– It’s Time to Get Ready for It – Patent Reform Bill Passed by Congress: As we were drafting this month’s column, just prior to our editor’s deadline (as usual), major news […]
Patent Reform is a Done Deal
Remanufacturing a Patented Product: Does “Make” Include “Remake?”
The Patent Statutes with Teeth – Federal statutes 35 U.S.C.§154 and 35 U.S.C.§271 provide much of the teeth in our patent laws. They define the property right of a patent grant, and […]
Our Patent System – Balancing Wealth Creation With Benefits to Society
From the Blogosphere… “No, the only way to protect IP is to never tell anyone about it.” This was one of many answers offered in reply to a question posted on the […]
Defining Patentable Subject Matter- Software and Silicon Life Forms
What is Patentable? Inventions come in all shapes and sizes. Some can be dropped on a table and looked at, while others cannot be seen at all. These “invisible inventions” are often […]
21st Century Patent Preparation: The Model for the Future
What’s New – Within the past few years, explosive advances in computer hardware and software have made it affordable for large and small businesses, and even solo practitioners to use electronic modeling […]
Diligence in Establishing “Common Ownership” and Joint Research Agreements
A Brief Prosecution Primer – Regular readers of this column may recall a basic premise of patent prosecution(1): after some initial administrative steps, a Patent Examiner in the USPTO studies the Applicant’s […]
