Cory Schug

Jan 6, 2025 | jdsupra.com | Cory Schug

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) finalized its fee schedule for 2025, which will take effect on January 19, 2025. This schedule includes significant increases to fees for design patent applications. Stakeholders should consider these changes and plan accordingly for before and after the fees go into effect to minimize the impact these increased costs will have on budgets in the coming year.

Jun 6, 2024 | natlawreview.com | John Verwey |Andrew Wingfield |Keith Bishop |Cory Schug

With a state as large and diverse as California, it appeals to businesses. However, the state’s unique employment law requirements can pose challenges to employers new to the state. The following are some action items employers need to complete before their first employee starts working in California. California Employer Identification Number (EIN)All employers in California must obtain an EIN by filing a DE-1 Registration Form with the Employment Development Department (EDD).

Jun 5, 2024 | natlawreview.com | Cory Schug

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a Memorandum to the Corps of Patent Examiners1 (the “Guidance”), attempting to provide clarity in the wake of the Federal Circuit’s highly anticipated en banc opinion in LKQ v. GM (the “Opinion”).2 The question at issue for the Federal Circuit was “whether Supreme Court precedent . . .

Mar 22, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Cory Schug

Starting March 22, 2024, patent correspondence may be electronically signing using DocuSign®, Acrobat® Sign, and similar third-party e-signature software. The new rule from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is aimed at making patent correspondence more convenient for users, as well as to reduce barriers of access and to better synchronize the USPTO’s processes with other patent offices.

Mar 22, 2024 | natlawreview.com | Benjamin SHEPPARD |George Pelling |Cory Schug |Hannah Daigle

If your enterprise doesn’t yet have a policy, it needs one. We explain here why having a governance policy is a best practice and the key issues that policy should address. AI has problems. AI is good at some things, and bad at other things. What other technology is linked to having “hallucinations”?