Michael Spector

Mar 20, 2024 | ipwatchdog.com | Eileen McDermott |Madeleine Key |Julie Burke |Michael Spector

“The proposed abuse of march-in rights violates settled principles of U.S. law and will erode the foundation of American ingenuity, endangering both innovation and economic growth.” – BASIC Coalition honorary Chair, Judge Paul Michel The U.S. Chamber of Commerce today announced it is partnering with entrepreneurs and other business advocates to counter threats to innovation due to “excessive government overreach,” including the Biden Administration’s proposed framework to expand the use of...

Mar 20, 2024 | ipwatchdog.com | Eileen McDermott |Madeleine Key |Julie Burke |Michael Spector

“The memo asks examiners to use form paragraphs to support the Office’s goal of establishing a clear prosecution record by creating a claim interpretation section in an Office action ‘in which examiners can set forth any presumptions and clarifying remarks.’” – USPTO memo The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on Tuesday, March 19, issued a memo for all patent examiners reiterating its current practices and resources for examining means-plus-function and step-plus-function claim...

Mar 19, 2024 | ipwatchdog.com | Julie Burke |Michael Spector |Eileen McDermott

“We found significant delays in the processing of patent applications with actual or perceived (i.e., uploaded documents ‘missing’ from the official file) DOCX-related errors.”Similar to Steve Martin and John Candy’s calamitous odyssey in the classic 1980s film Planes, Trains and Automobiles, patent practitioners are experiencing their own misadventures when filing applications in the DOCX format.

Dec 12, 2023 | workflowotg.com | Michael Spector

All U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) contractors, third-party suppliers, and those identified as part of the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) will soon be required to implement and comply with Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC). CMMC is the manifestation of DoD efforts to establish a standard cybersecurity framework for cyber protection and supply chain cyber resilience.

Dec 11, 2023 | theclick.news | Michael Spector

WAUKESHA, Wisconsin — Five years after a 62-year-old woman was poisoned by a lethal dosage of eye drops, a Waukesha County jury convicted a 39-year-old woman for her murder. The trial that has colloquially become known as the “Eye Drops Murder Trial” reached a conclusion on Nov. 14 that Jessy Kurczewski is guilty of the 2018 first-degree intentional homicide of Lynn Hernan and two counts of theft.