Patent

26May 2011

New Opportunity For Patent Applicants.

May 26, 2011 Robert Yarbrough Patent

Patent examiners necessarily have a limited time to spend on each patent application and may miss the point of an invention or of the prior art. An interview between the applicant and the examiner, either by phone or in person, can be a useful way to educate the examiner. Under the current system, the only […]

30Apr 2011

Guest Editorial – Congress Needs Your Input About the Proposed Patent Law

April 30, 2011 Lawrence Husick Patent

David E. Boundy, Vice President, Assistant General Counsel Intellectual Property at a well-known financial services firm, in Boston MA, has asked patent practitioners around the country to post information about the patent bill now in its final stages of consideration by the U.S. Congress. The patent lawyers at Lipton, Weinberger & Husick have regularly devoted […]

31Mar 2011

“America Invents Act” Clears U.S. Senate, On to the House

March 31, 2011 Robert Yarbrough Patent

Sweeping changes to the U.S. patent system are imminent. By a vote of 95 to 5 the Senate passed the “America Invents Act” on March 8, 2011. If the Act become law, which is likely, it will be profoundly important to inventors, patent owners, and defendants in patent litigation. The House of Representatives is considering […]

31Mar 2011

In Pennsylvania, Attorney-Client Privilege is Now a Two-Way Street

March 31, 2011 Lawrence Husick Patent

Under the law in Pennsylvania, unlike many other states, the attorney-client privilege used to be limited to only those things that the client communicated to the attorney. Thus, while a client might describe his invention to the attorney, creating a privileged communication, the things that the attorney conveyed, such as the results of a patent […]

28Feb 2011

Patent Reform Legislation forwarded to the full U.S. Senate

February 28, 2011 Robert Yarbrough Patent

The proposed Patent Reform Act of 2011 and will be considered by the full Senate when it reconvenes beginning today, February 28. Final passage of the bill is not assured and similar bills have been reported out of committee twice in recent years. The bill includes several provisions that are unfriendly to small business patent […]

28Feb 2011

Federal Courts’ Continued Hostility Toward Complex Patent Issues

February 28, 2011 Lawrence Husick Litigation, Patent

In the recently-decided case of In re Katz Interactive Call Processing Patent Litigation, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (which hears all appeals of patent cases) determined that trial courts may limit the number of patent claims that may be asserted by a patent owner in a litigation, regardless of the complexity of […]

27Jan 2011

Patent Infringement “R” Us – A New Business Model Condoned by the Federal Circuit

January 27, 2011 Lawrence Husick Patent

The past several years have seen a concerted attack on the patent system, waged by a curious coalition of interests from the information technology industry and foreign governments and corporations. This attack, waged in Law Journals, in the Congress, and in the courts, has whittled away at the value of patents, making it more difficult […]

27Jan 2011

To Hold or Not to Hold

A popular method for protecting and managing intellectual property (“IP”) assets — high valued assets, in particular — is to transfer them to a special company created for the purpose of creating, protecting, licensing, and monitoring, IP. Typically, a corporation may create a subsidiary to hold its IP, which it may license back to the […]

27Jan 2011

PTO “Green Technology” Program Extended

January 27, 2011 Robert Yarbrough Patent

In December, 2009, the PTO implemented a ‘green technology’ program to accelerate review of patent applications relating to several green technologies, including: · development of renewable energy resources, · energy conservation, · greenhouse gas emission reduction and · environmental quality. One of our clients with a green invention opted for accelerated review under the program […]

27Jan 2011

Patent Reform Redux

January 27, 2011 Robert Yarbrough Patent

Every congress for the last six years has seen one or more bills introduced to address patent “reform.” The new 112th Congress is no exception. Senators Leahy (D), Hatch (R), and Grassly (R) have introduced yet another patent reform bill. The bill takes up where the 111th Congress left off. In the past, patent reform […]

Patent

New Opportunity For Patent Applicants.

Guest Editorial – Congress Needs Your Input About the Proposed Patent Law

“America Invents Act” Clears U.S. Senate, On to the House

In Pennsylvania, Attorney-Client Privilege is Now a Two-Way Street

Patent Reform Legislation forwarded to the full U.S. Senate

Federal Courts’ Continued Hostility Toward Complex Patent Issues

Patent Infringement “R” Us – A New Business Model Condoned by the Federal Circuit

To Hold or Not to Hold

PTO “Green Technology” Program Extended

Patent Reform Redux

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