Patently O
AUGUST 19, 2021
I’m getting ready to teach my Fall 2021 Patent Law class, and that means doing an updated patent grant graph. utility patents granted per year from 1840-2020: Data for 2021 isn’t included in the table, but as of July 31, 2021, the authority file contains 195,480 patents. This graph uses calendar years (Jan.
NCBA Law Practice Management Blog
APRIL 13, 2021
Every year, when you apply for or renew your malpractice insurance, your provider asks whether you have a ‘dual calendar’ system -- like that’s good practice for running a law firm. The best practice of a ‘dual calendar’ system is a vestige from times past, when lawyers used paper calendars. Only, it’s not. It’s hard to know.
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Patently O
JANUARY 7, 2022
Total utility patent grants are down about 7% for calendar year 2021. Still the total ranks as the third highest of all time. The Office has almost eliminated unwanted delay in examination. Right now the delay is about 17 months from filing to first office-action.
At the Lectern
MARCH 19, 2025
To equal last term’s output, the court will need to schedule another 29 arguments over this term’s last three calendars. However, the justices’ pace seems likely to still leave the court short of last term’s 58 arguments and opinions (also here ), which was itself one of the court’s lowest numbers historically.
LawTechnologyToday
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
But according to the ABA Legal Technology Resource Center’s 2021 Legal Technology Survey Report results on the use of technology in the legal profession, there is still work to be done. Since 2018, the number of respondents who have indicated that their firm has a website has climbed from 77% to 94% in 2021.
JURIST
JANUARY 13, 2022
The North Carolina Superior Court of Wake County Tuesday rejected claims by voting rights advocates that the 2021 redistricting maps passed by the North Carolina General Assembly were unconstitutional under the North Carolina Constitution.
LawSites
DECEMBER 29, 2021
Whereas 2020 ended with a newfound sense of the possible, 2021 ends with us still not knowing what is ahead, and therefore which way to turn. Whereas 2020 ended with great promise for regulatory reform, 2021 ends with little further progress on that front – and even retreats to some extent. I should be more optimistic.
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