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Leveraging the ITC for Patent Protection Against Foreign Infringers
May 22, 2025 |  By: Anna Kinney and Daniel Finnegan   Congratulations on being awarded a patent in the United States! If someone infringes on your patent, you can pursue litigation for damages or an injunction. Or you can opt for non-litigation options like sending a cease-and-desist letter or negotiating a licensing agreement. Dunlap Bennett… Continue reading Leveraging the ITC for Patent Protection Against Foreign Infringers
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A Proposal to Improve Patent Examination: Using an Invalidity Decision Date as a Damages Cutoff Date, to Incentivize Third-Party Use of Existing and Potential Prior Art Submission Programs During Examination
March 11, 2025 |  By: Jeff Burke and Robert Greenspoon   Proceedings brought about by the America Invents Act, such as the Inter-Partes Review (IPR), may have stifled innovation. Indeed, inventor and commentator Neal Solomon outlines many problems with these proceedings, such as more lax legal standards and asymmetric cost burdens allocated to patent holders,… Continue reading A Proposal to Improve Patent Examination: Using an Invalidity Decision Date as a Damages Cutoff Date, to Incentivize Third-Party Use of Existing and Potential Prior Art Submission Programs During Examination
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5 Instant Fixes the Trump USPTO Can Make to the Patent System
Five (Almost) Instant Fixes to the Patent System That the Trump USPTO Can Deploy (and One Bonus)
January 30, 2025 |  By: Rob Greenspoon   Inventors and innovative companies welcomed the news that the new administration immediately appointed Coke Morgan Stewart as Acting Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Challenges lie ahead. But for first time since Andrei Iancu years (or even earlier, the David Kappos years), innovators feel… Continue reading Five (Almost) Instant Fixes to the Patent System That the Trump USPTO Can Deploy (and One Bonus)
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How the USPTO Views Human-AI Collaborations
August 2, 2024 |  By: Robert Greenspoon   Artificial intelligence (AI) enables computers and machines to think like humans and perform complex tasks traditionally associated with human intelligence, such as making decisions, reasoning, recognizing patterns, and solving problems. Empowering the development of various things such as self-driving cars, chatbots, and virtual personal assistants, AI is… Continue reading How the USPTO Views Human-AI Collaborations
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American Innovation: Exploring Geographic, Demographic, and Critical Technology Trends in Patents
April 19, 2024 |  By: Anna Kinney and Daniel Finnegan   The 2024 National Science Foundation (NSF) report entitled “Invention, Knowledge Transfer, and Innovation” provides interesting analyses of patent and trademark activities according to several criteria. These include a geographic analysis of US regional patent inventorship and ownership. Patents issued in 2022 were analyzed to… Continue reading American Innovation: Exploring Geographic, Demographic, and Critical Technology Trends in Patents
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tips for navigating mergers and acquisitions
Tips for Navigating Company Mergers and Acquisitions
March 27, 2024 |  By: Wright Lewis   According to research from Harvard Business Review, the vast majority—between 70 and 90 percent—of mergers and acquisitions fail. Successful corporate transitions begin by anticipating potential challenges.   11 Tips for Successful Corporate Acquisitions Here are some tips for navigating company mergers and acquisitions that can reduce the… Continue reading Tips for Navigating Company Mergers and Acquisitions
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