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Patent Examiner Interview: What’s the Upside?

The upside of an examiner interview is multifaceted. The prosecution of Utility Patent Applications filed before the USPTO...

August 23, 2023   |   By: Daniel Finnegan Do Not Underestimate the Upside of a Patent Examiner Interview!   For those familiar with the prosecution of Utility Patent Applications filed before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), it is understood if not expected that (after a long wait) the first correspondence from the USPTO… Continue reading Patent Examiner Interview: What’s the Upside?

Who Owns the Rights to Employee Inventions?

Who has the ownership rights to a patentable invention, the employee or the company they work for? The rights for employee inventions...

August 16, 2023   |   By: Mark Magas and William Flachsbart   Who Owns the Rights to Employee Inventions?   One question we commonly hear from inventors is whether they have ownership rights to a patentable idea they conceived while working for a company. The answer can be quite tricky.   “The general rule is that… Continue reading Who Owns the Rights to Employee Inventions?

How Technology Licensing Lawyers Help Unleash AI

May 8, 2023   |   By: Tom Dunlap Inventors may hire a technology licensing lawyer to protect their creations, but can artificial intelligence (AI) create legally protectable technology? The answer depends on several things, including how a company incorporates AI into the creative process and what laws govern the jurisdiction of the company’s location. It is… Continue reading How Technology Licensing Lawyers Help Unleash AI

Less is More: Patent Practitioner Terms

April 24, 2023   |   By: Daniel Finnegan   Less is more. The phrase less is more means that having or expressing the essence of a thing is better than having or expressing too many superfluous aspects of the thing.   In the world of patents, patent practitioners are always searching for broad and functional characterizations… Continue reading Less is More: Patent Practitioner Terms

Trademark Specimen Requirements

April 20, 2023   |   By: Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig   Trademark Specimen Requirements This blog post explains the general requirements for specimens for trademark and service mark applications. There are numerous exceptions to these general specimen rules depending upon the type of the mark, the respective goods and services of the application, and particular industry… Continue reading Trademark Specimen Requirements

The Debate: DIY Patent Filing versus Hiring a Patent Lawyer

April 17, 2023   |   By: Tom Dunlap   As with most things in life, you get what you pay for. While do-it-yourself options or low-cost alternatives to legal counsel seem like a good deal, it is usually penny-wise and proud foolish. Of course, as the inventor you understand technology much better than anyone else on… Continue reading The Debate: DIY Patent Filing versus Hiring a Patent Lawyer

The Case for Allowing AI-Assisted Inventions

April 14, 2023   |   By: Mark Magas   Patentability of AI-assisted Inventions DBL’s Managing Partner Tom Dunlap recently wrote an interesting article about the current state of artificial intelligence (AI) inventorship. Mr. Dunlap detailed the patenting efforts surrounding DABUS, an AI system developed by Dr. Stephen Thaler that autonomously created certain inventions. In Thaler v. Vidal, The Federal… Continue reading The Case for Allowing AI-Assisted Inventions

Patents are Going Paperless

April 12, 2023   |   By: Anna Kinney   USPTO Transitions From Hardcopy Patents   Inventors prize their bound hardcopy patents for both sentimental reasons and because the hardcopy can be useful in negotiation. The USPTO only issues one original “Letters Patent.” If a patent is lost or destroyed, the best the owner can do is… Continue reading Patents are Going Paperless

Navigating Patent Infringement: Do I Need an Attorney?

March 29, 2023   |   By: Tom Dunlap Anyone who makes, uses, offers to sell, or sells any patented invention or imports a patented invention into the United States can be liable for patent infringement under U.S. patent law, codified at 35 U.S.C. § 271. If you discover someone is using your intellectual property without a… Continue reading Navigating Patent Infringement: Do I Need an Attorney?

Artificial Intelligence (AI) as an Inventor?

March 22, 2023   |   By: Tom Dunlap   Can Artificial Intelligence (AI) invent or create legally protectable inventions? And if AI has the ability to do so, can and should these inventions be allowed patent protection by the USPTO?      The legal issue surrounding the naming of AI as an inventor at the United… Continue reading Artificial Intelligence (AI) as an Inventor?

Intern Program

As part of our effort to recruit, develop and retail the best and brightest attorneys, Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig offers a summer intern program for promising law school students who are looking to work as part of an innovative and incredibly successful team. With a global team of lawyers, selected candidates are able to work on high level projects in a collaborative space.

Paralegals and Legal Support Staff

At Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig, our team of paralegals and staff work together collaboratively along side our attorneys toward a common goal. We have created a positive work environment where our paralegals and legal assistants work to successfully reach firm-wide goals and support each other to combine individual strengths to enhance team performance. They regularly assist our attorneys with organizing and maintaining files, conducting legal research, and preparing documents.