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2013.11.22: How do you respond to a copyright takedown notice?
2013.09.25: How Not to Use the "No Motivation" and "Teaching Away" Arguments When Responding to a 35 U.S.C. 103 Rejection
2013.09.10: Responding to a 35 U.S.C 103 Obviousness Rejection Like Ric Flair
2013.09.09: How long does it take to get a U.S. Patent? (not long ... anymore)
2013.03.01: Presenting at the 11th International Litigation and Arbitration Conference
2013.02.26: Microsoft Sues Robocast for Infringement of Software Patent
2013.02.22: How to Beat an Obviousness Rejection at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
2013.02.15: The Board Chimes in on Broadest Reasonable Interpretation and Obviousness Arguments
2013.02.14: Attacking References Individually: Obviousness Rejection Upheld by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
2012.10.08: Deadlines for Responding to Final Refusals to Register a Trademark
2012.09.26: New USPTO Forms - After Sept. 16, 2012
2012.09.21: Tools for Fighting a 102 Anticipation Rejection
2012.09.17: How to use the "teaches away" argument against a 103 obviousness rejection
2012.09.13: What does the Board of Patent Appeals think of Wikipedia definitions?
2012.09.05: Software Patents: How to Lose an Obviousness Argument
2012.04.10: The High Tech Patent Wars Continue...
2012.04.03: High Tech Bullying or Legitimate Enforcement?
2012.03.27: Research In Motion (RIM) and the Art of Valuing Patents
2012.03.19: Pop Quiz: What is the evidentiary standard at the USPTO?
2012.03.15: Quick Post: Board of Patent Appeals Can Issue a New Grounds for Rejection on Appeal
2012.02.09: Quick Post: Board of Patent Appeals Chimes In on "Well-Known Prior Art"
2012.02.02: Come See Me Speak Today at ITEXPO in Miami
2012.01.31: Polaroid: A Trademark's Life After Banktupcy(ies)
2012.01.23: Would you have appealed this 101 Rejection?
2012.01.20: Quick Post: Board Finds Appellant Must Argue That Examiner Erred
2012.01.13: Board of Patent Appeals Reverses Examiner's Inherency Finding
2012.01.02: The Value of Trademarks as Personal Brands
2011.12.05: Quick Post: Board Reverses Examiner's Rejection in Two Sentences
2011.12.01: Board of Patent Appeals Decides Broadest Reasonable Interpretation of Term "On"
2011.11.28: Propofol and the Economy
2011.11.21: Board of Patent Appeals Decides on Obviousness of Dosages
2011.11.08: Board of Patent Appeals Rules on Res Judicata Rejection
2011.11.04: Mugshot Sites May Violate Florida's Right of Publicity
2011.11.03: Patents are the Heart of Many Companies - Eastman Kodak Case Study
2011.11.03: Board of Patent Appeals Rejects "No Motivation to Combine" Argument Once More
2011.11.02: The Famous Pfizer Viagra Patent
2011.11.02: The Famous Coca Cola Trademark
2011.04.15: Common Patent Prosecution Mishap: Failing to Address a 35 U.S.C. 112 Rejection
2011.04.14: Stay Away From the Non-Analogous Art Argument
2011.04.12: The Most Effective Way of Reversing a 103 Obviousness Type Rejection
2011.04.07: Board of Patent Appeals: The Problem with Using Functional Language in Claims
2011.04.06: How to Reverse an Examiner's "Inherency" Conclusion at the Board of Patent Appeals
2011.04.06: Another Losing Non-Obviousness Argument at the Board of Patent Appeals
2011.04.05: Non-Obviousness Arguments That Don't Work at the Board of Patent Appeals
2011.04.04: What is the Burden of Proof when practicing before the Board of Patent Appeals?
2011.03.28: A Hidden Structural Limitation in Apparatus Claims
2011.03.25: The 35 USC 112, First Paragraph, Rejection
2011.03.25: How NOT to Write a 1.132 Affidavit
2011.02.28: The Board of Patent Appeals Weighs In On Product-By-Process Claims
2011.02.14: Board of Patent Appeals Rules on "Intended Use" Argument in 102 Rejection
2011.02.07: Novel Arguments That Don't Work Against a 103 Rejection
2011.02.02: Using the "Inoperable" Argument to Reverse an Examiner's 103 Rejection
2011.01.17: When does the Patent Practitioner carry the burden of proof?
2010.12.30: Update on the Aftermath of In re Bose and Fraud on the Trademark Office
2010.12.29: Can Filing a Patent Infringement Suit Hurt You in a Re-Exam?
2010.12.27: How to lose your "ordinary dictionary meaning" argument at the Board of Patent Appeals
2010.12.20: Are terms of "degree" indefinite claim language under 35 U.S.C. 112?
2010.12.15: Can you get attorneys fees in a Trademark Infringement suit under the Lanham Act?
2010.12.06: The Importance of Precise Claim Drafting
2010.11.29: Can You Get Punitive Damages for Trademark Infringement?
2010.11.25: Is the Registrant's Financial Data Relevant to Damages in a Trademark Infringement Case?
