The transition period for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union ends on December 31, 2020, the Exit Date. This has implications for European trademarks and applications for which [...]
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Often, a company’s intellectual property (IP) portfolio may include some of its most valuable assets. It is vital, however, to be certain your company actually owns the IP rights you believe it [...]
As of February 15, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has heightened the requirements for filing trademark applications. First, all trademark applications must now be [...]
On January 22, 2019, the United States Supreme Court unanimously held that “secret sales” of an invention subject to confidentiality provisions can invalidate patent rights under the “on-sale [...]
Has a customer ever asked you to use construction drawings from another job? Or have you found out that another contractor was using your drawings? This can be a very frustrating situation – and [...]
This week, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued final rules changing the standard used for claim construction in AIA proceedings, including inter partes reviews (IPR), [...]
Many US businesses have avoided addressing compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which took effect May 25, 2018. This is typically based on erroneous conclusions such as: [...]
Effective May 14, 2018, the rules implementing the Bayh-Dole Act (specifically, 37 CFR § 401 and 404) were changed in some important ways that impact patent protection of federally-funded [...]
President Obama recently signed the Defend Trade Secrets Act into law. The bill raises trade secret protection to a federal cause of action and attempts to create more consistent protection for [...]
Recent court decisions have severely eroded the protectability of computer-implemented inventions. These decisions essentially hold that the mere implementation of a mental or otherwise known [...]
