Blog: Protecting Businesses and Their Owners
Patent Speak — What Inventors Need to Know to Understand Patent Lawyers and Decode Patent Documents
Patent law has a steep learning curve. For patent lawyers, this means reading a lot of federal court decisions and attending seminars. For inventors, this learning curve can impede our ability to get patent protection. By creating an inventor’s glossary, we hope to make patents and interacting with patent lawyers a bit less complex to the average inventor.
Google v. Oracle – quick post
The Supreme Court today denied Google's request to review the lower court decision in Google, Inc. v. Oracle America, Inc. 14-410. The case is a bit complicated, particularly for non-programmers, but it basically asked whether copyright law covers application...
Help, Yelp! What to do if you are being defamed online
Click here to download "Help, Yelp! What to do if you are defamed online!" It is a common problem businesses face: You are going about your day, providing great customer service, when you notice a bad review pops up on Yelp (or Google+, or Amazon, or any of the...
Patent royalties cannot last beyond the expiration of the patent: SCOTUS
The holding is simple: The Court refused to change a rule they announced in the 1964 Brulotte case, holding that a patent holder cannot charge royalties for the use of his invention after its patent term has expired.
The State Water Resources Control Board has Curtailed Diversions by Certain Pre-1914 Senior Water Rights Holders
In a move not seen since California was gripped by drought in the 1970s the California State Water Resources Control Board (Water Board) has sent notices of curtailment orders directing senior water rights holders in the Delta, San Joaquin and Sacramento watersheds to...