Insights
USPTO: Pilot Program Reduced Gender Disparity in Patents
February 3rd, 2023
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced that a pilot program has helped reduce gender disparity in patent applications granted. According to Yale Insights, researchers found that women inventors are less likely to have their patent a…
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Categories: Patents
The Pandemic and the Renaissance of Cybersecurity
January 30th, 2023
Keeping information secure is a top priority for most organizations, but the sudden shift to remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic has made it more difficult to prevent information leaks and cybersecurity threats. Cybercriminals are always looking…
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Categories: Copyright
How Not to Lose Your Trademark
January 27th, 2023
People sometimes believe that once they file to register their trademark it’s theirs forever, whether they use it or not. But that’s not how it works. As the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) explains, you must specify the reason why you’r…
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Categories: Trademarks
Do website terms trump copyright law?
January 24th, 2023
The US Supreme Court may need to decide whether the US Copyright Act preempts breach of contract claims arising from website terms of services. In a pending petition for a writ of certiorari, the question presented is Does the Copyright Act’s preem…
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Categories: Copyright
Protecting Trademarks and Brands in the Metaverse
January 19th, 2023
What’s the metaverse, and why is it important to brand and trademark owners? According to Wired, Broadly speaking, the technologies companies refer to when they talk about “the metaverse” can include virtual reality—characterized by persisten…
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Categories: Patents
How to License Your Patent
January 13th, 2023
Many – perhaps most — inventors don’t make the things they invent. Instead, they try to earn money from their inventions by licensing their patents to others. Some companies make money from licensing patents without inventing anything at al…
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Categories: Patents
Unified Patent Court Coming in 2023
January 9th, 2023
Back in 2021, we wrote about how a Unitary EU Patent and EU Patent Court (UPC) might finally come into existence in 2022. According to the European Patent Office (EPO), the new system will offer users of the patent system a “cost-effective option f…
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Categories: Patents
Federal Circuit: Remote Workers Support Patent Venue
January 5th, 2023
The Federal Circuit has denied a petition for a writ of mandamus seeking to direct the district court to dismiss or transfer the underlying case based on improper venue, finding that remote workers living in the district can satisfy the venue statute…
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Categories: Patents
Funding for Small Business Innovation Extended
January 4th, 2023
On September 30, 2022, President Biden signed into law the SBIR and STTR Extension Act of 2022, just one day before the funding authorization for these programs was set to expire. As the press release notes, S. 4900 reauthorizes the Small Business In…
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Categories: Patents
Supreme Court Grants Cert in Two IP Cases
December 30th, 2022
The US Supreme Court has recently granted petitions for certiorari in two intellectual property (IP) cases. A writ of certiorari is a request that a lower court send a record of a case for review by the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court is asked to re…
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Categories: Avoiding IP Litigation
