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Patents and Preliminary Injunctions – Federal Circuit Continues Giveaways to...
Big business just got a gift from the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit – a ruling that will decrease the opportunities for patentees to stop infringing entities earlier rather than later. A...
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Patent Myth Busting: Laying Patent Law Misconceptions to Rest
Misconceptions are common when discussing almost any legal field, as the law typically contains nuances that are just plain difficult to navigate for the uninitiated. The patent laws are no exception...
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Getting the Most Out of Your Patent Application
You’ve just thought of a great idea, the classic AHA!, light bulb moment. You think this could be big and that you should protect it by…patents! But can you do that? The electric light bulb started as...
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Reducing Infringement on Marketplaces: A Proposal
Many counterfeit products relate to health and safety. (Chart from CBP. GOV.) Counterfiet products may be of low quality and not meet health and safety standards. Back in April, the Trump...
View ArticleA Brief Summary of Precedential PTAB Decisions (Part 2)
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or “Board”) is an administrative body of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) that rules on issues of patentability. As of May 31, 2019, PTAB...
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The Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How of Trademark Searches
**This is part 1 of a multi-part series about trademark searches. Let’s start with the why. WHY? The most robust trademarks are unique. (Think Google, Adidas, Starbucks.) However, most marketers and...
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The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or “Board”) is an administrative body of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) that rules on issues of patentability. As of May 31, 2019, PTAB...
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Trademarking the word “THE”
If you watch professional football on Sundays, you have probably heard someone introduce himself as being from “The” Ohio State University (pronounced THEE). The Ohio State University is now trying to...
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Trademark Abandonment and Allowable Changes
As we noted in a previous post, trademark registrations may last indefinitely so long as the trademark owner continues to use the mark in commerce for the goods and services identified in the...
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What Can’t you Patent?
Question for you: What can’t you patent? A method of doing business A flower A hand bag A portion of a genetic sequence A method of doing business Certain methods of doing business are patentable – the...
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Conducting a Trademark Search
This is part 2 of a multi-part series about trademark searches. Here is a link to Part 1. Step 1 – Figure out the mark Determining the client’s desired mark and the related goods and services is the...
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What is Double Patenting?
Double patenting is getting more than one patent for the same invention, and it is not allowed under U.S. patent law, which only allows one patent for any one invention. A policy reason for this is...
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USPTO extends deadlines for certain filings and fees due to COVID-19
While the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has drastically changed the economy, social distancing efforts have not stopped inventors, entrepreuners, and businesses from creating inventions, developing...
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