OBWB leadership pictured at the Houston 2022 Holiday Party.

Left to right: Thomas Scherer, Benjamin Caldwell, Carlyn Burton, Jeffrey Bergman, Tammy Terry, Seema Mehta, Yuichi Watanabe, Lisa Margonis, Aron Griffith,

Jonathan Osha, and Kevin Kuelbs.

Most patent litigation cases do not hinge on questions of whether the patents-in-suit meet the enablement requirement. As a result, these issues do not often reach the Supreme Court of the United States. That has now changed. For the second time in history, the Supreme Court of the United States has agreed to review a case to address the enablement question. READ MORE

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that starting from December 3, 2022, trademark applicants have 3 months to respond to most office actions. Previously, applicants had 6 months to respond to an office action. READ MORE

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While all eyes are on the unitary patent which will initially make it possible to get patent protection in 17 of the EU Member States through a European patent, the geographical coverage of European patents, far from being limited to the EU, extends beyond the geographical limits of Europe, to both Asia and Africa. A single European patent application filed with the EPO thus offers the chance to obtain protection in no less than 44 countries. READ MORE

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For your perusal, here is an overview of just some of the topics OBWB's Monthly Insights covered in 2022