Christopher DeVore

Dec 10, 2024 | mondaq.com | Christopher DeVore |Robin Dunn

"With the sunset of the After Final Consideration Pilot (AFCP) 2.0 approaching, patent practitioners who once relied on AFCP 2.0 will need to modify their practices to account for the return to traditional after-final practice." The United States Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO's) After Final Consideration Pilot 2.0 (AFCP 2.0) has been a staple of after-final practice for patent prosecutors since its inception in 2013, offering applicants the opportunity to enter a broader range of...

Dec 5, 2024 | ipwatchdog.com | Eileen McDermott |Steve Brachmann |Nathan Lowenstein |Christopher DeVore

Support IPWatchdog with an individual sponsorship: Click here “Newman’s counsel said in statement that Moore’s actions amount to an ‘unconstitutional campaign that has functionally removed a sitting Article III judge from office.’”Judge Pauline Newman has appealed the July 2024 dismissal of her case against the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Dec 4, 2024 | ipwatchdog.com | Eileen McDermott |Christopher DeVore |Robin Dunn |Brad Close

Support IPWatchdog with an individual sponsorship: Click here “The CAFC agreed with the district court’s assessment that it is ‘plainly unreasonable for a technical expert to rely on unauthenticated, undated screenshots in forming an opinion.'” The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a precedential decision today affirming a district court’s grant of summary judgment of non-infringement for Meta/Facebook against claims by Mirror Worlds Technologies that Facebook’s...

Dec 4, 2024 | ipwatchdog.com | Robin Dunn |Eileen McDermott |Christopher DeVore

Support IPWatchdog with an individual sponsorship: Click here “With the sunset of the After Final Consideration Pilot (AFCP) 2.0 approaching, patent practitioners who once relied on AFCP 2.0 will need to modify their practices to account for the return to traditional after-final practice.” The United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) After Final Consideration Pilot 2.0 (AFCP 2.0) has been a staple of after-final practice for patent prosecutors since its inception in 2013,...