- Executive Branch: July 29, 2024
Comments in response to the Impact of the Proliferation of Artificial Intelligence - Executive Branch: July 9, 2024
ABA-IPL Letter to the USPTO in terminal disclaimer practice - Executive Branch: June 18, 2024
ABA-IPL Letter to the USPTO on Patent Trial and Appeal Board Rules - Executive Branch: June 14, 2024
Comments in response to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s - Executive Branch: June 3, 2024
Comments in response to USPTO on Patent Fee Increase - Executive Branch: May 28, 2024
Comments to the USPTO on Proposed Trademark Fee Adjustments - Executive Branch: May 21, 2024
ABA-IPL Letter to USPTO re Expanding Opportunities To Appear Before the PTAB – May 21, 2024 - Executive Branch: May 14, 2024
ABA-IPL Letter to USPTO re Unlocking the Full Potential of Innovation to the Marketplace - Executive Branch: May 3, 2024
ABA-IPL letter to the USPTO on proposed rulemaking for motion to amend practice and procedures in trial proceedings under the America Invents Act before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board - Executive Branch: April 26, 2024
ABA-IPL comments to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on inventorship guidance for AI-assisted inventions. - Executive Branch: January 31, 2024
ABA-IPL Letter to Department of Commerce on Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of Bayh-Dole Act “March-In Rights”- Other resources: University associations call for march in guidelines to be withdrawn
- Other resources: Armstrong-Cline letter to DOJ on Section 1498
- Executive Branch: January 22, 2024
Letter to the Department of Health and Human Services regarding implications of Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) commitments/regimes and other proposed commitments in the WHO Pandemic Agreement. - Executive Branch: November 27, 2023
ABA-IPL Comments to the USPTO on review of decisions within the Patent Trial and Appeal Board - Executive Branch: November 27, 2023
Letter in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on “Rules Governing Pre-Issuance Internal Circulation and Review of Decisions Within the Patent Trial and Appeal Board” - Executive Branch: October 6, 2023
Letter to the USPTO, Commissioner for Trademarks, regarding changes to the duration of the attorney recognition rule - Executive Branch: July 24, 2023
Letter to USPTO regarding the Motion to Amend Pilot Program - Executive Branch: Jun. 20, 2023
Letter to USPTO on proposed changes to practice before the PTAB - Executive Branch: Jun. 12, 2023
Letter to USPTO on the proposed trademark fee schedule - Executive Branch: May 31, 2023
Letter to U.S. Department of Commerce regarding personal information of .us registrants. - Executive Branch: May 25, 2023
Letter to USPTO on the proposed patent fee schedule - Executive Branch: April 19, 2023
Comments to the FTC on non-compete clause rulemaking - Executive Branch: January 20, 2023
Comments to USCO and USPTO on NFT Study - Executive Branch: January 26, 2023
Comments to USPTO on Patent Robustness - Executive Branch: January 26, 2023
Comments to USPTO on Expanding Opportunities to Appear Before the PTAB - Executive Branch: January 26, 2023
Comments to USPTO on Expanding Admission Criteria - Executive Branch: December 16, 2022
Comments on the FTC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on “Trade Regulation Rule on Impersonation of Government and Businesses” - Executive Branch: October 28, 2022
Letter to USPTO on TTAB Final Pretrial Conference Pilot Program - Executive Branch: October 26, 2022
Letter to USTPO on changes to representation of others - Executive Branch: September 1, 2022
Letter to FTC re: Impersonation of Government and Businesses - Executive Branch: March 7, 2022
Comments to the USPTO on the Deferred Subject Matter Eligibility Response Pilot Program - Executive Branch: February 4, 2022
Comments to the USPTO regarding trademark administrative sanctions process - Executive Branch: September 2, 2021
Comments to the USPTO on Patent Eligibility Jurisprudence Study - Executive Branch: August 12, 2021
Comments to the USPTO on the Examination Guide entitled “Generic.com Terms after USPTO v. Booking.com” - Executive Branch: July 16, 2021
Letter to the USPTO on implementation of the Trademark Modernization Act - Executive Branch: May 24, 2021
Comments to the USPTO, regarding updates to requirements for admission to Patent Bar - Executive Branch: March 15, 2021
Comments to the Commissioner of Trademarks, USPTO, regarding implementation of the Trademark Modernization Act - Executive Branch: January 6, 2021
