My grandmother used to call this “tough love” and I know it’s not what many of you want to hear but here it goes…. Most of you will lose money filing a patent (i.e. you will spend more money filing a patent than you will ever recover in income from your patent). As someone who […]
How to Patent an idea with a provisional patent application. Do you have a great idea and are worried someone will steal it or beat you to the marketplace? In many cases filing a provisional patent application should be your first step to protect your new invention, even before you tell your idea to friends […]
Introduction to Patent Claims A patent has a lot of sections and text which may look overwhelming at first glance. Patents also have drawings and figures that may show many different parts of an invention or even show some related inventions. How do you know what the inventor actually has protection for with their […]
Patent marking is providing information on a product that describes which patents or applications are applicable to the product. Patentees who make, offer for sale, sell, or import any product covered by the patent should mark the product. After spending time, money, and effort on obtaining patent protection for an invention, patent marking will help […]
We may finally have some good news for software patents. On January 25, 2018 the Federal Circuit provided its decision in Core Wireless Licensing v. LG Electronics on whether the claims of the patents at issue were directed to patent-eligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. §101 (i.e., under the Alice/Mayo framework). The claims were directed to […]
On Valentine’s Day (February 2018) the Subcommittees on Oversight and Research and Technology held a joint hearing to explore the science of blockchain technology and its potential and emerging applications beyond cryptocurrency and financial technology. Entitled Beyond Bitcoin: Emerging Applications for Blockchain Technology, this hearing was hoping that Blockchain technology, also referred to as Distributed […]