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April 12th, 2019Who is an Inventor on a Patent Application? Not just any Tom, Dick, or Harry…From time to time, when exploring the question of inventorship with a client, I’ve been told things along the lines…Read More

March 26th, 2019Get a Patentability Search Before Filing Your Patent ApplicationYou are going on a 2-year trip, and it’s going to cost you about $20,000. If you don’t know what…Read More

March 26th, 2019DATA PRIVACY: Responding to Law-Enforcement RequestsOver the last handful of years, data/information privacy has become a mainstream, hot-button topic. Most of the time, data privacy…Read More

March 6th, 2019GO SPEED RACER GO! Winning Strategies for Getting that Patent Issued – SPEEDILY.The length of the patent examination process (generally 2-4 years) tends to frustrate inventors and large companies alike.  Occasionally, the…Read More

February 28th, 2019Now May Not be the Best Time to Enforce Your Diagnostic Method PatentAthena Diagnostics, Inc. v. Mayo Collaborative Services, LLC (Fed. Cir. 2019). In the wake of the Federal Circuit’s decision to…Read More

February 20th, 2019Workman Nydegger IP Attorney, J. Dustin Howell discusses insights into patents, trademarks and intellectual property on the Live Create Launch Podcast.[embed width="450"]https://lassonde.utah.edu/live-create-launch-podcast-dustin-howell-ip-attorney-workman-nydegger/[/embed]Read More

February 11th, 2019THINKING ABOUT MARKUSH-TYPE CLAIM STRUCTURE – AGAINI wrote about this same general subject nearly 2 years ago[1], but believe it is worth repeating, as I still…Read More

February 4th, 2019Supreme Court in Helsinn: Secret Sales Can Qualify as Prior Art Under the AIAPrior to the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA), 35 U.S.C. §102 entitled a person to a patent unless, among other…Read More

November 19th, 2018Ancora Tech. v. HTC – Yet Another Federal Circuit Decision Finding A Computer-Based Invention Patent Eligible Under Alice/Mayo Step OneOn November 16, 2018 the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) decided Ancora Technologies, Inc. v.…Read More

November 7th, 2018Is Uncle Sam a Person?People are persons. Corporations are persons. But, is the government a person? This is the question that is going to…Read More

October 22nd, 2018Online Arbitrage: Why Amazon Orders Sometimes Come from WalmartHave you ever ordered something from Amazon and received your order in a box shipped from Walmart? If so, you’re…Read More

September 18th, 2018Want to Protect Your Idea? Three Things to Consider Early OnA patent is a powerful tool that can give you an advantage over your competitors. Patent rights enable you to…Read More

September 4th, 2018The Federal Circuit Sets New Traps for the Unwary IPR PetitionerThe Federal Circuit recently decided Click-To-Call Technologies, LP v. Ingenio, Inc., Yellopages.com, LLC, (Fed. Cir. Aug. 16, 2018), in which…Read More

August 23rd, 2018Overriding Patents – The Naloxone DilemmaWith no end in sight to the ongoing, and widening, opioid epidemic in the United States, politicians, public health officials,…Read More

August 14th, 2018Follow these Simple Guidelines to Strengthen your Trademark RightsIn this day and age of heightened brand awareness, here are some basic principles to consider to help establish and…Read More