IP Law Daily, STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES: Top 10 IP law developments for April 2023, (May 8, 2023)
In case you missed the in-depth intellectual property law coverage in the April 2023 issues of IP Law Daily, here are highlights of the month’s most notable developments.
Among last month’s major events in IP law was the USPTO’s publication of an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) seeking public input regarding proposed changes to discretionary institution practices, petition work limits, and settlement practices for America Invents Act proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Less than a week later, USPTO Director Kathi Vidal faced members of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet for an oversight hearing. During the hearing, some subcommittee members questioned the propriety of the ANPR from a separation-of-powers standpoint, querying whether Congress should be setting these policies instead of the USPTO and whether some of the proposals exceeded the agency’s authority.
Meanwhile, in the courts, important decisions addressed the Copyright Act’s statute of limitations, protectability of computer software, trademark priority, and biotech trade secrets, among other topics.
Those and other top developments in IP law from last month are discussed in a Strategic Perspectives article available here.
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