Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 22, 2022

How can an Amazon seller benefit from design patents? Those who tend to ignore IP are the ones caught off guard when, for example, a patent owner blocks them from selling a competing product on Amazon. If you are an Amazon seller, design patents must be considered – either offensively or defensively.

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Patent Trademark Blog

APRIL 26, 2022

Can filing a design patent protect you from infringement? Patent professionals, including myself, constantly stress that a patent does not protect its owner from infringement. Anyone who has read my posts on the differences between patentability and infringement will understand this long-standing principle.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 17, 2022

What is a freedom to operate opinion, and why is it important? A freedom to operate opinion (FTO) is a legal opinion from a qualified intellectual property attorney that concludes a proposed commercial product or process may be made, used, sold, or offered for sale without infringing another party’s intellectual property rights.

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Patent Trademark Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Making a decision about filing a patent can be a daunting task. Will you even be able to get a patent? If so, will patents help? Let’s walk through a few preliminary questions about filing a patent that will hopefully reduce uncertainty and bring you closer to a decision. Patents are time-sensitive.

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