"This week in Other Barks & Bites: USPTO Acting Commissioner for Patents Valencia Martin Wallace sends an internal email to staff indicating that 1% of the agency's workforce will be laid off; U.S. sales of electric vehicles hit a record during the third quarter of 2025 just as federal subsidies for EV purchases ended; the Federal Circuit nixes US Inventor's pursuit of associational standing to sue the USPTO for denying its petition for rulemaking on discretionary denial criteria for AIA trials;"
"the Durbin-Hawley AI LEAD Act is introduced to apply products liability standards to both developers and deployers of AI systems; the EUIPO and EU customs officials report that EU authorities confiscated €3.8 billion of counterfeit items during 2024, the highest recorded value of single-year EU counterfeit seizures; and the Eleventh Circuit affirms an attorneys' fees award entered in a trademark case filed by the 1970s funk group The Commodores against one of its former members."
Readers are invited to submit dog photos with name, breed, and age to [email protected] for inclusion on the IPWatchdog Dog Wall. USPTO Acting Commissioner for Patents Valencia Martin Wallace notified staff that 1% of the agency workforce will be laid off. U.S. electric vehicle sales reached a record in Q3 2025 as federal purchase subsidies ended. The Federal Circuit rejected US Inventor's associational standing to challenge denial of a petition for rulemaking on USPTO discretionary AIA institution criteria. The Durbin-Hawley AI LEAD Act would apply products liability standards to AI developers and deployers. EU authorities seized €3.8 billion in counterfeit goods in 2024, and the Eleventh Circuit upheld attorneys' fees in a Commodores trademark dispute.
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