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30Sep 2013

Abusive Patent Enforcement – The States Step Up

September 30, 2013 Patent
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In general, only the Federal government and Federal courts have jurisdiction over patent matters.   However, the Federal government does not have effective tools for protecting individuals and small businesses from abusive and unjustified bullying by patent owners.   A small business often cannot afford to defend against a threat of patent litigation and agrees to pay […]

30Aug 2013

Beware of the On-Sale Bar

August 30, 2013 Patent
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If you are a regular reader of this newsletter, then you know that a sale or offer for sale of your invention will terminate your patent rights unless you first file a patent application.   Did you know that the on-sale bar also applies to commercial sales of the invention to you, as from a contract […]

31Jul 2013

The DMCA to the Rescue (Maybe) …

July 31, 2013 Copyright
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In a recent embarrassing broadcast by KTVU television of San Francisco, the morning anchor, Tori Campbell, identified the pilots of the recent San Francisco Asiana airline crash as “Captain Sum Ting Wong,” “Wi Tu Lo,” “Ho Lee Fuk,” and “Bang Ding Ow.”   As she read the names, Campbell didn’t flinch and, even more perplexing, […]

31Jul 2013

New Rules, New Strategies for Innovators

July 31, 2013 Patent
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The past 15 years have seen an unprecedented attack on patents and patent-owners in the United States. Orchestrated by foreign nations, multinational corporations, and a variety of other groups, largely funded by similar vested interests, this attack has reduced much of the value formerly associated with patented innovations. In past issues of our newsletter we […]

31Jul 2013

So You Think Your Trade Secrets Are Protected…

July 31, 2013 Lipton Weinberger & Husick Blog
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It’s time for a story.  We’ll start with the moral – read your non-disclosure agreements and comply with ALL of the requirements of the agreement to keep your information secret.  Back to the story: In license negotiations for an invention,  Convolve and another party signed a non-disclosure agreement.   Like many non-disclosure agreements, the agreement required […]

29Jun 2013

Protecting the Latest Food Sensation

June 29, 2013 Trademark
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OMG, I have to try one of these…. That appears to be the general consensus about the so-called “Cronut,” the new New York City food sensation.  Early morning lines stretch around the block with customers lining up to buy this croissant-donut hybrid two hours before the Dominique Ansel Bakery in SoHo opens.  It’s so wild […]

29Jun 2013

Patentable Subject Matter, the Sequel

June 29, 2013 Patent
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In the issue that will not die, the Supreme Court again considered what can or cannot be patented.  This time the question was whether human genes can be the subject of a patent. The U.S. Constitution at Article One, Section 8 gives Congress the power “to promote science and the useful arts, by securing for […]

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