On April 28, 2020, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a notice to extend certain patent and trademark deadlines to June 1, lengthening extensions that the USPTO had announced on March 31. Pursuant to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), certain deadlines between March…
Last week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a notice pursuant to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Specifically, “[u]ntil further notice, examiner and examining attorney interviews, Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) oral hearings, and other similar in-person…