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Patenting Software and Beyond: A Guide to Understanding Alice and its Impact
One of the biggest challenges for tech companies today is adapting their patent strategy to recent changes in the law.
13 Oct 2019
MICHAEL HENRY TO PRESENT ON QUANTUM COMPUTING AND BLOCKCHAIN
Emerging technologies such as quantum computing and blockchain technology are increasingly impacting IP lawyers’ work across diverse practice areas, from…
30 Sep 2019
WHAT HAPPENS DURING THE IP DUE DILIGENCE PROCESS?
This is the second in a four-part blog series that examines the IP due diligence process for tech startups and…
12 Sep 2019
IP DUE DILIGENCE: AN INTRO FOR TECH STARTUPS
This is the first in a four-part blog series that examines the IP due diligence process for tech startups and…
17 Jul 2019
HOW TO AVOID APPLICANT ADMITTED PRIOR ART IN YOUR PATENT APPLICATIONS
When drafting their patent applications, inventors often want to be very gratuitous in explaining what others before them have developed. …
12 Jul 2019
HOW MANY CLAIMS SHOULD MY PATENT HAVE?
Inventors often wonder whether the number of claims can affect the overall strength and value of their patent. In a…
10 May 2019
BLOCKCHAIN AND CRYPTOCURRENCY: AN OVERVIEW OF THE PATENT LANDSCAPE
The bitcoin bubble may have burst (though it’s predicted to be making a less splashy comebackthis year), but blockchain —…
2 May 2019
VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY: AN OVERVIEW OF THE PATENT LANDSCAPE
Many early virtual reality devices simply didn’t live up to the hype. Highly-anticipated products like Google Glass and Facebook’s Oculus have quietly…
25 Apr 2019
CRAFTING AN EFFECTIVE PATENT STRATEGY: HOW SQUARE BUILT ITS PATENT PORTFOLIO
In this blog series, we’re examining how successful startups have approached the patent process, and how those strategies dovetail with…
18 Apr 2019
CRAFTING AN EFFECTIVE PATENT STRATEGY: HOW DROPBOX BUILT ITS PORTFOLIO
In this blog series, we’re examining how successful startups have approached the patent process, and how those strategies dovetail with…
5 Apr 2019
LIDAR: AN OVERVIEW OF THE PATENT LANDSCAPE
You may have noticed in recent headlines: Bloomberg recently reported that Waymo (owned by Alphabet, the parent company…
15 Mar 2019
CRAFTING AN EFFECTIVE PATENT STRATEGY: HOW FITBIT BUILT ITS PORTFOLIO
We’re starting a blog series that examines how successful startups have approached the patent process, and how those strategies dovetail…
28 Feb 2019
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: AN OVERVIEW OF THE PATENT LANDSCAPE
Last year, we listed artificial intelligence (AI) as one of today’s most-hyped emerging technologies, with good reason:…