Letter to the USPTO on proposed continuing legal education requirements for patent practitioners - Executive Branch: December 22, 2020
Comments to the Biden Presidential Transition Team on IP issues - Executive Branch: December 21, 2020
Letter to the USPTO on its study of state sovereign immunity and its impact on trademark infringement - Executive Branch: December 21, 2020
Letter to the USPTO on the application of traditional doctrines of contributory and/or vicarious trademark infringement liability in e-commerce settings - Executive Branch: December 17, 2020
Letter to the USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board regarding issuance of precedential decisions. The section was joined in the comments by the ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice - Executive Branch: November 18, 2020
Letter to the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board on discretion to institute trials before the PTAB - Executive Branch: September 28, 2020
Letter to the USPTO, Office of Enrollment and Discipline, on changes to the regulations on representation of others - Executive Branch: July 29, 2020
Letter to the USPTO on proposed trademark fee adjustments - Executive Branch: July 17, 2020
Letter to the USPTO on SPC’s Six Draft Judicial Interpretations and Guidance - Executive Branch: July 13, 2020
Comments to the USPTO on the COVID–19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program - Executive Branch: June 26, 2020
Letter to USPTO on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on PTAB Rules of Practice - Executive Branch: May 11, 2020
Comments to the USPTO Regarding the SPC’s Draft Implementation Plan and Draft Guidelines Regarding the Enforcement of IP Judgments - Executive Branch: March 10, 2020
Letter to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board concerning issuance of precedential decisions - Executive Branch: January 9, 2020
Comments to the USPTO on intellectual property protection for artificial intelligence innovation - Executive Branch: December 20, 2019
Comments to the USPTO on “Rules of Practice to Allocate the Burden of Persuasion on Motions to Amend in Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board” - Executive Branch: December 3, 2019
Comments to the USPTO on “Patent Term Adjustment Reductions in View of the Federal Circuit Decision in Supernus Pharm., Inc. v. Iancu” - Executive Branch: November 8, 2019
Comments to the USPTO on patent-related issues regarding AI inventions
- Executive Branch: November 6, 2019
Comments to the Customs and Border Protection agency on abandoned merchandise
- Executive Branch: October 24, 2019
Comments to the USPTO TTAB regarding issuance of precedential decisions - Executive Branch: October 8, 2019
Comments to the USPTO regarding proposed trademark fee increases - Executive Branch: September 30, 2019
Comments to the USPTO on Settling and Adjusting Patent Fees - Executive Branch: September 30, 2019
Letter to USPTO Director, Andrei Iancu, noting policy resolutions adopted by Section in August - Executive Branch: July 29, 2019
Comments to the Department of Commerce on counterfeit and pirated goods trafficking and recommendations - Executive Branch: June 28, 2019
Supplemental comments to the USPTO on the report required by the SUCCESS Act – Initial Assignee
- Executive Branch: June 28, 2019
Comments to the USPTO on the report required by the SUCCESS Act - Executive Branch: June 25, 2019
Comments to the USPTO TTAB on proposed changes to the Standard Protective Order - Executive Branch: March 20, 2019
Comments to the Commissioner for Trademarks, USPTO, on a requirement of U.S. licensed attorneys for foreign trademark applicants and registrants. - Executive Branch: March 7, 2019
Comments to the USPTO on the “2019 Revised Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance" - Executive Branch: March 7, 2019
Comments to the USPTO on “Examining Computer-Implemented Functional Claim Limitations for Compliance with 35 U.S.C. 112” Guidance - Executive Branch: December 13, 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 Board - Executive Branch: November 13, 2018
ABA-IPL Section Comments to the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator on the 2019 Joint Strategic Plan - Executive Branch: September 20, 2018
Comments to the USPTO on the Draft Strategic Plan 2018-2022. - Executive Branch: September 5, 2018
Comments to the USPTO regarding the Proposed Patent Fee Schedule. - Executive Branch: August 20, 2018
