Mechanical Technologies

Design applications may be a cost effective way to protect a commercialized product from competitors, or supplement other coverage of a utility application. In commercialized products, the design and ...

Many questions have been raised about the patentability of software in the wake of the Alice Corp. decision by the Supreme Court. While the precise scope of the new approach on abstract ideas is being...

This article is part of Wolf Greenfield's design patents page. To learn more about design patents, click here. The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was tasked with determining whether a design...

(as published by IPWatchdog) “Many startups make the mistake of ignoring the value of non-patent intellectual property…. A company’s brand can be immensely valuable in the marketplace.”

(as published by DesignNews) At the core of every patent application are its inventors. For both large and small companies, differing opinions on input into the invention and internal politics frequen...

(as published here by Startup Nation) Startups thrive on innovation and disruption, finding new ways to tackle challenges and devise solutions. However, many new businesses don’t have a strong underst...

(as published by DesignNews) When considering intellectual property protection, businesses often overlook the value of design patents and trade dress rights. Products may have ornamentation and/or vis...

(as published by business.com) In most situations, a patent is the only way to deter a competitor from taking and using a company’s innovations. However, there are many aspects of patent law that are ...

(As published in IP Watchdog) Inventions that are worth protecting are at the core of almost every new technology startup. For a newly formed company, it can be daunting to evaluate the amount of time...

The Federal Circuit recently held in In Re Maatita that a single plan-view drawing in a design patent application for a shoe bottom sufficiently enabled the claimed design, and the lack of additional ...