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Husch Blackwell LLP

Beyond Utility: How to Protect Corporate Value with Design Patents

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Utility patent protection is typically the first thing that comes to mind for protecting a product; however, such protection may not be available when the product has been on the market a long time or is dominated by...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

While There is an Active Utility Application, There is Design Hope

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Like many patent owners or aspiring patent owners, at some point you may have found yourself in a situation where design protection was needed, but all you had was narrow utility protection. ...more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

Reviewing 2024's Crucial Patent Law Developments

As 2024 draws to a close, several crucial developments — some aimed at modernizing long-standing legal practices, others addressing emerging challenges — have reached patent law. Originally published in Law360 - December...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Rocket Docket: Fast Track to Examination

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While obtaining a design patent is often quicker than obtaining a utility patent, current design patent application pendency is often still a lengthy period of time. Based on data released by the USPTO in July 2024 and shown...more

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

Five Key Takeaways from the Recent House Judiciary Hearing on AI-Assisted Inventions and Creative Works

As companies—and more recently, courts—have struggled to address the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in innovation, legislators are embroiled in a struggle of their own. Over the past two years, the Senate and House have...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Who Solved the Problem? Joint Inventors, That’s Who

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s decision to correct inventorship in a post-issuance inventorship dispute, finding that the alleged joint inventors’ contributions were significant...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

Intellectual Property Primer Series: Patent Basics

A patent does not give the owner the right to do anything. Rather, it gives the patent owner the right to exclude others from making, using, selling, offering to sell, and/or importing the claimed invention, which most...more

International Lawyers Network

Can You Use Color Drawings or Photographs in Utility Patent Applications?

Suppose that you have an invention disclosure for a utility invention that you want to protect. When you review the invention disclosure, you notice that the inventor has only supplied color drawings or photographs of the...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Intellectual Property for the Metaverse

How do you use the patent system to protect inventions related to the metaverse? What is the Metaverse? Merriam Webster defines the metaverse as “a persistent virtual environment that allows access to and interoperability of...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Intellectual Property 101: What is a Patent?

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ("PTO") provides extensive online resources on its website. While much of the content may be directed to patent and trademark practitioners to perform filings and access regulations, some...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

What Is a Patent and How Do I Get One

You may be an inventor with an idea, a small business owner, or an international corporation. No matter your size, you could have an invention that is patentable. This video covers what makes inventions patentable, the types...more

Knobbe Martens

Patent Basics for the Aerospace Industry

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Associate Tom Cowan presented "Patent Basics for the Aerospace Industry," at the Space Foundation Space Commerce Workshop at the Aerospace Corporation in El Segundo, California. As the keynote speaker for the event, Tom...more

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

Effective Ways to Protect Your Intellectual Property

Much like invention patents (called “utility patents” in the U.S.), utility models provide exclusive rights that can be enforced to prevent competitors from copying your company’s innovations....more

Kilpatrick

The Success of the Pizza Autosaucer® …and the patents that made it possible

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Automatic Bar Controls, Inc.’s (ABC) Autosaucer® recently made the news again when it was described as “the secret to Costco’s delicious pizza.” A rotary pizza sauce dispensing system, the Autosaucer® features a turntable...more

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