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As 2021 begins and intellectual property (IP) strategies are being developed for the new year, it is a good time to reflect on what IP issues were prominent in 2020. According to many readers, hot topics included Chinese...more
As more U.S. businesses employ inventors abroad, the need for foreign filing licenses increases, especially if patent rights are first sought domestically. Obtaining foreign filing licenses may present financial and...more
On the latest episode of Williams Mullen's Trending Now - An IP Podcast, Tom Bergert and Clint Brannon discuss what companies operating in the national security space need to know. Each episode is less than 15 minutes in...more
Recently, the Chinese Patent Reexamination Board (PRB) published a written decision where patentee Chen He’s Electric Unicycle patent (CN102275621B) was invalidated based, partly, on a failure to establish sufficient domestic...more
This article discusses foreign filing requirements in the United States. Assuming the United States is the country of invention, the following questions are explored: (1) who needs to seek permission to file a patent...more