27, 2025, the USPTO said (quoted at right) that Saturday, September 27, 2025 was the day that the USPTO would shut down the two familiar assignment search systems, forcing users over to a…
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September 27, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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A “reminders” document that might help with 101 problems
On August 4, 2025, the USPTO’s Deputy Commissioner for Patents (Charles Kim) published a document entitled Reminders on evaluating subject matter eligibility of claims under 35 U.S.C. 101 whi…
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September 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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A decision that might help with 101 problems
Today (September 26, 2025) the USPTO published a decision called Ex parte Desjardins, a copy of which may be seen here.  It looks like this decision may be of some help to applicants facing 101 rej…
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September 26, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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EBC continues to foot-drag handling of Form 2248
It is now six weeks ago that I followed instructions from the EBC and used fax to send in a Form 2248 in two of my PCT cases.  (See blog article.)  Yes, six weeks have now passed during which EBC c…
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September 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Please register for my 2½-day PCT seminar that starts on September 30
Folks, there are still seats available for my 2½-day PCT seminar that starts on September 30, 2025. Please register for this seminar.  For more information, or to register click here.
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September 21, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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What is better — an RCE or a continuation?
I just got done paying the fee for a second RCE in one of my clients’ cases.   Ouch!  $2860 for a non-small entity. I then went to the trouble to add up the filing fee, search fee, and exam f…
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September 21, 2025 at 6:52 AM