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Volpe Koenig

[CLE Webinar] Correcting Patents: A Comprehensive Overview - March 6th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST

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Join Volpe Koenig for a webinar focused on various methods available for correcting patents after they have already issued. This session will explore the key processes and best practices related to correcting patents,...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

IPO & Harrity Analytics Release List of Top 300 Patent Holders for 2021

Last month, the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) and Harrity Analytics announced the release of the 39th annual list of the top 300 organizations receiving U.S. utility patents (see "Top 300 Organizations...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Procuring U.S. Patents without a Signed Assignment of Patent Rights

Increased employee mobility, health challenges, and the economic downturn due to the COVID-19 pandemic may result in more inventors than usual being unavailable to assign patent rights. Fortunately, applicants may procure a...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Keeping Trade Secrets Out of Patents

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Trade secret and patent laws both provide intellectual property protection but have conflicting requirements that can impose challenges for a company seeking to maximize its protection under each right. Originally...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Evidence of Bad Faith Patent Prosecution Can Support an Award of Attorney Fees

A recent opinion from the District of New Jersey is a cautionary tale for patent practitioners regarding conduct during patent prosecution that can be framed as bad faith. This can become an expensive misstep during...more

Jones Day

Declarations as New Evidence to Overcome § 325(d)

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We have published other blog postings relating to 35 U.S.C. §325(d), including a blog posting that addresses the PTAB’s October 24, 2017 notice designating three of its decisions as informative (here). Recently, the PTAB...more

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

The Board Gives Section 325(d) Sharp Teeth—Part III —Things Are Looking Up for Patent Owners

This is the third of a three-part series discussing developments around Section 325(d). Part one appeared in our October 2017 newsletter and part two appeared in our November 2017 newsletter. As we have noted in each of...more

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