USPTO Updated Guidance on Discretionary Denial of AIA Institutions Adds Consideration of U.S.-Based Operation

In March 2026, the USPTO issued guidance emphasizing U.S.-based manufacturing as a key factor in deciding whether to ...
ExecutiveGov

USPTO Launches ‘Class ACT’ AI Tool to Accelerate Trademark Classification

USPTO said Thursday that Class ACT is designed to assign international classes, design search codes and pseudo marks to ...
IPWatchdog

Contentious House USPTO Oversight Hearing Centers on PTAB Reforms, Trump’s Political Influence

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial ...
National Law Review

USPTO Director Squires Adds Three New Discretionary Factors for Institution Decisions

Director John A. Squires issued a Memorandum setting forth three additional discretionary factors for Inter Partes Review ...

US patent office head faces bipartisan grilling in Congress

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director John Squires faced sharp questions during an oversight hearing at the House of ...
GovCon Wire

USPTO Acting CDAO & Former xAI Exec Robert Hayes to Keynote 2026 AI Summit

Robert Hayes, acting chief AI officer at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, is a speaker at the 2026 Artificial ...

Danhausen Files New ‘Cursed’ Trademark

WWE‘s Danhausen has applied for a new “cursed” trademark. On Wednesday, March 25, 2026, WWE Superstar Danhausen filed an ...
Electronics Weekly

USPTO seeks input on WIPO Riyadh Design Law Treaty (RDLT)

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is requesting input from interested parties on the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Riyadh Design Law Treaty (RDLT), adopted by WIPO ...