How to Protect Your Product with a Design Patent
Can a design patent protect your new product? When compared to utility patents, design patents are often overlooked as an IP asset. It’s true that…
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What is a Notice of Allowance? How do you get a patent application approved?
What is a Notice of Allowance in a patent application? A Notice of Allowance (NOA) is a USPTO document indicating that a patent application has…
Does a patent attorney near me matter?
Does searching for a patent attorney near me make sense? There was a time when the main way to find a patent attorney was to…
Patent Opposition: How to Oppose Patents in the US
Can you file a patent opposition against a US pending application? You may have heard of a trademark opposition as the way to challenge a…
How To Know If A Patent Application Is Good
Do you need a design or utility patent application? At the outset, you will not be able to tell whether your patent application is any…
How to Respond to a Trademark Opposition: Is a registration worth fighting for?
What can you do if your trademark application is opposed? It can be a bit disheartening to receive an opposition to your trademark application. After…
Patent application attorney vs. patent litigation lawyer: What are the differences?
What is a patent application attorney (patent prosecutor) versus a patent litigator? Patent practitioners generally fall under one of two practice areas: 1) patent litigation,…
How to Choose a Trademark Opposition Attorney
What factors matter in choosing a trademark opposition attorney? So your trademark application was approved and on track to a registration. Then it got derailed.…
What is a good utility patent?
What makes a utility patent good? A patent can be both a sword and shield. Defensively, a patent blocks future applicants from patenting the same…
What does a successful patent Office Action response look like?
What makes for a successful patent Office Action response? When it comes to responding to patent rejections, you have essentially two weapons. First, you can…
What is the cost of a PCT patent application?
How much does it cost to file a PCT patent application? The cost of an international PCT patent application will typically consist of attorney’s fees…
Should you sell your patent law practice?
Is retirement from the practice of patent law the best option? It is certainly possible to sell your patent law practice. Perhaps a more fundamental…
Can you file a continuation design patent application?
What is a design patent continuation application? US patent law allows an applicant to file a “child” patent application while the “parent” application is still…
How to Defend an Amazon Seller Patent Case
What are the ways to defend an Amazon neutral patent evaluation? Amazon’s neutral patent evaluation technically offers three ways to defend a utility patent infringement…
What are USPTO trademark sanctions?
What can cause the USPTO to issue trademark sanctions? Imagine investing the time and expense of filing a US trademark application only to have it…
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