Canada Joins the Madrid Protocol
Canada Joins the Madrid Protocol For decades, Canada remained a holdout to the international trade-mark registration system known informally as the Madrid Protocol. The Madrid Protocol has been in operation ...
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Premium Processing for FY 2020 Cap-Subject Petitions
Premium processing will be offered in a two-phased approach during the FY 2020 cap season so USCIS can best manage the premium processing requests without fully suspending it as in ...
What are Punitive Damages?
What exactly are punitive damages? We’ve all heard of them before, but what exactly are “punitive damages”? According to the Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute, punitive damages are “awarded ...
USPTO Improving Consistency
Patent Office Takes Steps Towards Improving Consistency of Analysis of Patent-Eligible Subject Matter Patent subject matter eligibility under 35 U.S.C. 101 has been the subject of much attention since the ...
3 Tips for Employment Law Compliance
Employment Law Compliance: Three Tips for Your Company Given that Virginia (and Maryland and the District of Columbia follow the “at-will” principle of employment, it can be tempting for employers ...
Tainted Applications Prompts USPTO Action
Thousands of Tainted Foreign-Based Applications Prompt a USPTO Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Require Non-U.S. Applicants to Hire U.S. Attorneys Responding to a recent flood of filings by foreign-based applicants — ...