What Is a Design Patent? A design patent covers only the ornamental design of an object of manufacture. This means…
Up until recently, software patents accounted for about half of all patents issued by the United States Patent and Trademark…
Protecting Software Using Patent And Trade Secret Law Traditional legal strategies have pitted trade secret law and patent law against…
35 USC §101 Rejections Since the U.S. Supreme Court decided Alice v. CLS Bank in 2014 there has been a…
In this article, we are continuing the discussion of a legal strategy to protect software that involves segmenting software into…
In a previous article, we discussed a legal strategy for protecting software that involved segmenting software into three tiers and…
Although the protection strategy has changed, the answer is yes. Until recently, software patents accounted for about half of all…
In the day following Michelle Lee's resignation as Director of the USPTO, Joseph Matal was announced as Acting Director.
You have a great idea and you are ready to take the next step and have a prototype built. This…