Intellectual Property

Laura Peter announced as deputy director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office

Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross today announced the appointment of Laura A. Peter as deputy under secretary of commerce for…

6 years ago

Trademark Piracy – Amazon Brand Registry

Over the past several months a disturbing practice has been occurring at the USPTO.  Trademark pirates are fraudulently changing the…

6 years ago

Beginning the Patent Process

  Attorney Kelly Swartz explains the first steps in protecting your patent.  Patents are an invaluable piece of intellectual property.  Frequently…

6 years ago

Federal Court Shuts Down Allergan’s Attempt to Shield Patents

A recent Federal Circuit ruling held that tribal sovereign immunity does not apply in reviews at the Patent Trial and…

6 years ago

Japan Patent Law, Just Amended

At Widerman Malek, we pride ourselves on being a resource for our clients and referral sources especially when it relates…

6 years ago

U.S. Patent Number 10,000,000 Has Issued

On Tuesday, June 19, 2018, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued U.S. Patent No. 10,000,000.  This is quite…

6 years ago

How To Obtain A Software Patent

Up until recently, software patents accounted for about half of all patents issued by the United States Patent and Trademark…

7 years ago

Protecting Software Using Patent And Trade Secret Law

Protecting Software Using Patent And Trade Secret Law Traditional legal strategies have pitted trade secret law and patent law against…

7 years ago

Overcoming Patent Application Rejections by the USPTO

35 USC §101 Rejections Since the U.S. Supreme Court decided Alice v. CLS Bank in 2014 there has been a…

7 years ago

Protecting Your Software’s Application Programming Interface (API)

In this article, we are continuing the discussion of a legal strategy to protect software that involves segmenting software into…

7 years ago