Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
13 C.F.R. § 121.108(e). Moreover, all claims of a patent issued following an intentional misrepresentation of small entity status may be held to be unenforceable as the result of inequitable conduct, i.e., fraud upon the United States Patent and Trademark Office. See MPEP § 2016; 37 C.F.R. § 1.27(h). As long as any small-entity assertions ...
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is an agency in the U.S. Department of Commerce that serves as the national patent office and trademark registration authority for the United States. The USPTO's headquarters are in Alexandria, Virginia, after a 2005 move from the Crystal City area of neighboring Arlington, Virginia.
The EPO, JPO and USPTO handle the majority of the world's patent applications. [2] In 1983, these patent offices set up a programme of co-operation in an effort to "improve efficiency of the global patent system" [1] and to exchange information and views on patent administration and examination practice in order to gain mutual benefits.
Such a registration is achieved by filing a concurrent use application (or by converting an existing application to a concurrent use application) and then prevailing in a concurrent use proceeding before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ("TTAB"), which is a judicial body within the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO").
The New York City Office of Workforce Development (WKDEV) coordinates workforce development with economic development. The New York City Workforce Development Board (WDB) oversees Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act activities, and is the local board counterpart to the New York State Workforce Investment Board.
New York City Industrial Development Agency (NYCIDA) is a public benefit corporation under New York State law that provides companies with access to tax-exempt bond financing or tax benefits to strengthen and diversify the City’s tax and employment base, helps businesses locate and expand their operations within New York City, and encourages ...
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) is an administrative tribunal within the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The TTAB is empowered to determine the right to register a trademark.
The Patent and Trademark Office Society (PTOS) is an American society of intellectual property professionals. The society publishes a quarterly journal, the Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society (JPTOS).