Practitioners’ hopes (or fears) that the Supreme Court would clarify what constitutes patent-eligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101 were dashed in May when the Supreme Court denied certiorari in Interactive Wearables,...more
Karam J. Saab recently joined a panel of other industry leaders at The 21st Annual Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property Institute -- the premier forum for bringing together intellectual property professionals from across the...more
Kilpatrick Townsend’s Karam J. Saab recently joined a panel of other industry leaders at the The 21st Annual Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property Institute -- the premier forum for bringing together intellectual property...more
Kilpatrick Townsend partners Megan Bussey and Karam J. Saab recently presented “35 U.S.C. § 101 in 2023 - Prosecution and Litigation Perspectives” at the firm’s annual three-day “Ski-LE” in Colorado.
Five key takeaways on...more
Starting and maintaining a patent portfolio for your company is a daunting task regardless the size of the company. Where do you begin? How do you ensure the intellectual property assets you are outlaying capital to acquire...more
Kilpatrick Townsend partners Gene Bernard and Karam J. Saab recently presented “Ethics in Patent Prosecution” at the firm’s three-day CLE & Ski Series, KT Intellectual Property Seminar (KTIPS), in Colorado.
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The U.S. is unique in that a Patent Cooperation Treaty, or PCT, application can enter national phase examination via two distinct routes: as a national phase application under Title 35 of the U.S. Code, Section 371, or as a...more
Kilpatrick Townsend partner Karam J. Saab, in cooperation with GreyB, offers his key takeaways for “Taking Advantage of Bypass Continuations based on Recent USPTO Practice Trends for US National Phase Entry.”
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Kilpatrick Townsend Partner Karam J. Saab recently presented, along with another legal leader, a “Patent Prosecution & USPTO Update” as part of the 19th Annual Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property & Technology Law Institute....more
When filing a PCT application, an election must be made of an international search authority (ISA). The ISA, as the name suggests, searches for prior art relevant to the claimed invention and prepares the International Search...more
The clock starts ticking for a company to decide how best to protect an invention as soon as it is developed. Two likely candidates that a company’s counsel should evaluate are: (1) patent protection; and (2) trade secret...more
The clock starts ticking for a company to decide how best to protect an invention as soon as it is developed. Two likely candidates that a company’s counsel should evaluate are: (1) patent protection and (2) trade secret...more
Patent Partner Karam J. Saab shares key considerations before relying on AIA Prior User Rights:
1. Trade secret can serve as an effective tool to protect internal processes and systems that are not exposed to the public;...more
Subject matter eligibility rejections under 35 U.S.C. §101 have plagued applicants in numerous technology fields since the Supreme Court’s Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International decision in 2014. Over the next few years, a...more
On October 4, Kilpatrick Townsend’s Karam J. Saab and Brian Olion along with other thought leaders presented on “How Blockchain Technology will Reshape Legal Contracting” at the ACC Colorado Fall Frenzy in Denver. During...more
Kilpatrick Townsend Partner Karam J. Saab offers five key takeaways describing the effects of Berkheimer v. HP Inc. (881 F.3d 1360) in subsequent PTAB decisions and how it is benefiting patent applicants.
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Kilpatrick Townsend partner Karam Saab recently presented to the Association of Corporate Counsel Denver Chapter on “IP Aspects of a Product to Market Timeline: A Comprehensive Look at Protecting the IP of a New Product.” ...more
Kilpatrick Townsend Partners Eugenia Garrett-Wackowski, Paul Haughey, Babak Kusha, and Karam Saab recently presented on issues and strategies to consider when writing and prosecuting patent applications to withstand Alice...more