by Scott Brient | Jan 8, 2025 | Licensing and Strategic Advice, Patents
After a company’s patent application is allowed, it is important for the company to consider whether to file any follow-on continuation or divisional patent applications (which are known collectively as “continuing” patent applications). Filing a continuing patent...
by Scott Brient | Oct 8, 2024 | Licensing and Strategic Advice, Patents
Is Your Patent Application Stuck in the Patent Office? Consider Using the Patent Office’s Ombudsman Program To Get it Back On Track Those who have regularly sought patent protection through the U.S. Patent Office will have likely realized that the patent review...
by Scott Brient | Oct 1, 2024 | Licensing and Strategic Advice, Patents
Over the past several years, design patents have become much more popular than they previously were. This is at least partially because they have proven to be effective in large-scale litigations such as the famous Apple v. Samsung patent infringement cases, where...
by Jennifer Fairbairn-Deal | Feb 29, 2024 | Licensing and Strategic Advice, Trademarks
Trade Dress Basics ❔What is trade dress: Trade dress is a product or service’s overall commercial image (or the “look and feel” of the product or service or its packaging). It can include the design or configuration of a product or the packaging of products. It can...
by Jennifer Fairbairn-Deal | Feb 7, 2024 | Licensing and Strategic Advice, Trademarks
The Pitfalls of DIY Trademark Registration: Why You Need a Trademark Attorney to Help Register Your Mark It seems appealing to handle your trademark registration on your own. It’s just some simple paperwork, right? And it’s cheaper, right? In reality, the application...
by Jennifer Fairbairn-Deal | Feb 2, 2024 | Licensing and Strategic Advice
In a recent precedential decision from a cancellation proceeding before the Trademark Trial & Appeal Board, the Board found that de minimis sales of amplifiers by the Respondent over the past six years in connection with the registered mark at issue constituted...
