The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) established World IP Day 19 years ago to celebrate the day on which the WIPO Convention entered into force: April 26, 1970. And this year, WIPO has set as the theme for World IP Day 2024, “IP and the SDGs: Building our common future with innovation and creativity.”
Wendy Verlander is the Managing Shareholder of Verlander LLP. She has almost 30 years of experience working with technology-focused companies at all stages of development and growth, from start-ups to well established corporations. She has successfully litigated cases in a wide range of technologies, including electronics, LEDs, optoelectronics, semiconductor manufacturing, MEMs, medical devices, wireless communications, mobile devices and applications, networking,…
Last week was a big one for the potential future of the U.S. patent system. The deadline for comments on the USPTO’s ANPRM was Tuesday, June 20. Then, on Thursday, Senators introduced two new bills that would have major implications for patent eligibility law and PTAB practices, respectively.
Sources say the convenience of witnesses factor may be more important now, while the Federal Circuit could still weigh in on venue-related uncertainties