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USPTO publishes final rule on claim construction standard in PTAB proceedings

- October 10, 2018

Statement of USPTO Director Andrei Iancu before the House Judiciary Committee

- May 22, 2018

ABA files Amicus Brief in Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall Street.com and Jerrold D. Burden

- September 4, 2018

Section Legislative Consultant Kira Alvarez’s summary of the House Judiciary Committee hearing

- May 22, 2018

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Section Chair Mark Dickson testifies at PPAC Public Hearing on the Proposed Patent Fee Schedule

- September 6, 2018

Comments to the Senate Rules and Administration Committee on Register of Copyrights

- December 3, 2018

Letter to the American Law Institute (“ALI”) on its ongoing project to develop a Restatement of the Law, Copyright

- October 3, 2018

Section News Archive

Comments to the U.S. Copyright Office on registration modernization.

- January 10, 2019

Section Chair Mark Dickson addresses IP Attaché Roundtable

- December 14, 2018

Comments to the USPTO on Motion to Amend Practice and Procedures in Trial Proceedings under the America Invents Act before the Patent Trial and Appeal

- December 13, 2018

Letter to Congressman Jeffries on Amendments to Section 2(b) of the Lanham Act

- December 5, 2018

ABA-IPL Section Comments to the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator on the 2019 Joint Strategic Plan

- November 13, 2018

Comments to the USPTO on the Draft Strategic Plan 2018-2022

- September 20, 2018