USPTO Director Squires’s 2025 policies encourage more use of evidence-based SMEDs to challenge patent rejections, especially ...

Design patents for component parts are an appealing option for many automotive manufacturers. A design patent is a form of intellectual property right that protects “any new, original and ornamental ...

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Greenberg Traurig shares insights about how to choose the right IP strategy when algorithms, and not humans, drive innovation.

Inventions can be extremely valuable, yet it is impossible, and in most cases premature, to apply for a patent the moment it is conceived. For example, time may be required to develop the nascent ...

“The tension between patents and trade dress protection is most evident when the alleged trade dress (or aspects thereof) has been disclosed in a utility patent.” Patents and trademarks protect ...

When reality television and entrepreneurship intertwine, shows like ‘Shark Tank’ and the UK’s equivalent ‘Dragons’ Den’ come to mind. Both programs involve aspiring entrepreneurs pitching (hopefully) ...

This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we will explore the age-old question about whether it is best to keep an innovation as a trade secret or if it makes sense to seek patent protection. And while this ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Jan. 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NewMediaWire – BOTS, Inc. (BTZI)("The Company"), a developer of a suite of advanced robotic automation and AI driven manufacturing ...

Issuance of a new patent strengthens Nutriband's intellectual property protection for its AVERSA™ transdermal abuse deterrent technology in the United States. The technology potentially addresses ...