Boston-based law firm Burns & Levinson has added six new hires to its IP group, comprising partners Joseph Maraia and John Serio, of counsel Steven Mills, associates Weber Hsiao and Nikhil Patel, and patent agent Michael Mattoni
Cooley has added a life sciences patent team led by Ivor Elrifi, the former co-chair of Mintz Levin’s IP practice, and fellow former Mintz Levin partner Heidi Erlacher
Office's Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) issued a decision in January in Blast Blow Dry Bar v Blown Away d/b/a Blast Blow Dry Bar which highlighted the importance for new businesses to seek protection of a mark that they plan on adopting as early as possible.
Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) under 35 USC § 154 allows patentees the right to recapture lost patent term due to certain application-processing delays caused by the USPTO. Pursuant to 35 USC § 154(b)(1)(B), a patent application taking more than three years to process (with certain exclusions) "shall be extended 1 day for each day after the end of that 3-year period until the patent is issued".
