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Don't Just Patent Everything, You Need To Have A Strategy

by Antonia Sequeira | Fenwick & West LLP on 4/29/2013

You can't patent it all. Inventors often want to patent every potentially novel detail of their technologies and patent attorneys are sometimes willing to help them do it. However, this type of unfocused, shotgun approach...more

Amending Your Patent Claims In Corresponding Foreign Applications Could Obligate You To Look At Your Granted Australian Claims

by Karen Bentley, Milena Dryza | Freehills Patent Attorneys on 2/26/2013

“There is no practice ... that I’m aware of, nor have I ever received advice from my attorneys anywhere in the world[,] that once a particular amendment is made to a patent in any particular jurisdiction ... there is some...more

Intellectual Property Client Alert: Definiteness in Patent Claims

by Scott Chambers, Matthew Laskoski | Patton Boggs LLP on 2/22/2013

The Federal Circuit, in Function Media v. Google, has determined that use of “means” language in a claim can lead to indefiniteness. Functional Media sued Google for infringement of three patents regarding advertising on...more

Race to the Patent Office – Start Your Engines!

by Mary Anthony Merchant, Ph.D. | Ballard Spahr LLP on 2/4/2013

The race to the Patent Office begins March 16, 2013, when the new first-to-file patent system takes effect. Start your engines, or at least think about the consequences of this system for current and future patent portfolios....more

"New Year Will See More Policing of Patent Conduct by US and EU Competition Agencies"

by Simon Baxter, Alec Chang, Ian John, James Keyte, Sharis Pozen, Ingrid Vandenborre | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/30/2013

If recent events are any indication, U.S. and European antitrust agencies will remain focused this year on the intersection of intellectual property and competition law. In particular, the agencies have concluded that under...more

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Don't Just Patent Everything, You Need To Have A Strategy

Amending Your Patent Claims In Corresponding Foreign Applications Could Obligate You To Look At Your Granted Australian Claims

Intellectual Property Client Alert: Definiteness in Patent Claims

Race to the Patent Office – Start Your Engines!

"New Year Will See More Policing of Patent Conduct by US and EU Competition Agencies"

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