Is Your IP Pacing Your Innovation?
As your company grows, expands, and develops new technology, it is critical to evaluate your intellectual property strategy. What may have worked during the early stages or for your initial technology...
Articles
Bayh-Dole Compliance Under Scrutiny: HHS Adopts Aggressive Enforcement Stance
The Trump administration recently announced that it will begin investigating compliance with the Bayh-Dole Act, signaling it may invoke march-in rights or more dramatic request for title of patents re...
Strategic Uses and Considerations for Reissue Applications (Part 3 of 3)
Reissue applications represent a very small fraction of the total number of applications filed at the USPTO each year. Indeed, at the midpoint of 2025, over 1.2 million utility applications have been ...
Strategic Uses and Considerations for Reissue Applications (Part 2 of 3)
Reissue applications represent a very small fraction of the total number of applications filed at the USPTO each year. Indeed, at the midpoint of 2025, over 1.2 million utility applications have been ...
Strategic Uses and Considerations for Reissue Applications (Part 1 of 3)
Reissue applications represent a very small fraction of the total number of applications filed at the USPTO each year. Indeed, at the midpoint of 2025, over 1.2 million utility applications have been ...
Don’t Let Your IP Walk Out the Door
A column authored by Jason Balich titled “Don’t Let Your IP Walk Out the Door” was published in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ Chemical Engineering Progress (CEP) Magazine. In this arti...
A Midyear Tuneup For Your Trade Secret Portfolio
(as published by Law360) As we find ourselves halfway through 2025, now is a perfect time to thoroughly evaluate your company’s trade secret portfolio, and to reassess how your company protects confid...
Dangerous Curves Ahead: Evolving Landscape of Patent Eligibility After Contour IP Holding
(as published in IPWatchdog) While the Alice v. CLS Bank decision has been with us for over 10 years, subject matter eligibility case law still seems to defy predictability. The recent Contour IP Hold...
Practical Guide to Claiming Small Molecules with Functional Language
Patent claims reciting compounds where at least one group of a compound genus is defined by its function are common. For example, familiar claim terms such as “chelating moiety,” “linker,” and “bindin...
Turning Foreign-Filed Patent Applications into Strong US Patents: Key Strategies and Considerations
An article by Lin Li and Matthew Grady titled “Turning Foreign-Filed Patent Applications into Strong US Patents: Key Strategies and Considerations” was published in Intellectual Property & Technol...
Diversifying Your IP Strategy: Key Tactics for a Well-Rounded Portfolio
In today’s competitive and innovation-driven economy, protecting intellectual property (IP) is no longer just about securing utility patents. A well-rounded IP strategy that incorporates multiple form...
Build an Effective IP Strategy in Photonics
An article authored by Michele Moresco titled “Build an Effective IP Strategy in Photonics” was published in Laser Focus World. Photonics is rapidly transforming from a primarily academic discipline i...