Patent & IP news for December 31, 2016

Happy Public Domain Day! from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Even the Time Machine cannot stop
HG Wells' works entering 
the public domainJohn Dube in c. 1910In many jurisdictions, copyright works (with some exceptions) expire after 70 years from the end of the ...

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Jaguar Land Rover DEFEND[ER]s its trade mark from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Defending passengers night and dayThe last Land Rover Defender rolled off the production line in January 2016, after almost 70 years it had been the longest-running production car in the world.  As Mr Justice Nugee ...

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How long does it take for the USPTO to issue a patent or register a trademark? (2016 edition) from ipspotlight.com

At the end of each fiscal year, the USPTO releases a Performance and Accountability Report, with statistics about patent and trademark allowance rates, average pendency, and other details. The USPTO recently released its Performance and ...

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