Winding down patents in Russia is no longer mandatory for U.S. companies. On May 5, 2022, the U.S. government declared an exemption to its unprecedented barrage of sanctions on Russia. Without the exemption, the broad and...more
Ordinarily, a deadline that is three months away is normal for patent prosecution. Yet, Russia’s devastating invasion of Ukraine spurred rapid, unexpected Western sanctions that are anything but normal. The U.S. deadline...more
It is not often that one's vote counts, especially in geopolitics. So it struck me, in researching for another article, that filing a patent application in Ukraine could make a difference.
Per the latest World...more
In a recent article, Kilpatrick Townsend’s Kate Gaudry and Mark P. Mathison summarized current non-invasive brain-machine interface technology and theorized its effect on patent law if its advancement flourishes like that of...more