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Forward-Publishing Patents: A Way to Tell Competitors “Stay Out”?

On March 10, 2014, Sonos announced it would forward-publish its patent applications before they would traditionally be available to the public. This has given rise to quite a bit of discussion in patent legal circles. What...more

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Forward-Publishing Patents: A Way to Tell Competitors "Stay Out"?

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Will forward-publishing your patent help or hurt you in the long run? Sonos’ announcement this week that they will forward-publish patent applications has created quite a debate in the patent realm. Ideas are the...more

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Will 'Forward-Publishing' Make The Patent System a More Relevant R&D Tool?

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Forward-publishing patents might be a case of good PR practice meeting good patent practice. On the other hand, Sonos might be onto something....more

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Sonos Forward-Publishes Patents: Strategic Upside, Limited Downside

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Sonos' policy to forward-publish its patents seems to be more a calculated public relations move with some strategic upside and limited downside....more

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Forward-Publishing Your Patents? Be Sure Your Portfolio Can Withstand Early Third Party Attacks

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Forward-publication of patent applications can effectively give third party submitters the ability to make a submission against your application months in advance of publication by the USPTO....more

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Forward-Publishing Your Patents? Best and Worst Case Scenarios...

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Patents are a tool to discourage inventors to keep trade secrets, by trading public disclosure for a limited monopoly. Forward-publishing an application is a deliberate embrace of this philosophy, eliminating even the...more

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