Patent Office Actions

Patent Office Actions

When pursuing patent protection for your innovation, encountering Patent Office Actions rejections under 35 U.S.C. §102 (anticipation) and §103 (obviousness) is a common challenge. These rejections are the primary substantive hurdles in the patent examination process,...
Patent Trolls

Patent Trolls

This was written back in 2017, but I wanted to resurrect the article to see what has become of patent trolls and where are they now going? Back in 2017 I wrote “A unanimous Supreme Court ruling delivered Monday, May 23, 2017 closed a loophole against patent trolls...
Trademark – Cannabis, Hemp and the Farm Bill

Trademark – Cannabis, Hemp and the Farm Bill

Trademarks – Cannabis, Hemp and the Farm bill. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued Examination Guide 1-19: Examination of Marks for Cannabis and Cannabis-Related Goods and Services After Enactment of the 2018 Farm Bill. The guide provided...