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New Developments in Korean Patent Law

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Navigating Korean Patent Law Changes: Accelerated Examination, PTEs, and Court Decisions @media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-642e0f5b9c76d4054{display: Maximizing Patent Term Extension(PTEs) Korea’s patent term extension (PTE) is flexible in enabling the potential for multiple extensions.

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

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For example, in Alice, the court stated “[t]he ‘abstract ideas’ category embodies the longstanding rule that an idea of itself is not patentable.” The Supreme Court further recognized that “laws of nature, natural phenomena, and abstract ideas” are not patent-eligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. intellectual property.

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Fish Attorneys Named Finalists for San Diego Business Journal “Leaders in Law” Award

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

as finalists for the publication’s 2021 “Leaders in Law” award. Michael Amon has devoted his career to helping clients resolve their highest-stakes patent infringement disputes. Culhane is a key advisor on patent prosecution, due diligence and patentability, and freedom-to-operate matters.

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Patent application attorney vs. patent litigation lawyer: What are the differences?

Patent Trademark Blog

What is a patent application attorney (patent prosecutor) versus a patent litigator? Patent practitioners generally fall under one of two practice areas: 1) patent litigation, or 2) patent prosecution. Are patent litigators required to be registered to practice before the USPTO?

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Playing From The Rough: Kirkland Signature™ Irons and The Doctrine of Equivelents

Patently-O

Jordan is a third-year law student at the University of Missouri and a registered patent agent. Before law school, he was a greenskeeper at a local golf course. Additionally, amendments made during patent prosecution to narrow claims can estop or preclude arguments for equivalence. Guest Post by Jordan Duenckel.

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Plagiarism Police come for Winston & Strawn

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Hsuanyeh Law Group v. 2024) A recent copyright infringement lawsuit filed by small Boston intellectual property boutique Hsuanyeh Law Group PC (HLG) against international giant Winston & Strawn LLP focuses a dividing line that can highlight when copying the work of another firm is permissible. 2013 WL 6242843, at *1 (N.D.

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Fish & Richardson Elevates 17 Attorneys to Principal 

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Newly promoted principals for 2022 are: Michael Ballanco focuses his practice on all aspects of patent infringement matters at the trial and appellate level. magna cum laude , from George Mason University School of Law in 2014 and his B.S., from Santa Clara University School of Law in 2013, his Ph.D. He received his J.D.,