Did You Know That Blockchains Can Help You, Too?
Blockchain technology has been popular in the news over the last few months. Surging popularity and prices of blockchain-based cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, have been leading financial headlines across the globe. Over the last few years, cryptoc…
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Patenting Software-Related Inventions Is Getting Easier
The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2014 decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank[1] set a high bar for establishing patent eligibility of software-related inventions. The bar was so high that it discouraged many inventors from pursuing patent protection. Howe…
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More Covid-19 Relief Is Now Available Regarding Perfecting Foreign Priority Claims
Almost a year since the COVID-19 outbreak, the pandemic continues to disrupt business operations, including operations at intellectual property (IP) offices around the world. For example, some foreign IP offices are not issuing paper-certified copies…
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The United States Supreme Court May Make It Harder to Protect Your Patents from Competitor Attack!
Assignor estoppel offers an approach to stop an infringer of your patent, who may be one of your competitors, from attacking the patent. More specifically, assignor estoppel can prevent a defendant in a patent infringement lawsuit from having their p…
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AIPLA CLE Webinar: Novelties About Novelty and Obviousness Even for Experienced Patent Prosecutors
This webinar is part three of a five part series that draws a metaphoric bow from patent eligibility via examination and appeal, to post-grant proceedings and litigation. The articles and rules of the respective laws lead to practical examples and st…
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California Leads the Way to Transform Consumer Privacy Protection in the U.S. – California Privacy Rights Act of 2020
As you may recall, Proposition 24 appeared on California’s 2020 ballot for the general election. On November 23, 2020, California voters approved Proposition 24, or officially the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA). The United States has…
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Remembering the Notorious Justice Ginsburg
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a brilliant, passionate, and brave Supreme Court jurist for which she was given the nickname “Notorious R.B.G.” in 2013 by then New York University law student Shana Knizhnik.[1] The moniker quickly caught on in po…
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New USPTO Pilot Program to Expedite Appeals
Do you need an expedited decision on an appeal of an examiner decision? Appeals to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) are usually taken up for decision in the order in which they are docketed, with an average appeal time taking about fifteen (1…
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Developing a Global Patent Portfolio
New Matter - The Official Publication of the Intellectual Property Section of the California State Bar, volume 45, number 3, pages 5-10, 2020
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AIPLA CLE Webinar: Comparison of Patent Prosecution Processes in the US and Europe - Clarity, Support and Amendments
There are many differences between patent prosecution practice before the USPTO and patent prosecution practice before the EPO. In many situations, the differences may be significant and thus may impact the patent application drafting and prosecution…
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