CompuLaw's U.S. Patent and Trademark Database Now Includes Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's New Institution Orders

LOS ANGELES – January 29, 2008 – CompuLaw LLC, publisher of calendar/docket software with built-in court rules databases, announced the addition of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board’s (TTAB) New Institution Order rules to its comprehensive U.S. Patent and Trademark database.

CompuLaw recently updated its Trademark Inter Partes Proceedings rules database with significant procedural changes for Opposition, Cancellation and Concurrent Use proceedings before the TTAB. The Trademark database also includes new deadlines listed in TTAB Institution Order. Using CompuLaw Vision’s Case Summary feature, users can calendar and monitor the new rules of practice for TTAB proceedings, including new disclosure, discovery and trial-related deadlines.

The Trademark court rules package offers rule sets for Federal Inter Partes Proceedings, Federal Trademark Registration and Renewals, Madrid Protocol, and all 50 U.S. State Trademark rules.
CompuLaw’s Patent court rules package includes Utility, Plant and Design rule sets for both Patent Cooperation Treaty and Paris Convention deadlines. The Patent Interferences rule set, containing deadlines for the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences Standing Order, is also included.  

 “Some of the largest firms in the country use CompuLaw’s Intellectual Property calendaring databases because they are the most extensive in the industry,” said Alex Manners, Vice President of Legal Rules Products, CompuLaw, LLC.  “CompuLaw rules are written, edited, tested and maintained by a department of expert in-house attorneys – so we set the standard for accuracy and reliability.  Our court rules make tracking critical dates and deadlines simple, allowing attorneys to build their practices with less risk exposure.”

In 2007, CompuLaw released 290 separate rules updates (3,941 rule sets updated) as well as 113 new rule sets for numerous jurisdictions across the United States, including Arizona, California, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin.  CompuLaw has also released many specialized rule sets such as the Federal Communications Commission, American Arbitration Association, UNCITRAL Arbitration Association, U.S. Bankruptcy Courts and the New York Stock Exchange Arbitration Rules calendaring databases.  For the complete list of CompuLaw rule databases, visit www.compulaw.com.

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Founded in 1978, CompuLaw publishes court rules databases for use with calendar/docket and case management systems. CompuLaw offers rules databases for all 50 states including State, Federal, Appellate, Supreme Court, Bankruptcy, Intellectual Property and more, and is the only vendor that offers rules databases that are entirely authored or edited by qualified attorneys. For more information about CompuLaw, CompuLaw Vision, CompuLaw Rules or other CompuLaw products, call (800) 444-0020 or visit www.compulaw.com.