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Ward and Smith, P.A.

What Rights Will I Lose if I Pitch My Invention to Investors Before I File a Patent Application?

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Did you know that the individual often credited with popularizing karaoke did not reap the financial rewards of his invention to the extent possible? It's true—Japanese musician Daisuke Inoue invented karaoke in Kobe, Japan...more

Knobbe Martens

Class 6: How to Avoid Losing Patent Rights

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In This Presentation: •Today’s Main Topic: – How to Avoid Losing Patent Rights •May Cover: – What is Intellectual Property (Class 1 Redux)? – Making Use of Trade Secrets (Catch-up from...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Proposed Rules for Implementing the First-Inventor-to-File Provisions of the America Invents Act

Section 3 of the America Invents Act (AIA) amended the patent laws, in particular 35 U.S.C. § 102, to convert the United States patent system from a “first-to-invent” system to a “first-inventor-to-file” (FITF) system. To...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

First to Invent, First to File, or First to Disclose? Patent Reform’s Real Incentive

Many commentators call the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) the biggest reform of the United States patent laws in almost 60 years. The AIA’s most publicized and dramatic change transforms the first-to-invent system to a...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

“America Invents Act” Patent Law Overhaul: The Benefits and the Drawbacks

“A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die without publicizing it, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another.” ~ Thomas Edison As any inventor or innovator will tell you, an...more

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