WARREN — Bazetta Township Trustee Michael J. Hovis is the first candidate to file for Trumbull County commissioner — but he certainly won’t be the last, as four other Republicans have pulled petitions ...

VanEck, 21Shares, and Canary Capital wrote a joint letter addressed to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins, in which they urged the SEC to revert to its "first-to-file" ...

Many foreign brand owners have been caught out by China's first-to-file trade mark rules. But could a recent decision indicate more flexibility about how the law is applied, at least for some ...

ETF issuers say abandoning the long-held first-to-file method stifles innovation and rewards lazy behavior on the part of filers. Exchange-traded fund (ETF) issuers VanEck, 21Shares and Canary Capital ...

CPA Global's First to File reports that The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has implemented Electronic File Room software-as-a-service to manage its patent data. CPA Global's First to File reports that The ...

Bitwise became the first to file for an exchange-traded fund tracking the price of Chainlink as issuers continue to bid for funds tracking altcoins. Bitwise Asset Management filed to launch an ...

“[T]he required elements of a derivation claim have not changed other than to the extent necessary to reflect the transition from a first-to-invent to a first-to-file system of patent administration.” ...

While Indonesia’s first-to-file principle creates an opportunity for trademark squatting, Robbaita Zahra and Wongrat Ratanaprayul of Tilleke & Gibbins say Bitmain’s successful cancellation actions ...