Many people ask, “Are patents worth getting and what substantial benefits do they offer?” The answer is unequivocally, yes. The advantages of obtaining a patent almost always outweigh the potential complications that may arise if one is not secured. Especially if you plan to manufacture and sell your product on your own, a patent helps […]
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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 drastic increase in 35 USC §101 rejections. The decision emphasized that inventions “directed to an abstract idea” are not patentable. The U.S. Patent Office has used this decision to reject a majority of software utility […]
Negotiating the Distribution of Patented Products: Points to Consider
Every week, it seems, another news story appears about an innovative startup preparing to launch its new take on a product to a waiting market. While consumers and companies alike often eagerly anticipate these launches, they also pose potential risks to the company and its ownership of its intellectual property. Today’s marketplace is more competitive […]
PODS Wins Case over UHaul
Most people today have heard of PODS by now. If you haven’t, they are a moving company that specializes in offering large containers you can pack your belongings up into that they call pods. The containers are then picked up by a truck and delivered to their final destination to be unpacked by the person […]
Students are Fighting Ridiculous University IP Laws
Students are increasingly running into issues where they create innovations while as a student at a University and the University has a policy in place stating that the creations belong to them, or partially belong to them. This is a serious issue that is taking away from the creations of our youth and Caleb Carr […]
IP Law Offices are Providing Raises to Lawyers Specializing in the Field
Lawyers that specialize in the field of IP law are now being granted raises, jobs and the joining of law firms with one another. This is to boost the appeal of many law offices that do not specialize in this field. Many of them are getting requests to be covered under their legal counsel, but […]
What is a trade secret?
Special sauces, secret ingredients, secret inner workings, special ways to train employees; we come in contact with products and brands that have these trade secrets every day. These trade secrets are what make that product so special. Have you ever wondered how a company legally protects those trade secrets? In almost all states, a trade […]
Is Intellectual Property Management in the Future for all Companies?
Who’s suing for what? What is pending against who? Why are they filing where? Thousands of intellectual property cases are making their way on dockets across the country each year. It would almost make sense these days to have a separate division strictly for handling intellectual property issues in every business in corporate America. Intellectual […]
Do I Need Intellectual Property Protection?
Intellectual property law has been around for well over two hundred years. It has been added to and rewritten in efforts to keep up with the changing times. The internet forever changed the way material is published. To protect your original works, you need intellectual property protection. The good news is that it may be […]
What is Intellectual Property?
If someone asked you about Intellectual Property, would you know what they were talking about? Would you think it was a smartly built house? Maybe one of those smart phones? You would be wrong if those were your guesses. Intellectual property has to do with creations of the mind. A painting by Van Gogh would […]
