Dan Pierron

Precautionary Provisional Patent Applications

By: Dan Pierron Since March of 2013, I have been filing more and more provisional patent applications. This was expected,…

10 years ago

Patent Protection Doesn’t Mean Freedom to Operate

By: Dan Pierron I've recently had several discussions with a client whose primary concern was his ability to make and…

11 years ago

Pre-Issuance Submissions – To Submit or Not Submit?

By: Dan Pierron Included in the changes with the AIA was the ability for third parties, those not under a…

11 years ago

Inventing as an Employee – What to Know

By: Dan Pierron Inventing is for many employees all in a day's work, literally.  Very often, engineers, scientists, industrial designers,…

11 years ago

Enablement Requirement – Get In Those Details!

The Enablement Requirement can come into play in the most critical moments in patent prosecution

12 years ago

A Fitting End(?) to Apple v. Samsung

By: Dan Pierron Nearly a year ago, the verdict in the patent infringement suit Apple v. Samsung came in, awarding Apple…

12 years ago

Defensive Patenting

Defensive patenting is a strategy for those seeking to avoid confrontation on both sides of the table.

12 years ago

Effective Filing Date – NPE’s Best Friend

By: Dan Pierron Infringement suits filed by Non-Practicing Entities/Patent Trolls are old news.  In reading articles and comment boards on…

12 years ago

How Do I Enforce My Patent? Part 3: Filing an Infringement Suit

By: Dan Pierron Although frequently an option of last resort, filing a patent infringement lawsuit is the most direct and…

12 years ago

How Do I Enforce My Patent? Part 2: Cease-and-Desist Letters

By: Dan Pierron As mentioned in my previous post, one strategy in enforcing your patent is to send an entity that…

12 years ago