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Mistakes to Avoid When Filing Computer-Implemented Invention Patents at the EPO
In the final installment of my interview with three examiners at the European Patent Office (EPO), we wrap up our conversation about their approaches to examining computer …
Software May be Abstract, But a Computer-Implemented Invention Produces a Technical Effect
In Part II of my interview with three examiners at the European Patent Office (EPO), we continue the conversation about their advice, pet peeves, and approaches to …
After Brunetti: The Trademark Bar Reacts to Fractured Decision
The Supreme Court issued its decision yesterday in Iancu v. Brunetti. As largely expected, the Court followed its own lead in Matal v. Tam and struck down …
EUIPO’s Christian Archambeau on Globalization, EUTM Trends, and Brexit
IP rights face “a challenging future,” according to Christian Archambeau, the Executive Director of the EUIPO, who spoke to the media during the INTA Annual Meeting in …
Cheekd Follow-Up: Pirri Responds, Cheek Implores Nadler to Help Curb U.S. Patent Abuses
Earlier this week we reported on Lori Cheek, an independent inventor who is defending herself for the second time against accusations brought by Alfred Pirri, Jr. of …
How U.S. Patent and Litigation Abuse Can Deter Small Inventors: The Story of Cheekd
In one more example of ways the U.S. patent system can be stacked against the small inventor, we have the story of Lori Cheek, who more …
Scott Elmer, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital On the ‘Sea Change’ in Diagnostics Patent Strategies
Scott Elmer is Director, Office of Technology Licensing, at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, one of the leading pediatric cancer hospitals in the country. The institution …
Judge Paul Michel: Look to Congress, Not Courts, to Fix the U.S. Patent System
During a break at IPWatchdog’s recent Patent Masters™ Symposium, former Federal Circuit Chief Judge Paul Michel went on record to express his grave concerns about the …
IBM Calls for an End to the ‘Legal Fiction’ of Current 101 Law
This marks the final installment in my four-part interview with IBM’s Vice President and Assistant General Counsel Mark Ringes and Chief Patent Counsel Manny Schecter. I …
IBM: Patent Troll Problem is ‘Just Noise’ Post-America Invents Act
This marks Part III of my four-part interview with IBM discussing the state of innovation and the U.S. patent system from the standpoint of a company …
IBM: Software Patent Exceptions Make No Sense in a World Where “Software is Ubiquitous”
In Part I of my recent interview with IBM, I spoke with Mark Ringes, IBM Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, and Manny Schecter, Chief Patent Counsel, …
In Pursuit of the Hardest, Riskiest and Most Valuable Innovation
As IBM was preparing to announce yet another milestone achievement, this year receiving 9,100 U.S. patents in 2018, I had the opportunity to sit down for an on …
Exclusive: A Conversation on Self Driving Vehicles at the EPO with Roberta Romano-Götsch
During our previous interview Ms.Romano-Götsch mentioned that the EPO would be soon releasing a study on self driving vehicles. I expressed interest in speaking with …
Brave New World: Blockchain, Mobility and the Intersection Between AI and Automotive
Roberta Romano-Götsch: "Imagine for example that in future you can have a truck where the driver does the difficult task of getting the truck outside the …
Exclusive with Roberta Romano-Götsch, Chief Operating Officer of Mobility and Mechatronics at EPO
I recently had the opportunity to go on the record with Roberta Romano-Götsch, the chief operating officer of Mobility and Mechatronics at the European Patent Office (…
