In Intellectual Property News – January 2017

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In Intellectual Property News – January 2017

The world of intellectual property can be alternately straightforward or complex, entertaining or laborious. Here is a round up of a little bit of all of the above for the months of December 2016/January 2017. Enjoy! Have questions? Reach out: barbara@thinkalexanderlegal.com or 404-900-6881.

Question: What do a dance-rock band and an NFL team have in common? 

Answer: A shared opinion that a portion of a 60-plus-year old trademark statute is unconstitutional. The Washington Redskins have been fighting their own legal battle with ...

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Protecting Potential Patent Rights

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Protecting Potential Patent Rights

Protecting Potential Patent Rights

Startups are typically heady with patent potential, whether real or imagined. It is important to keep in mind some best practices for protecting potential patent rights.

1. Audit your Intellectual Property. Develop of system to organize a keep track of your potentially patentable inventions.  Schedule “harvest” sessions with a patent attorney to identify potential patentable inventions. These sessions are a relatively inexpensive way to develop a patent strategy that makes sense for your startup.

2. Be careful with public and ...

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“Anything Under the Sun that is Made by Man”

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​What you need. What we know.™ – Patents: Non-Patentable Subject Matter

“Anything under the sun that is made by man” is patentable. Or so the US Supreme Court once quoted in a 1980 case involving an “invention of a human-made, genetically engineered bacterium capable of breaking down crude oil[.]” Emphasis on the word “made”; abstract ideas are non-patentable subject matter.

Most recently in the spotlight in the area of non-patentable subject matter, 35 U.S.C. § 101, is the ...

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