Interplay between Obvious to Try and Routine Optimization When examiners improperly mix together different rationales into a single
rejection, be ready to call it out and address each one separately to
illustrate errors. Read about a recent case from Under Armor related to a
footwear innovation and how the PTAB decided the issue.
https://www.mriplaw.com/blog/d....crcsngvli0rf0n4ac9rz

Research: Exploring approaches to forecasting IP demand A review of methods used by IP offices and other organisations to forecast applications for IP rights, including patents, trade marks and designs.
https://www.gov.uk/government/....publications/explori

Vidal Wants To Make Her Director Review Rules Official After almost a year of running U.S. Supreme Court-mandated director reviews of patent board decisions through an interim process, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office said Monday that it has landed on some proposed rules for how it wants to officially run those.
https://www.law360.com/ip/arti....cles/1825277?utm_sou

Hytera Still Not Doing All It Can To Stop Fine, Motorola Says Hytera Communications has continued to drag its feet as it tries to lift the sanctions against it for participating in Chinese litigation against a court order, Motorola Solutions told the Seventh Circuit, arguing that a district court judge's daily status hearings ensure Hytera is being compelled to comply without being punished.
https://www.law360.com/ip/arti....cles/1825299?utm_sou

Dueling Bills Highlight Partisan Divide Over 'Judge Shopping' Dueling proposals to limit so-called judge shopping were unveiled by Senate party leaders last week, sparking optimism that Congress will rein in plaintiffs' ability to bring cases before judges they think will be friendly to their views, while others raised questions about the proposals' feasibility.
https://www.law360.com/ip/arti....cles/1825424?utm_sou