Jun 20, 2016 | Intellectual Property law, News
By Gary S. Shuster The Supreme Court handed down a decision this morning in Cuozzo v. Lee. Two questions were before the court: (1) Is the decision to institute “inter-parties review” (“IPR”) appealable? (2) Is the Patent Office allowed...
Oct 19, 2015 | Intellectual Property law, News
I just received my 150th issued US patent. That kind of landmark tends to trigger a look back. My first patent was number 6,756,879 and my 150th was patent number 9,166,974 — meaning 2.41 million patents issued between my first and my 150th. To get a sense of...
Sep 28, 2015 | Intellectual Property law, News
Eric Goldman blogged about a case where a person purchased a copyright to an unflattering photograph of himself with the intention of using copyright law to make the photograph disappear from the internet. Eric writes “Due to the decisive appellate ruling and...
Sep 22, 2015 | Intellectual Property law, News
There is a common misconception that an inventor or author can protect their intellectual property by mailing a copy of it to themselves. These are sometimes called a “Poor Man’s Patent” or “Poor Man’s Copyright”. I will address...
Jun 30, 2015 | Intellectual Property law, News
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...