2010.11.24: Similarity in Advertising and the Trademark Infringement Analysis
2010.11.23: How to Reverse a 103 Obviousness Rejection in a Design Patent Case
2010.10.08: USPTO Commissioner Bob Stoll and Me
2010.10.06: Reciting Ranges in Chemical Patent Applications and the 112 Rejection
2010.10.05: TTAB Finds No Fraud on the USPTO in Burrito Case
2010.09.30: Federal Circuit: You Are Not A Person of Ordinary Skill in the Art
2010.09.27: Undue Experimentation Rejection Reversed in Biotech Patent Appeal
2010.09.22: Already-Existing Characteristic in Prior Art Composition is Obvious under 35 U.S.C. 103
2010.09.08: Groupon Sues Scoopon for Trademark Infringement
2010.09.06: Federal Circuit Issues Decision on Patent Prosecution History Estoppel
2010.08.25: BPAI Reverses Patent Examiner For Hindsight Reconstruction
2010.08.23: TTAB Hears the Manufacturer-Importer Trademark Issue ... Again
2010.08.21: Foursquare Encounters Problems with Trademark Prosecution
2010.08.20: TTAB Decides: "Heavy Burden" in Proving Fraud on USPTO
2010.08.19: Board of Patent Appeals Cites Commercial Success in Ex Parte Buttercup case
2010.08.16: Board of Patent Appeals Reverses 103(a) Obviousness Rejection
2010.07.15: Coca Cola Copyright Infringement Suit in Miami Concluded
2010.07.07: Board of Patent Appeals Issues Key Claim Construction Decision
2010.03.30: Enablement Rejections of the Patent Office Can Be Rebutted Using Affidavits
2010.03.29: The Term GREEN Deemed Descriptive by U.S. Trademark Office
2010.03.22: Rebutting a presumption of abandonment of a trademark due to "non-use"
2010.03.18: "Attorney Arguments" Not Accepted as Evidence When Evaluating a §102(e) Anticipation Patent Rejection
2010.03.16: U.S. Patent Office Reverses Rejection of Key Macrovision Invention
2010.03.15: U.S. Trademark Office Considers Marks "In Their Entirety" (For the Most Part)
2010.03.10: Patent Examiners Must Provide "Evidence" When Asserting Obviousness
2010.03.09: Board of Patent Appeals Rejects 14th Amendment Argument
2010.03.08: Anatomy of a 35 U.S.C. § 101 Non Statutory Subject Matter Rejection Under Bilski
2010.03.06: The Limitations of the Broadest Reasonable Interpretation: Board Of Patent Appeals Rules on the Issue
2010.03.05: Today: U.S. Patent Office Reverses §35 U.S.C. 101 Non-Statutory Subject Matter Rejection under Bilski
2010.03.02: U.S. Copyright Protection for Architectural Works and Constructed Buildings
2010.03.01: Board of Patent Appeals Reverses Rejection of Key Verizon Invention
2010.02.26: The Standing Requirement in Cancellation Proceedings before the U.S. Trademark Office
2010.02.25: Abandonment-Based Trademark Cancellation Proceedings At the U.S. Trademark Office
2010.02.24: What are the Legal Implications of a §44(e) Foreign-Based U.S. Trademark Registration?
2010.02.23: Amending Patent Claims After Allowance Under 37 CFR §1.312
2010.02.18: Board of Patent Appeals Rejects Key SONY Invention under 35 U.S.C. 112, 1st Para.
2010.02.15: How to Reverse a 35 U.S.C. 112, 1st Para., Rejection on Appeal
2010.02.11: Board of Patent Appeals Says It's a Not-So-New Benefit of an Old Process
2010.02.10: When Can a Patent-Related Letter Spawn a Declaratory Judgment Action?
2010.02.09: Photographer Sued Over Photo of Statue: Copyright Infringement?
2010.02.08: Board of Patent Appeals Decides on Issues of Hindsight and Design Choice
2010.02.06: Yet Another Victory at Patent Office for Arm Ltd.
2010.02.04: Patent Office Rejects Key HP Invention on Appeal
2010.02.01: Board of Patent Appeals Reverses Examiner on Reasons for Combining
2010.01.29: Victory at U.S. Patent Office for ARM Ltd. Microprocessor Patent
2010.01.28: Nautica Successfully Opposes GET NAUTI Trademark
2010.01.25: Datacard Corporation Patent Survives Reexamination
2010.01.21: Daimler-Chrysler Suffers Setback in Fight for Old "AMC" Trademark
2010.01.19: Patent Office Reverses Rejection of Guidant Heart Stent
2010.01.15: Trademark Office Reverses Itself on Surname Registration
2010.01.13: Kodak and Samsung Settle Patent Infringement Dispute
2010.01.12: Federal Circuit Affirms Patent Term Adjustment for Alzheimer's Drug Patent
2010.01.11: International Trade Commission: Mitsubishi Doesn't Infringe GE Turbine Patent
2010.01.09: Board of Patent Appeals Decides Volkswagen Invention is Patentable
2010.01.08: Board of Patent Appeals Rejects Dow Chemical's Patent Application
2010.01.07: Trademark Office Decides Cigar's Name is Descriptive
2010.01.06: Google's Nexus One Phone Runs Into Trademark Problem
2010.01.05: U.S. Patent Database Reveals Apple's Plans
2010.01.04: Nokia One-Ups Apple in Bitter Patent Infringement Fight
2010.01.03: Key Search Engine Patent Awarded to Microsoft
2010.01.02: Patent Infringement Update: ITC Decides to Investigate Sharp and RIM
2010.01.01: Board of Patent Appeals Decision on Optimization of Ranges
2009.12.31: Are Your Patent Claims Obvious? - Board of Patent Appeals Issues Obviousness Decision
2009.12.30: Patent Infringment Update: Federal Circuit Bans Sale of Microsoft Word

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