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Fish & Richardson Attorneys Named Recipients of the 2020 Patent Pro Bono Achievement Certificate

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The Fish attorneys recognized and their respective programs include: Timothy Riffe – California Inventors Assistance Program. Yao Wang – California Inventors Assistance Program. Craig Deutsch – LegalCORPS’ Inventor Assistance Program. Grace Kim – LegalCORPS’ Inventor Assistance Program. Jacqueline Tio – Georgia PATENTS.

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Build a Consumer Base with Innovation; Protect Sales with Design Patents

IP Watchdog

In 2022 alone, the USPTO received more than 50,000 design patent applications. The Office has seen a 20% growth in design patent applications over the last five years. It is not hard to understand why inventors are seeking design patent protection at previously unseen levels.

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Patent Rights: Assignors Transferring Rights and Infringing on Assigned Patents

LexBlog IP

This particular case can be framed with the following question: Can an assignor 1) transfer their patent rights to an assignee, 2) go on to infringe the assigned patents, and 3) then challenge the validity of the assigned patent as a defense against patent infringement? Exception One: Employment Agreements.

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Patent Eligibility Jurisprudence

Patently-O

Additionally, if you are a patent owner or inventor, please include the number of U.S. and foreign patent applications you have filed; the number of U.S. Please explain what impacts, if any, you have experienced as a result of the current state of patent eligibility jurisprudence in the United States. employment; f.

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USPTO Requests Input on Patent Eligibility from Critical Sectors Impacted by Current Law

The IP Law Blog

When the Federal Circuit has been asked to rehear various cases en banc , the multiple, separate opinions have made it even more clear that the court is rather divided as to the boundaries of what is and what is not patent-eligible. Patent attorneys and inventors are often left to guess whether a particular invention is patent-eligible.

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Fish & Richardson Elevates 15 Attorneys to Principal in Class Distinguished by Diversity of Background and Experience

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With deep expertise in litigation and patent prosecution and counseling, the attorneys represent clients across a range of industries and in various legal venues. As a patent attorney registered to practice before the U.S. April Park assists her clients with all aspects of patent infringement matters before the U.S.

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Texas Patent Litigation Monthly Wrap-Up: September 2022

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Samsung argued that there were potential witnesses from non-party Samsung Research America (“SRA”), three of the five named inventors, prosecution counsel for the patents, and third-party AliphCom in the NDCA. Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC, 2:21-cv-00454 (E.D. September 11, 2022) (Roy Payne). defendant (“Holdings”).