Gene Quinn & Steve Brachmann
Gene Quinn & Steve Brachmann
Gene Quinn is a patent attorney and the founder of IPWatchdog.com. He is also a principal lecturer in the PLI Patent Bar Review Course, which helps aspiring patent attorneys and patent agents prepare themselves to pass the patent bar exam. Gene is admitted to practice law in New Hampshire, is a Registered Patent Attorney licensed to practice before the United States Patent Office and is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. You can contact Gene via e-mail.
Steve Brachmann is a writer located in Buffalo, New York. He has worked professionally as a freelancer for more than seven years. He has become a regular contributor to IPWatchdog.com, writing about technology, innovation and is the primary author of the Companies We Follow series.
Posts by Gene Quinn & Steve Brachmann
The Economist bites the hand that feeds it: patents
The majority shareholder of The Economist Group, the company responsible for publication of The Economist, owns patents. It seems very odd to us that most of the …
The ‘right to be forgotten,’ an EU regulation washing up on American shores
In June, authorities in France served a formal notice to Google that it must delete certain links from it’s Google.com domain on a legal basis …
Strict venue provisions for patent litigation added to Innovation Act
Issa’s amendment changes the language so that a party bringing a patent infringement suit where the defendant has its principle place of business, where the defendant …
Vocal minority cannot keep PATENT Act from passing Senate Judiciary
At the end of a three-hour long hearing held by the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary this Thursday, June 4th, S.1137, the proposed legislation known …
Uber’s $50 billion valuation propped up by data mining practices
Is Uber really a technology company? Essentially, Uber runs a car service and at first glance the company is no more a technology company than any other …
Senate Judiciary divided on PATENT Act even if it is a step in the right direction
Given the collective bias of the witness panel, it is hardly surprising that on the issue of the PATENT Act there was a clear, positive consensus in …
Google collects patents while lobbying against them
If patents are so bad and Google has to spend so much money lobbying to weaken the patent system, why is the company simultaneously buying patents and …
Google patents method for providing a robot with a personality
Google has recently received a patent on a method of giving a robot a personality, and in the Summary of the Invention the company explains: ''The robot …
Earth Day turns political with focus on climate change
To celebrate Earth Day we will profile green technologies and environmentally friendly innovations, like we always have. We will not, however, buy into the political rhetoric or …
Growing market for wearable tech increases value for security
Consumers are very interested in knowing that their data is protected, and not simply their financial account data. However, as wearable technologies and the closely related Internet …
Senate Small Business Committee finds consensus on patent reform
Significant consensus was reached between representatives of small business and universities at a hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship on March 19, 2015. …
Demand Letter Legislation Must be Narrowly Tailored
An effort to address bad actors may unnecessarily create significant hurdles for innovators seeking to enforce or license the rights to their own innovations. The fear of …
Google acquires Softcard, setting up mobile payment showdown with Apple
Softcard’s patents and their ability to protect Google Wallet against any potential legal challenges from Apple may be a much more important aspect of the acquisition …
University of Wisconsin Celebrates 90 Years of Innovation Excellence
For the past 90 years WARF has promoted scientific research and innovation at UW-Madison and has earned more than $800 million in patent royalty revenues over the years and …
USPTO budget increases for FY 2016 despite reduced fee estimates
This latest budget increases the amount of money that will be available to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, although the amount specifically appropriated is less …
