This is the new MLex platform. Existing customers should continue to use the existing MLex platform until migrated.
For any queries, please contact Customer Services or your Account Manager. Dismiss

USPTO director confirms imminent changes for PTAB, but says AI rules aren’t ready, ‘nothing in the works’ for SEPs

By Melissa Ritti ( September 23, 2024, 16:36 GMT | Insight) -- An exceptionally busy period of proposed rulemaking by the US Patent and Trademark Office will soon bear fruit for those who practice before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. That was the message Sunday from USPTO Director Kathi Vidal in a fireside chat at the Intellectual Property Owner’s Association’s annual conference. Regulation elsewhere needs more time, however. Vidal said proposed rules for artificial intelligence are still being fine-tuned, and the USPTO has “nothing in the works” for standard essential patents — choosing, instead, to “shift” its attention to partnering with entitles like the National Institutes of Standards and Technology.US Patent and Trademark Office Director Kathi Vidal will be taking action as early as this fall on all Patent Trial and Appeal Board-related issues presented to stakeholders this spring, including discretionary institutions of inter partes review, or IPR, expansion of the PTAB bar and codification of policies for director review of PTAB decisions....

Prepare for tomorrow’s regulatory change, today

MLex identifies risk to business wherever it emerges, with specialist reporters across the globe providing exclusive news and deep-dive analysis on the proposals, probes, enforcement actions and rulings that matter to your organization and clients, now and in the longer term.


Know what others in the room don’t, with features including:

  • Daily newsletters for Antitrust, M&A, Trade, Data Privacy & Security, Technology, AI and more
  • Custom alerts on specific filters including geographies, industries, topics and companies to suit your practice needs
  • Predictive analysis from expert journalists across North America, the UK and Europe, Latin America and Asia-Pacific
  • Curated case files bringing together news, analysis and source documents in a single timeline

Experience MLex today with a 14-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

Already a subscriber? Click here to login