WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce Patent and Trademark Office has proposed modifications to the rules of practice for inter partes review (IPR) proceedings. The changes would place strong limitations on challenging a patent at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The agency is moving to establish a "one-and-done" system for patent validity challenges. The Patent and Trademark Office's intention is to curb parallel and serial attacks that it believes undermine pa more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of State has amended the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to remove the defense trade embargo on Cambodia. This action amends the ITAR at Sec.126.1 by removing Cambodia from the list of countries subject to defense trade restrictions. The rule deletes the specific policy on defense trade for Cambodia previously found in paragraph (o) of that section and revises the corresponding table. The State Department based this determinati more PR