Patents, Innovation, Patent Ownership

The PREVAIL Act Could Change PTAB Trials in a Big Way

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C. on 12/27/2024

Since the America Invents Act (“AIA”) established a new venue for hearing patent disputes, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”), much ink has been spilled regarding the impacts of this forum on patent litigation and the...more

Terminal Disclaimer Rule Proposed to Balance Innovation and Competition

Dickinson Wright on 7/26/2024

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) periodically evaluates the delicate balance of the U.S. patent system to protect innovation without excessively stifling competition. U.S. patents give patent owners the...more

Best Practices for Drafting Invention Disclosure Forms

Saul Ewing LLP on 7/19/2024

An invention disclosure form is a document used to capture detailed information about a new invention or discovery. The first step in the patent application process, the form plays a crucial role in protecting intellectual...more

Creating Wealth Through Innovation

Snell & Wilmer on 3/20/2024

Much has been made of the demise of U.S. manufacturing. Once the U.S. was a manufacturing powerhouse, but much of its industry has now moved overseas or south of the border to low-cost countries such as China, India, and...more

Heart-to-Heart on Reduction to Practice: When It Comes to Testing, How Much Is Enough?

McDermott Will & Emery on 6/1/2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a Patent Trial & Appeal Board decision that the patent owner successfully demonstrated that the claimed heart catheter invention was conceived and reduced to practice...more

When and Where to File Patent Applications

Knobbe Martens on 12/21/2021

Excerpt: "In general, a patent is only valid in the country (or, in some cases, countries) where the patent office that issued it has responsibility. With so many patent offices around the world, how does one decide in which...more

“Shall Be the Property” Is Insufficient to Automatically Assign Title to an Invention in a Contract

Haug Partners LLP on 9/14/2021

On August 2, 2021, in Omni MedSci, Inc. v. Apple Inc., No. 20-1715, slip op. (Fed. Cir. Aug. 2, 2021), a Federal Circuit panel decision, with a dissent, upheld the district court’s denial of Apple Inc.’s (“Apple”) motion to...more

Inventors Rights Act Could Significantly Change Patent Ownership Strategy

Lowndes on 12/19/2019

A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday, December 18, 2019 could significantly affect strategies for patent ownership in the United States. The Inventors Rights Act (H.R. 5478), which is sponsored by...more

Trailblazers and Lost Einsteins: Senate Discusses Women Inventors and the Future of American Innovation

Fenwick & West LLP on 5/15/2019

On March 27 and April 3 of this year, the House Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet and the Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual Property held hearings on “Lost Einsteins,” women and underrepresented...more

4 Tips to Protect Textile Innovations

Womble Bond Dickinson on 4/19/2017

Is innovation a key component of your business plan? Will you distinguish yourself with unique product offerings? Whether protecting our men and women in uniform, advancing the treatment of medical conditions, or adding to a...more

Patent Rights in the U.S.: Is the Pendulum Finally Swinging Back to Center?

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 9/30/2016

The U.S. patent system has long struggled to strike a balance that both encourages patent rights and prevents patent abuse. Finding that balance requires giving patent owners the right amount of patent enforcement power,...more

Innovative Collaboration – IP Considerations

Knobbe Martens on 7/14/2015

It is common for medical device makers to partner with doctors, universities, designers, manufacturers, R&D labs, or salespeople in the development of medical devices. To reap the intended benefits of such efforts,...more

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