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Patent systems around the globe offer a quid pro quo that exchanges limited monopolies for disclosures of inventions. Most patent filings list: (1) the inventor(s); and (2) the applicant. The…

Harrity & Harrity is Seeking a Remote Patent Attorney

February 11, 2021

Harrity & Harrity, LLP is looking for superstar remote or local patent professionals to prepare patent applications for leading global technology companies, including numerous Patent 300® companies. This position is…

Box Score on the New Madison Approach to Antitrust and Patents

February 9, 2021

To those of us who breathe intellectual property and innovation, it sounds so obvious to say that consumers benefit greatly from the dynamic competition inventions and IP bring forth: new…

Federal Circuit Reiterates It Will Not Be Bound by USPTO Eligibility Guidance

February 8, 2021

Earlier today, in cxLoyalty, Inc. v. Maritz Holdings, Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirmed-in-part, reversed-in-part and dismissed-in-part a decision of the U.S. Patent and…

IPO Top 300, 2020: Slight Decreases in Patent Grants Due to Budgets, Not COVID

February 7, 2021

Business, Patent

Last month, the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) issued its 38th annual listing of the Top 300 organizations that have been granted U.S. patents. The 2020 list reflects many of…

Protecting Traditional Chinese Medicine Products in the United States and China

February 6, 2021

Traditional Chinese Medicine, or TCM, is a subset of herbal medicine. TCM patent applications generally fall into four categories. A Compound formula is the predominant type of patent application in…

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, February 5: CAFC Strikes Down PTAB’s ‘Marked Deviation’ From IPR Petition; Fourth Circuit Rules on Appropriate Defense to Lanham Act Claims; and FTC Settles Action Against Zoom

February 5, 2021

This week in Other Barks & Bites: the Federal Circuit vacated a PTAB ruling that invalidated patent claims over prior art on different grounds than those asserted by the petitioner;…

The Biden Administration is at an Innovation Crossroad

February 4, 2021

The new Presidential Administration has hardly settled in before being confronted with a stark choice: will they continue policies that foster public/private sector R&D partnerships or be diverted down a…

PTAB Litigators Wanted for The #1 Ranked IPR Firm

February 4, 2021

Carmichael IP, PLLC, is seeking PTAB litigators for its Tysons, VA, office to handle IPRs including depositions, briefs, motions, and oral hearings. The PTAB litigator positions are an unparalleled opportunity…

Ninth Circuit Gives Guidance on Specification of Trade Secrets Under the Defend Trade Secrets Act

February 2, 2021