Month: September 2016

Re-posted from the USPTO website www.uspto.gov by James Klobucar, Patent Attorney at Gearhart Law United States Deposits Instrument of Ratification to Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs U.S. innovators will soon have more options for pursuing multi-jurisdictional protection for new industrial designs February 13, 2015 Press Release 15-02 CONTACT: (Media...

written by Susanne Somersalo, Ph.D., Esq., patent attorney at Gearhart Law www.Gearhartlaw.com It is now safer for foreign companies to enter the Russian markets— Russia modernizes its patent legislation The IP laws in Russia have come a long way since the Soviet Union collapsed. The Soviet Union used to provide something that was called an Author’s...

written by Elizabeth Gearhart, Ph.D., patent agent at Gearhart Law www.GearhartLaw.com Can you get a patent on your invention after you die? Yes! To cite a famous example, Steve Jobs, the recent CEO of Apple, has received 141 patents since he passed away.Not surprising that one of the most inventive, sharpest business men in America...

written by James Kobucar, Esq., Patent Attorney at Gearhart Law www.GearhartLaw.com About a year ago, a crowdfunding campaign was run by Ditto.com to raise money for its business. However, this wasn’t your typical crowdfunding campaign. Ditto was attempting to raise money to fight an allegation of patent infringement made by a “non-practicing entity (NPE)”...

Apple’s New Patent Is Another Step in the Journey of Smartphone/Automobile Integration By: Matthew Miller, Patent Agent www.GearhartLaw.com Most citizens of the more-developed countries on the planet accept the fact that the smartphone is becoming a larger and larger part of everyone’s lives. To that end, famed internet statistician Mary Meeker has recently...

written by James Klobucar, Esq., Patent Attorney at Gearhart Law www.gearhartstg.wpenginepowered.com Review This…. Inter partes review may be a term many are not familiar with but it can be used as an instrumental tool in protecting one’s self and business. Inter partes review was given life by the America Invents Act (AIA) signed into law back...

By: Matthew G. Miller, Gearhart Law www.GearhartLaw.com If you’ve been exposed to any media outlet recently, you’ve probably heard the phrase “net neutrality” being tossed around. While there are a number of descriptions available online (including my personal favorite), in short, net neutrality means that all data traveling through the “pipes” of the internet...