High Court
appoints new IP specialist judge
The England and Wales High Court has appointed James Mellor
as a new judge for the Chancery Division, it was announced on Wednesday,
January 20.
Mellor, 59, a barrister at 8 New Square who specialises in
intellectual property law, will start his new role on February 8, after which he
will become the Honourable Mr Justice Mellor.
His appointment will come as a relief to UK IP attorneys because
of the lack of IP specialist judges left in the High Court after judges Colin
Birss and Christopher Nugee were elevated to the England and Wales Court of
Why trademark filings may be on the rise at the USPTO
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While the number of patent applications at the USPTO has slowed considerably since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, trademark filings appear to be on a record-breaking track. Shanti Sadtler Conway and Aaron Schroeder of Kirkland & Ellis report.
A curious thing is happening at the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). In October, at a Trademark Public Advisory Committee quarterly meeting, the USPTO’s deputy director Laura Peter revealed that July, August, and September were “the three highest filing months on record”.
September became the USPTO’s “biggest filing month in history, with 92,600 classes filed”. Conversely, patent applications have slumped since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, with a 2% decrease in the number of utility, plant, and reissue patent filings compared to last year.
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