The ''Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society'' is a quarterly

peer-reviewed Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work (peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer review ...

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covering

intellectual property law Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect. There are many types of intellectual property, and some countries recognize more than others. The best-known types are patents, cop ...

. It was established in 1918.

History

The journal was established as ''Journal of the Patent Office Society'' in September 1918, obtaining its current name in 1985 to include trademarks.Dennis Crouch, Journal of the Patent & Trademark Office Society, Patently-O Blog, https://patentlyo.com/patent/2021/06/journal-trademark-society.html Before the first issue of the journal was published, a collection of papers, speeches, and articles written by patent examiners to guide one another on the practice of patent examination dated as early as 1914 was compiled by Charles Mortimer, collectively or informally referred to as "The Mortimer Papers", and formed the basis of what would later become the contents of the journal.

Citations

The

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has cited the ''Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society'' in various opinions pertaining to

patent law A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention."A p ...

intellectual property Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect. There are many types of intellectual property, and some countries recognize more than others. The best-known types are patents, cop ...

law, including '' United States v. Arthrex, Inc.,'' ''See'' page 2 of the opinion. ''

Minerva Surgical, Inc. v. Hologic, Inc. ''Minerva Surgical, Inc. v. Hologic, Inc.'', 594 U.S. ___ (2021), was a United States Supreme Court case dealing with the principle of assignor estoppel and its application. The Supreme Court reaffirmed the principle of assignor estoppel, howeve ...

'', ''See'' page 5 of

Justice Barrett Amy Vivian Coney Barrett (born January 28, 1972) is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The fifth woman to serve on the court, she was nominated by President Donald Trump and has served since October 27, 2020. S ...

's dissent. ''

Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene's Energy Group, LLC ''Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene's Energy Group, LLC'', 584 U.S. ___ (2018), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the inter partes review process granted by Congress to the United States Patent and Tradem ...

'', ''See'' page 6 of

Justice Gorsuch Neil McGill Gorsuch ( ; born August 29, 1967) is an American lawyer and judge who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President Donald Trump on January 31, 2017, and has served since ...

's dissent ''

Bilski v. Kappos ''Bilski v. Kappos'', 561 U.S. 593 (2010), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States holding that the machine-or-transformation test is not the sole test for determining the patent eligibility of a process, but rather "a useful ...

'', ''See'' page 16, n.7, page 20, n.22, pages 23, 26 and 28 of

Justice Stevens John Paul Stevens (April 20, 1920 – July 16, 2019) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1975 to 2010. At the time of his retirement, he was the second-olde ...

' concurrence ''

Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc. ''Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc.'', 517 U.S. 370 (1996), is a United States Supreme Court case on whether the interpretation of patent claims is a matter of law or a question of fact. An issue designated as a matter of law is resolved by t ...

'', ''See'' pages 379 & 381 of the opinion. and ''

Eldred v. Ashcroft ''Eldred v. Ashcroft'', 537 U.S. 186 (2003), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States upholding the constitutionality of the 1998 Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act (CTEA). The practical result of this was to prevent a number ...

''. ''See'' page 234 of the opinion.

References

External links

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