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Articles
Notes on patents, trademarks and copyright for our clients.
2025
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Strong Branding
Why using your trademark exactly as registered builds recognition, trust and stronger legal protection.
2023
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Is Coronavirus Patentable?
Human-made viruses can be patented; naturally occurring DNA cannot. The wording of the claim makes the difference.
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Requirement for Patent Filing Date in the United States
What a U.S. patent application must include to receive a filing date.
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AI Generated Art Not Copyrightable
In the “A Recent Entrance to Paradise” case, the Copyright Review Board confirmed that copyright requires a human author.
2022
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Patent Marking
What the law requires when you mark a product as patented, and how marking affects damages.
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Foreign Priority Under the Paris Convention
How a first filing in one country lets you file in other treaty countries within 12 months (6 for designs) and keep the earlier date.
2020
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Preserving Absolute Novelty Via Attorney Client Privilege
Before filing, keep your invention secret. Discussing it with a patent attorney is privileged and does not count as a disclosure.
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Reexamination
The USPTO sometimes grants patents that should not have issued. Reexamination lets anyone challenge them.
2019
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Strengthen the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in China
A summary of China’s guideline on strengthening intellectual property protection.
2018
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No More Business Method Patents
After Bilski v. Kappos, abstract business methods are not patentable. How the USPTO now tests subject-matter eligibility.
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United States is a first to file country
The U.S. was a first-to-invent country for centuries. Under first-to-file, waiting to file can cost you your rights.