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Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC

Provisional Patent Applications: What Do They Do For You?

Many inventors express an interest in obtaining a “provisional patent” (yet that doesn’t actually exist). What they’re referring to is known as a provisional patent application. While a seeming trivial word addition, a patent...more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

Dear Patenticity: Still Inventing

Dear Patenticity, My company has several new product concepts under development right now, and some are very early in the design process. We are in a very competitive space, so we want to protect our work with patents to...more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

Considerations for Protecting your Invention with Provisional Patent Applications

Since the U.S. patent law switched to the first-inventor-to-file system in 2013, provisional applications have become more popular as the initial step for emerging companies to protect their inventions. Provisional...more

Knobbe Martens

Publication Does Not Necessarily Defeat Joint Inventorship

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DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE v. ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. Before Newman, Lourie, and Stoll. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts - Summary: An individual who contributes “significant...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - March 2020

PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK - GS CleanTech Corp. v. Adkins Energy LLC, Appeal No. 2016-2231, 2017-1838, 2017-1832 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 2, 2020) - In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s...more

Proskauer - New England IP Blog

Inventorship Claim in Disease Treatment Patent Dispute Survives Motion to Dismiss

Determining who qualifies as an inventor on a patent application requires careful attention to the facts surrounding each person’s contribution to conception of the invention, as embodied in the patent claims. In one recent...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

To File or Not File Provisional Patent Applications – Part 2: The Cons: IP Law Bulletin

In Part 1 of this post, I discussed various advantages of provisional patent applications, which are a growingly popular initial filing option for applicants seeking patent protection. These advantages include: establishing...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

What Rights Will I Lose if I Pitch My Invention to Investors Before I File a Patent Application?

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Did you know that the individual often credited with popularizing karaoke did not reap the financial rewards of his invention to the extent possible? It's true—Japanese musician Daisuke Inoue invented karaoke in Kobe, Japan...more

Snell & Wilmer

Provisional Patent Applications Versus Utility Patent Applications

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Provisional applications were introduced in the United States in the Inventor’s Protection Act of 1995. The purpose was to facilitate a quick filing, if necessary, to establish a priority filing date and salvage potential...more

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Early Assignment of your Invention as a Method to Maintain Priority Rights in a European Patent Application

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The European Patent Office (EPO) has been a desirable venue for seeking patent protection in Europe. For instance, a patent application granted by the EPO can provide patent protection in many European countries, such as the...more

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