ABA Section of IP Law comments, in conjunction with ABA Section of Antitrust Law, with respect to Topic 8 of FTC’s Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century. - Executive Branch: August 20, 2018
Letter to the USPTO regarding Letter to the USPTO regarding changes to the Trademark Rules of Practice to mandate electronic filing. - Executive Branch: August 20, 2018
Letter to the USPTO regarding Letter to the USPTO on determining whether a claim element is well-understood, routine, conventional for purposes of subject matter eligibility (Berkheimer memorandum). - Executive Branch: July 23, 2018
Letter to the USPTO regarding principles of patent subject matter eligibility, which represents a consensus by the ABA-IPL, AIPLA and IPO on a statement of principles necessary to any consideration of a possible legislative fix to the current statutory framework for patent eligibility. - Executive Branch: July 2, 2018
Letter to the USPTO regarding changes to the claim construction standard for interpreting claims in trial proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. - Executive Branch: March 13, 2018
Letter to the Director of the USPTO regarding operation of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”)’s Office of Policy and International Affairs (“OPIA”). - Executive Branch: February 14, 2018
Comments to the U.S. Trade Representative on intellectual property rights considerations during the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
- Executive Branch: October 10, 2017
Testimony of Scott F. Partridge on Behalf of ABA-IPL Before the USTR Section 301 Committee In the Section 301 Investigation Concerning China's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation. - Executive Branch: October 6, 2017
Comments to the U.S. Trade Representative on the NAFTA negotiations regarding modernization of the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico, supporting a requirement to establish use to obtain a trademark registration, and opposing amendments to the Canadian Trade-Marks Act that would remove the use requirement. - Executive Branch: September 27, 2017
Comments to the U.S. Trade Representative regarding its initiation of a Section 301 investigation into China's acts, policies, and practices related to technology transfer, intellectual property and innovation. - Executive Branch: July 31, 2017
Comments to the Secretary of Commerce and the Interim Director of the USPTO on the PTAB Procedural Reform Initiative. - Executive Branch: July 20, 2017
Comments to the USPTO concerning a streamlined version of trademark cancellation proceedings on grounds of abandonment and nonuse. - Executive Branch: March 28, 2017
Supplemental comments on patent subject matter eligibility to USPTO Director Michelle Lee. - Executive Branch: March 16, 2017
Letter to the USPTO in response to a request for comments concerning a draft examination guide on incapable informational matter. - Executive Branch: January 17, 2017
Comments to USPTO on patent subject matter eligibility (Federal Register at 81 Fed. Reg. 71485. (PTO-P-2016-0041, October 17, 2016)). - Executive Branch: December 22, 2016
Comments to USPTO on rulemaking in regard to setting and adjusting patent fees during Fiscal Year 2017. - Executive Branch: December 21, 2016
Comments to the Presidential Transition Team on issues relating to the United States intellectual property system. - Executive Branch: December 20, 2016
Comments to USPTO on rulemaking in regard to revival of abandoned applications, etc. - Executive Branch: December 5, 2016
Comments to the UPSTO on Examination under Section 112(a). - Executive Branch: October 24, 2016
Comments to USPTO on adoption of CAPTCHA for TESS and Sign-in for TEAS. - Executive Branch: October 24, 2016
Comments to USPTO on Proposals to Improve the Accuracy of the United States Trademark Register. - Executive Branch: October 24, 2016
Comments to the Canadian Patented Medicine Prices Review Board on modernization of the Patent Medicines Pricing Guidelines. - Executive Branch: September 26, 2016
Joint Comments from the ABA Sections of Intellectual Property Law and Antitrust Law on proposed updates to the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice antitrust guidelines for the licensing of intellectual property - Executive Branch: August 18, 2016
Comments to USPTO Office of the Deputy Commissioner for Trademark Examination Policy on changes in requirements for affidavits or declarations of use, continued use, or excusable nonuse in trademark cases - Executive Branch: June 29, 2016
Comments to the USPTO, Deputy Commissioner for Trademark Examination Policy, on the proposed trademark fee adjustment - Executive Branch: June 29, 2016
