Silicon Valley and San Francisco Bay Area
Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area have a worldwide reputation for innovation. But is there any subjective evidence for this? … Read more
Stephen E. Zweig, PhD JD, Patent Attorney
Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area have a worldwide reputation for innovation. But is there any subjective evidence for this? … Read more
By American standards, European patent oppositions lack legal protections. By contrast, US PTAB patent trials don’t allow last minute “Chewbacca defenses”.
Do a prior art search before filing a patent. Anything that was sold or published more than a year ago, including your own work, can be used against you.
Want to see what an examiner might find? Try the USPTO Patent Public Search Tool. US patent examiners are a skeptical lot. … Read more
Unjustified USPTO “Alice” rejections of patent applications are starting to hurt the economy.
One problem with “Alice” type patent rejections is that many judges use “Alice” patent invalidation as a quick and easy way to reduce their crowded dockets.