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
CAFC Evenly Splits on En Banc Rehearing of American Axle’s Driveshaft Patent
Split CAFC Holds That a State Asserting Sovereign Immunity May Not Be Joined as Involuntary Plaintiff
USPTO Report Cites Incremental Growth in the Number of Women Inventor-Patentees
Over O’Malley’s Dissent, CAFC Affirms PTAB View that IPR Claim Amendments Are Subject to Eligibility Analysis
Federal Circuit Affirms ITC Refusal to Rescind Exclusion Order Due to Assertion of Patent Invalidity
‘Not a Field of Giants’: Trends in 3D Printing Tech Include Key Contributions from U.S., Small Companies
Federal Circuit Vacates PTAB Holding for Failure to Consider Merits of Patentability
CAFC Affirms-In Part District Court’s Refusal to Seal Uniloc’s Confidential Information
Federal Circuit Extends Arthrex Holding to Ex Parte Proceedings
Federal Circuit Upholds Patent for Biologic Drug Enbrel; Judge Reyna Dissents
Sixth Annual Firecracker 25: My Best Songs of All Time
Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB’s Conclusion of Obviousness on Grounds of Common Sense
Eighth Circuit Finds ‘Hot Pocket’ Patents Were Not Fraudulently Obtained
Federal Circuit Agrees with PTAB that Firebug’s Footwear Claims Are Obvious
Industry Leaders Reflect on Bayh-Dole at 40
