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Inequitable Conduct and the Duty to Disclose 37 CFR 1.56 (Rule 56) establishes that there is a duty to disclose information to the Patent Office. The regulation states that “[e]ach individual associated with the filing and prosecution of a patent application has a duty of candor and good faith in dealing with the Office, which [...]

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently announced that it will be implementing a new system for measuring the quality of patent examination at the start of fiscal year 2011.  This system is designed to provide a more comprehensive analysis of patent examination to better enable its participants to identify and follow its [...]

The latest on the STLR radar: Bloomberg reports that Yahoo has settled a lawsuit that accused the Internet search company of allowing unauthorized resellers of Mary Kay products use Mary Kay’s logos in pop-up advertisements. Facebook is sued again for being too free with your personal information: Wired.com’s Threat Level blogs that a Texas woman [...]