Letter to the USPTO, Commissioner for Trademarks, in response to a request for questions on enhancing and advancing trademark registration practices in TM5 partner offices - Executive Branch: June 14, 2016
Comments to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on the application of the written description requirement to specific situations in design applications - Executive Branch: June 3, 2016
Comments to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Commissioner for Trademarks, on proposed changes to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Rules of Practice - Executive Branch: May 24, 2016
Comments to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on improving patent quality measurement - Executive Branch: May 23, 2016
Comments to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency on collection of information relating to the recordation and enforcement of trademarks and copyrights - Executive Branch: March 28, 2016
Letter from the Chair to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, and the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent & Trademark Office on proposed shared services initiative - Executive Branch: February 11, 2016
Suggested case study topics for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's new pilot program as part of its Enhanced Patent Quality Initiative - Executive Branch: December 17, 2015
Comments to the USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board on proposed changes to the Standard Protective Order - Executive Branch: December 16, 2015
Comments to the USPTO on proposed revisions to Nice Class Headings - Executive Branch: November 17, 2015
Letter from the Chair to the International Trade Commission in response to the invitation for public comment on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 80 Fed. Reg. 57553-64 - Executive Branch: November 12, 2015
Letter from the Chair to the USPTO in response to the proposed pilot program exploring an alternative approach to institution decisions in post grant administrative reviews - Executive Branch: November 10, 2015
Letter from the Chair to the USPTO on the proposed trademark fee schedule - Executive Branch: October 28, 2015
Letter from the Chair to USPTO Director Michele Lee on the "July 2015 Update: Subject Matter Eligibility" - Executive Branch: October 28, 2015
Letter from the Chair to President Obama urging that copyright considerations be weighed among the qualifications when selecting the new Librarian of Congress - Executive Branch: October 19, 2015
Comments to the USPTO on the USPTO's proposed rules on trial proceedings under the America Invents Act before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board - Executive Branch: October 15, 2015
Letter to the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator on development of the 2016 Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement - Executive Branch: March 12, 2015
Comments to USPTO Director Michelle Lee on the "2014 Interim Guidance on Patent Subject Matter Eligibility" - Executive Branch: February 23, 2015
Comments to the USPTO Commissioner for Trademarks concerning a draft examination guide on repeating-pattern marks - Executive Branch: February 10, 2015
Comments to the USPTO Deputy Director, on ADR policy and procedures for PTAB - Executive Branch: January 23, 2015
Comments to the USPTO, Commissioner for Trademarks, on proposed implementation of IT changes to the Trademark Office portion of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office website - Executive: October 28, 2014
Comments to the USPTO on efforts by the agency to improve patent quality by developing enhanced training materials for patent examiners. - Executive Branch: October 22, 2014
Comments to the USPTO, Office of Trademarks, on a proposal to allow amendments to identifications of goods and services due to technology evolution - Executive Branch: October 16, 2014
Comments to the USPTO on trial proceedings under the America Invents Act before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board - Executive Branch: September 23, 2014
Comments to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy regarding the development of an updated Strategy for American Innovation - Executive Branch: July 30, 2014
Comments on USPTO's guidance for determining subject matter eligibility of claims reciting or involving laws of nature, natural phenomena & natural products - Comments to the USPTO on Examination Instruction and Guidance Pertaining to Patent-Eligible Subject Matter - July 22, 2014