By Deena R. Merlen and Katie Bigley RPJ’s corporate intellectual property practice is overseen by Partner Deena R. Merlen and Business and Legal Affairs Manager Katie Bigley, who share the following important warnings about fraudulent USPTO communications and misleading solicitations. When you submit a trademark application to the United...
By Nafsika Karavida and Lucia Mead Last week, in a significant win for Janssen Pharmaceuticals (a Johnson & Johnson company), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) upheld the district court’s ruling in Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., affirming that Teva had failed to...
by Nafsika Karavida The Likely Reintroduction of the Patent Eligibility Reform Act The Patent Eligibility Reform Act ("PERA")[1] is expected to be reintroduced under the current Trump administration. Many in the patent law and innovation sectors believe that the administration’s pro-business stance, emphasis on intellectual property rights, and a conservative-leaning Supreme...
by Deena R. Melen The United States Patent and Trademark Office (the “PTO”) has announced changes to the fees charged in connection with trademark registration. This includes increases to many existing fees and the introduction of certain new fees. The PTO is introducing new fees for applications that are incomplete...
Last year the American Bar Association (ABA) published a report with grim findings on the lack of diversity in American patent law.[1] Building on that report and our own experience of the lack of diversity in the patent law profession, we ask what the reasons behind a largely homogenous patent...
Governments, pharmaceutical companies and medical researchers around the world are racing to produce a vaccine for COVID-19, as well as potential drugs to fight the virus in those who contract it. The numbers show at least 70 reported potential vaccines and 150 other drugs for treatment that are in development...
On June 5, the Connecticut journal Shoreline Times published a feature on RPJ Counsel Dara L. Onofrio, who is currently serving a four-year term as Chair of the Board of Finance of Clinton, CT, following her election in 2017. The article highlights Ms. Onofrio’s work as a patent lawyer, predominantly...