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2025-08-27

USPTO enhances assignment records search process

USPTO

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is streamlining the overall assignment search experience by replacing two legacy search applications—Patent Assignment Search and Assignments on the Web—with one, more reliable, secure, and easy to use Assignment Search application.

2025-08-26

ASPEC Programme Set for Key Updates

Others

The ASEAN Patent Examination Co-operation (ASPEC) programme is undergoing changes, with PCT-ASPEC becoming a permanent feature whilst ASPEC AIM will be discontinued. ASPEC enhancements will be launched in 2026.

2025-08-22

USPTO

The USPTO will conduct a 6-month pilot of a modified panel review conference procedure in ex parte reexamination proceedings. This is expected to allow CRU examiners to focus on assigned reexamination proceedings in lieu of participating in review conferences, thereby creating greater CRU examination capacity and improving efficiency.

2025-08-20

Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) news and announcements

USPTO

2025-08-13

USPTO issues final rule to eliminate expedited examination of design applications

USPTO

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) suspended expedited examination of design applications on April 17, 2025. The USPTO has now issued a final rule to eliminate expedited examination of design applications effective August 14, 2025 as part of the agency’s efforts to combat fraud and to reduce pendency and inventory of unexamined design applications.

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2025-05-20

23 applications seeking trademark for Op Sindoor filed across India

Hindustan Times

2025-05-20

Children’s Museums Settle Trademark Suit Over Minimalist Decor

Bloomberg Law

2025-05-20

Comet ML Files Suit Over Alleged Trademark Infringement

MediaPost

2025-05-20

IP and the Wild West Landscape of AI | IPWatchdog Unleashed

IPWatchdog.com

2025-05-20

Maxell Patent Suit Against Coretronic Should Proceed, Judge Says

Bloomberg Law News

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