Copyrights and trademarks are sometimes called “Soft IP,” but they have tremendous power to stop infringers and counterfeiters at the U.S. border. A registered and recorded U.S. copyright or trademark can subject infringing or counterfeit goods to seizure and destruction before those goods ever get into the U.S. The power to stop infringing or counterfeit [...]

In remarks delivered on September 24, 2018 at the Intellectual Property Owners Association 46th Annual Meeting, USPTO Director Andrei Iancu indicated that further clarification and Examiner training on subject matter eligibility is coming soon. The Director’s comments provide a ray of hope for patent applicants who have struggled with the widely disparate interpretations of the [...]