Blog: Protecting Businesses and Their Owners
Contingency Planning and Patents
As a general case, my recommended patent filing strategy is as follows:
AB 617: San Joaquin Valley APCD Identifies Fresno and Bakersfield Under Community Monitoring
The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District ("SJVAPCD") has tentatively identified sections of Fresno and Bakersfield for Community Monitoring under AB 617. The Staff Report that was presented at at the June 21, 2018 meeting is available online....
Proposed Proposition 65 Regulation Concerning Chemicals in Coffee
OEHHA has initiated a proposed regulation to attempt to clarify that exposures to Proposition 65 listed chemicals in coffee are created by the roasting of coffee beans and brewing of coffee and the State asserts that it does not pose a significant cancer risk. The...
Actions for TCP Contamination May be Affected by A Recent Jury Verdict Concerning Sodium Nitrate.
A recent federal jury decision in an action brought by the City of Pomona against a North American subsidiary of SQM, a worldwide chemical manufacturer based out of Chile, may affect whether cities can recover the costs of remediating chemicals used in past agricultural operations from groundwater, due to changing regulatory requirements.
Even the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Judges, USPTO head Can’t Figure Out Patent Eligibility Rules
President Trump's new head of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Andrei Iancu, recently noted that uncertainty about what kinds of innovation are patent-eligible is weakening investment, growth, and jobs in high tech industries: I do worry that the...