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Patent infringement under patent pending status
I often get requests from clients to contact potential infringers with a cease and desist letter for infringing on their patent, even though the “pa...
AIA & post-grant review
The America Invents Act (AIA) introduces two new procedures for post-grant review of a patent. After the issue date, there will be a 9-month period du...
Save patent costs by filing electronically
The Leahy-Smith America Invents act (AIA) has an “Electronic Filing Incentive” using EFS-Web. Original non-provisional utility patent application ...
Strategies for potential PPH participation
The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) is a treaty program of participating national patent offices. The PPH program allows an inventor to fast track co...
The America Invents Act (AIA) is not all roses
In a NYSBA article by Charles Miller and Daniel Archibald on USPTO post-grant patent proceedings under the American Invents Act entitled “Agency Dec...
2012 patent foreign filing trends
Earlier this year, inovia, a company that provides a platform for foreign filing, issued a report (The U.S. Global Patent & IP Trends Indicator) b...
Patent infringement and common defenses
Patent infringement occurs when someone makes, uses, markets, advertises, sells or imports a patented invention or, in some circumstances, its equival...
Beware of trademark scam “from USPTO”
Once your trademark has been accepted, it enters the USPTO register, which is viewable by the general public. While this puts the public on notice tha...
Wikipedia blackout and IP protection
Beginning at midnight (EST) on January 18, 2012, Wikipedia – arguably the most popular free online encyclopedia- blacked out use of the English site...