As the year draws to a close, businesses and innovators are planning for 2025, and safeguarding intellectual property (IP) should be at the top of the list. Whether you’re a small business owner, a startup founder, or an established brand, protecting your...
Introduction Understanding patent law is crucial for innovators and inventors seeking to protect their groundbreaking ideas. One aspect that often comes into play is 35 USC 101, the statute governing patent-eligible subject matter. In recent years, the landmark case...
The Supreme Court has decided to take up the enablement requirement in Amgen v. Sanofi. A great deal of what we do as patent attorneys is try to make our client’s patent protection as broad as possible. We get broad protection by drafting the claims of the patent as...
There have been some major Supreme Court Decisions this year and a few more to come. 1. School Prayer – Kennedy v. Bremerton School District The court ruled that the football coach at the high school has a constitutional right to pray at the 50-yard line after...
Future of the Internet The internet has been one of the most revolutionary inventions of our time. It allows us to communicate with each other, buy the items we want and much, much more. At the same time, millions of people are still being defrauded by other people...
Potential clients frequently ask us about the cost of getting a patent. The proportion of the costs attributed to legal fees often surprises them. Patent Office filing fees are as low as $75 for a provisional application and $455 for a nonprovisional application, so...
