In this ‘Intellectual Property Application Series,’ I’ll be discussing state registered service marks and the proper way to use the mark, in order to maintain the legal rights state registration...
Apple Sliced Up in the U.S. Court System
The Obama administration’s America Invents Act of 2011 was supposed to improve the U.S. patent system and reduce patent litigation.[1] A decade later Apple Inc., one of the original proponents...
“Discretionary” Institution Of Inter Partes Review Petitions Will Almost Always Be Granted by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
“Discretionary” is beginning to mean “nearly always” in the world of Inter Partes Reviews (IPR). See, e.g., Is the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board Still a Patent “Death Squ...
Jeremy Stipkala Speaks at Upcoming Free Webinars
Thrive IP® patent attorney Jeremy M. Stipkala will speak about patents and trade secret protection at the Intellectual Property Webinar Series on January 19, 2021. Dr. Stipkala will speak again...