Overcoming prior art rejections in your patent application

It’s an inventor’s worst nightmare: your unique, one-of-a-kind idea has already been invented and patented by someone else. You’ve invested time and money in reducing the invention to practice and filing a patent application, and you receive the bad news via an office...

Trade Dress Series, Part 5: Ineffective trade dress claims

In Part 1 of this series, I introduced the different methods for seeking protection on product designs, namely, trade dress, copyright, and design patent. In Part 2, we took a closer look at trade dress and how to obtain this type of intellectual property protection....

Trade Dress Series, Part 4: Successful claims

In Part 1 of this series, I introduced the different methods for seeking protection on product designs, namely, trade dress, copyright, and design patent. In Part 2, we took a closer look at trade dress and how to obtain this type of intellectual property protection....