Patent Baristas

In Great Patents: Advanced Strategies For Innovative Growth Companies, Editor David Orange provides a collection of topics set out by experienced industry insiders. Great Patents is billed as a book on patent strategy that bridges the gap between primers, intended for those with minimal patent knowledge, and advanced books, serving practicing legal professionals.  Divided into […]

Author and inventor John D. Smith doesn’t want you to file a patent application.  Smith, author of the book “Don’t File a Patent!” book (232 pp.) writes: “The patent process is an illusion of protection that takes inventors’ hard earned money and gives them nothing in return.” So, why would I write about NOT filing […]

To me, it’s a good idea to always carry two sacks of something when you walk around. That way, if anybody says, “Hey, can you give me a hand?” You can say, “Sorry, got these sacks.”  ~Jack Handey Chief Judge Rader, joined by Circuit Judge Newman, offered their own deep thoughts in a concurring opinion […]

clo·ture.  noun /ˈklōCHÉ™r/  (in a legislative assembly) A procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote; a cloture motion. (*update: The Senate voted 93-5 to end debate on a motion to proceed with the bill, limiting debate to 30 hours.)  The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, H.R. 1249 passed the House in June by 304-117, […]

In the never-ending battle for truth, justice and invalidating methods on natural phenomenon, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has once again taken up the burden to review the case of Classen Immunotherapies, Inc. v. Biogen IDEC (06-1634, -1649), after the Supreme Court vacated the CAFC’s earlier decision in view of the […]

Mashable has an infographic on the recent patent wars.  Winding its way from the early conceptions of patent rights to trends in patent filings and ending with recent patent tiffs involving tech companies like Apple, Microsoft and Samsung. Google executives said that a major reason they were willing to pay $12.5 billion for Motorola Mobility […]

This is the second of a series of articles on IP and Antitrust issues.  This article deals with the need for licensing of intellectual property, licensing in the past and present and the antitrust concerns associated with it. Possession of intellectual property is just one step in a chain of production and manufacturing. Once the […]

  There’s more reaction to the passage of The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, H.R. 1249, by the House of Representatives. The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) came out in support of the bill.  President and CEO Jim Greenwood said: “The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act will bring our patent system into the 21st century.  The improvements made […]