Rebecca Tapscott
Rebecca Tapscott
is an intellectual property attorney who has joined IPWatchdog as our Staff Writer. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from the University of Central Florida and received her Juris Doctorate in 2002 from the George Mason School of Law in Arlington, VA.
Prior to joining IPWatchdog, Rebecca has worked as a senior associate attorney for the Bilicki Law Firm and Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC. Her practice has involved intellectual property litigation, the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in the chemical, mechanical arts, and electrical arts, strategic alliance and development agreements, and trademark prosecution and opposition matters. In addition, she is admitted to the Virginia State Bar and is a registered patent attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. She is also a member of the American Bar Association and the American Intellectual Property Law Association.
Posts by Rebecca Tapscott
From Home Security to VoIP: Honoring Black Women Inventors of the Last Half-Century
Sarah Boone: the ‘Ironing Table’, Perfected
Eighteen Dollars for Her Patent: Ellen Elgin and the Story of the Clothes-Wringer
Signed with an ‘X’: Judy Reed, Improved Dough Kneader and Roller
A Cooking Revolution: Mary Jones De Leon
A Better Way to Husk: Martha Jones, First Black Woman to Receive a U.S. Patent
Complete Genomics Sues Illumina for Antitrust and Unfair Competition Violations
Minaj-Chapman Copyright Settlement is a Warning to Artists
Federal Circuit Reverses Holding of Infringement Based on Faulty Claim Construction
Former CAFC Chief Judge Michel Backs Ericsson in FRAND Dispute
Federal Circuit Vacates PTAB Holding that Raytheon Patent is Non-Obvious
The Year in Patents: Ten Developments We’ll Remember From 2020
The Copyright Top Five of 2020
Senator Tillis Releases Draft Bill to Modernize the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
PTAB Precedential: Two Decisions Against Exercising Discretion to Deny Institution Made Precedential
