Seven Ideas for Reducing Foreign Filing Costs

Many of the patent owners, their IP departments and patent attorneys we speak to are under budget pressure. This is especially the case in the essential – but relatively high-cost – area of international patent protection. A recession might last a year or two, but patents last for twenty years. It’s therefore a delicate [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

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This post was written by David Nelson on July 14, 2009

On the Road: Bilski Examiner Interview and CNN

I spent the better part of last week in Washington, DC conducting Examiner interviews for some of my clients that have pending software patent applications. The great news is that I believe we now have a handle on the ever changing Bilski ruling. I know it sounds like a misstatement to say that [...] Related posts:
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  3. Bilski Not So Bad for Software Patents After AllOn October 30, 2008, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued its much anti
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This post was written by Mark Malek on July 13, 2009