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United States Patent & Trade Mark Office (USPTO) – News & Resources
- USPTO issues precedential decision detailing the principles underlying the Director’s exercise of discretionby Anonymous on May 17, 2026 at 3:17 am
[[VIEW_THIS]] Patent Trial and Appeal Board USPTO issues precedential decision detailing the principles underlying the Director’s exercise of discretion Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc. v. Kurin…
- Patent Center Maintenanceby rlaryea on May 17, 2026 at 3:17 am
The USPTO will perform a routine maintenance on the Patent Center from midnight-9 a.m. ET on Saturday, May 16. Please refer to our Filing Documents…
- USPTO designates three informative decisionsby Anonymous on May 17, 2026 at 3:17 am
Section 1 [[VIEW_THIS]] Section 2 Section 3 Patent Trial and Appeal Board Section 4 USPTO designates as informative three decisions applying the Office’s Revvo and…
- Block Storage Migrationby rlaryea on May 17, 2026 at 3:17 am
The USPTO will perform a routine Block Storage Migration for the following databases from midnight-5:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday, May 20. Assignments Center Electronic System…
- Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS) Maintenanceby cbledsoe on May 17, 2026 at 3:17 am
The USPTO will perform routine scheduled maintenance from 9 a.m. ET until 9 p.m. ET on Saturday, May 16. Credit/Debit card fee payment methods cannot…
- Multiple Systems Maintenanceby cbledsoe on May 17, 2026 at 3:17 am
The USPTO will perform routine maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12-2 a.m. ET on Saturday, May 16. During the maintenance period, user access to the…
- Listening session three: Panelists and scheduleby Anonymous on May 17, 2026 at 3:17 am
Section 1 [[VIEW_THIS]] Section 2 Section 3 Patent Trial and Appeal Board Section 4 Listening session three: Panelists and schedule We are pleased to announce…
- USPTO Hour: OED Programs–Diversion, Law School Clinic, and Patent Pro Bonoby Anonymous on May 17, 2026 at 3:17 am
Section 1 [[VIEW_THIS]] Section 2 Section 3 USPTO Alert Section 4 USPTO Hour: Office of Enrollment and Discipline Programs–Diversion, Law School Clinic, and Patent Pro…
- Fighting fraud: USPTO targets 10,500+ invalid trademark filingsby Anonymous on May 17, 2026 at 3:17 am
Section 1 [[VIEW_THIS]] Section 2 Section 3 Trademark Alert Section 4 USPTO combating fraud with 11 administrative orders The United States Patent and Trademark Office…
- Mitigating fraud and misrepresentations in patent proceedingsby Anonymous on May 17, 2026 at 3:17 am
Section 1 [[VIEW_THIS]] Section 2 Section 3 Patent Alert Section 4 Mitigating fraud and misrepresentations in patent proceedings Bad actors can jeopardize the protection that…
United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) – News & Info
- Intellectual Property Office: service availability and issuesby HM Government on May 13, 2026 at 2:26 pm
Check the availability of, and any issues affecting, our services.
- Patents Journal special notices: 2026by HM Government on May 13, 2026 at 3:30 am
The Patents Journal special notices are published every Wednesday at 4:30am.
- Patent Journal special notices: 7147by HM Government on May 13, 2026 at 3:30 am
Publication date 13 May 2026.
- Intellectual Property Office publishes Corporate Plan 2026 to 2027by HM Government on May 12, 2026 at 9:11 am
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has published its Corporate Plan for 2026 to 2027, setting out its priorities and commitments for the year ahead.
- Patents: hearing diaryby HM Government on May 11, 2026 at 12:20 pm
Details of all patent hearings that are scheduled.
- Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs ordersby HM Government on May 11, 2026 at 12:19 pm
A list of unpaid costs following inter parte hearings about intellectual property.
- Trade marks and designs: hearing diariesby HM Government on May 11, 2026 at 12:19 pm
Details of all scheduled trade mark (unless otherwise specified) procedural hearings, main hearings and appeals to the appointed person.
- Correction to the designs register under section 21: 6435886by HM Government on May 11, 2026 at 12:19 pm
Designs correction of error notices are used to notify any third party of a proposed correction of a clerical error made by the registry prior to a correction taking place.
- Requests for opinions: 2026by HM Government on May 11, 2026 at 12:19 pm
Information about opinions requests we have received this year.
- Our governanceby HM Government on May 11, 2026 at 10:00 am
The main steering board, audit committee and other governance groups of the IPO.