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* Patent Planning – Product Improvements
17 Seconds #107. Useful Info Quickly. Product improvements should be considered new inventions. If you file a patent on an invention and later make improvements to the invention, then the improvements...
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* You Should Close The Gaps In Your IP Portfolio
17 Seconds #109. Useful Info Quickly. There are likely gaps in your patent and trademark portfolio. We have written about the basics of patent and trademark law (see links below), but perhaps the most...
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* Patent Hurdle – Novelty And Anticipation
17 Seconds #111. Useful Info Quickly. In order for an invention to be patentable, its elements must be novel. If any “prior art” (patent, patent application, or publication) includes all of your...
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* Patent Prior Art – Duty To Disclose
This Is Our “17 Seconds” Newsletter #114: 17 Seconds = Useful Info Quickly. Both the inventor(s) and their lawyer(s) have an ongoing duty to disclose information to the USPTO that is material to...
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* Please Do Not Read This Newsletter, But If You Do, Then Please Read The...
LawLawLaw #53 – Technology, Law, Baseball, Rock ‘n’ Roll. Startup Stuff Since the last LawLawLaw, the big news in startup world is that exits have declined. So maybe more exits in 2024? Technology...
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* USPTO Unilaterally Enacts $400 ‘Microsoft Tax’ On Patent Applications
This Is Our “17 Seconds” Newsletter #117: 17 Seconds = Useful Info Quickly. I have seen some ill-conceived policies rolled out by the USPTO in my time, but the requirement that patent applications be...
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* Drawing That Explains Whether Your “AI” Product Is Cool
This Is Our “17 Seconds” Newsletter #118: 17 Seconds = Useful Info Quickly. Res ipsa loquitur. In related news, on March 12, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office and United States...
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* Patent Search – Stuff You Cannot Find
This Is Our “17 Seconds” Newsletter #119: 17 Seconds = Useful Info Quickly. A patent search cannot find provisional patent applications (which are not published), design patent applications (which are...
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* Copyrights vs. Patents vs. Trademarks
This Is Our “17 Seconds” Newsletter #123: 17 Seconds = Useful Info Quickly. Generally, your company’s name, product name(s), logo, and tagline can be trademarked; and your company’s product can be...
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* Happy 550th Birthday To The Venetian Patent Statute!
This Is Our “17 Seconds” Newsletter #124: 17 Seconds = Useful Info Quickly. Venice canal circa 2010. Venice was where modern day patent law started – in 1474. (Photo by Hedda Gjerpen, licensed to Erik...
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