USPTO updates Madrid rules; EUIPO extends mediation services; Vietnam goes electric – IP office updates

USPTO events for the weeks of May 12-23

View as a Webpage This week May 13 Trademark Basics Boot Camp, Module 7: Keeping your registration alive 2 p.m. ET In this session of...

USPTO updates Madrid rules; EUIPO extends mediation services; Vietnam goes electric – IP office updates

In our latest update, we look at the Bangladesh IPO closing for 10 days, IPONZ updating its conflicting goods and services list, and more.

The USPTO's Statement on Review of Information on an IDS

by David Hricik, Mercer Law School Dennis pointed out that the Director has in Ecto World, LLC v. RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc, IPR2024-01280_paper_13_20250519 made it very difficult to obtain institution if a petition is based on art that was listed on an IDS even if it was not actually applied by an examiner, unless the art was listed on a “voluminous” IDS.  That is a step back from the more real-world approach that had included examining wheth…