MacCord’s List: IP News & Notices From Art MacCord
Art MacCord is a patent attorney with 40 years of experience. He keeps an eye on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Copyright Office for new rules and practice tips of interest to intellectual property attorneys. Find his latest updates here.
Aug. 6, 2019
Changes to the Trademark Rules of Practice To Mandate Electronic Filing: Final Rule
June 26, 2019
U.S. Copyright Office Revises Proposed Rulemaking On Recordation and Group Registration Fees
June 4, 2019
Copyright Office is proposing a new group registration procedure for works on an album of music. See details here and here.
May 15, 2019
Changes To Pre-Examination Notices In Patent Cases
May 6, 2019
The U.S. Copyright Office Adopted a Final Rule Regarding Registration of Architectural Works
The U.S. Copyright Office Has Issued a Report On Moral Rights
April 11, 2019
New Web System for Ordering Certified Copies of Patent and Trademark Documents
Copyright Office Launches Strategic Plan 2019–2023
April 3, 2019
New Web System for Ordering Certified Copies of Patent and Trademark Documents
USPTO Technology Centers 3600 and 3700 Customer Partnership Meeting
Karyn A. Temple Is Named Register of Copyrights
March 27, 2019
U.S. Copyright Office Issues Final Rule Updating Section 115 Compulsory License Regulations
Feb. 21, 2019
U.S. Copyright Office Issues Final Rule Establishing Group Registration for Unpublished Works
U.S. Copyright Office Issues Updated Rule Relating to Group Registration of Newspapers
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Requirement of U.S. Licensed Attorney for Foreign Trademark Applicants and Registrants: Click here and here.
Jan. 28, 2019
Changes to classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (Nice Agreement), effective January 1, 2019: Click here and here.
Expedited Trademark Registration Cancellation Pilot Program
Authentication Changes for Registered Users of EFS-Web and Private PAIR
Dec. 5, 2018
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office releases 2018-2022 Strategic Plan
The 2018 Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC) Annual Report
Nov. 28, 2018
Nov. 20, 2018
Access to Relevant Prior Art Initiative
Nov. 13, 2018
USPTO issued the October 2018 TMEP
Nov. 2, 2018
Authentication Change for EFS-Web and PAIR
Unauthorized changes to USPTO trademark files
Copyright: Final Rule Published in Seventh Triennial Section 1201 Proceeding
Oct. 26, 2018
U.S. Copyright Office Issues Interim Rule and Notice of Inquiry Regarding Pre-1972 Sound Recordings
U.S. Copyright Office Issues a Notice of Inquiry on Registration Modernization
July 25, 2018
New Pilot Program for Submitting Documents in Text Format in New Utility Patent Applications
Patent Cooperation Treaty Collaborative Search and Examination Pilot Project between the IP5 Offices
June 15, 2018
June 10, 2018
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Changes to the Trademark Rules of Practice To Mandate Electronic Filing, Federal Register Comment period ends July 30, 2018
TC 2800 Circuits Customer Partnership Meeting – Webcast June 13, 2018
U.S. Copyright Office Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Relating to Raising its Fees
May 25, 2018
U.S. Copyright Office Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Relating to Group Registration of Serials and Newsletters
USPTO Seeks Nominations for Patent and Trademark Advisory Committees
April 26, 2018
Improved Functionality for Global Dossier for Patents
Changes in Examination Procedure Pertaining to Subject Matter Eligibility
Copyright Office Proposes Rule Regarding Mandatory Deposit of Electronic-Only Books
Streamlined protest procedure for reporting improper trademark specimens
Examination guide on international trademark class headings
Notice of Manual of Patent Examining Procedure, Ninth Edition, Revision of January 2018