On Friday, March 27, 2020, the CARES ACT was signed into law. The Cares Act includes provisions for changing deadlines for patents, trademarks, and copyrights. For patents and trademarks, the Act permits the Under Secretary...more
The International Services Survey is here again and is due by June 29, 2018. If you conducted any transaction relating to intellectual property with a foreign entity (defined as any company outside of the United States, even...more
Modern automobiles are operated by dozens of computers, known as Electronic Control Units or ECUs, which control almost all of the main functions in a vehicle, including engine control, fuel efficiency, and breaking. The...more
A company’s greatest assets may be its intellectual property. Properly protecting such assets then may be the key to continued success. Below are some questions to consider as a health check for your IP assets.
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10/5/2016
/ Agribusiness ,
Confidential Information ,
Copyright ,
Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inventions ,
Patents ,
Trade Secrets ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO ,
Whistleblowers
On April 28 Congress passed the Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”), which creates a federal private right of action for trade secret misappropriation. Enactment into law is virtually certain, as President Obama, a long-time...more
In June, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously affirmed its earlier ruling on patent claims involving computers and software. In light of that decision, companies and inventors that have business methods patents, software...more
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously affirmed their earlier ruling on patent claims involving computers and software. For the most part, those companies and inventors who have business methods patents, software...more