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Patent Malpractice Belongs in Federal Court
Even though legal malpractice claims arise out of state law, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled they require interpretation of federal patent law and therefore fall within the federal courts' exclusive jurisdiction. Malpractice claims against patent lawyers must be brought in federal court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled in two companion cases of first impression.
Robert Ambrogi
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A Patent Search In Seven Steps
So you have that great idea or invention, now what? Well, in many cases you want to see if your invention is 1) unique and 2) protectable. One of the first steps you need to do as an inventor is conduct a patent search. If you don't want to pay someone thousands of dollars, you can always do the search, or at least an initial version, yourself.
Bryan Daigle
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Patent - Make It Happen
It's amazing how much information is available on the process of patenting. Use any internet search engine available and you will get millions of hits for the word patent.
Stephen Nightingale
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Can I Patent on My Own?
Do patents have to be filed by patent attorneys? I want to file on my own.
Stephen Nightingale
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Inventors - Do You Really Need To Patent Your Invention Before Submitting To Companies For Licensing
Inventors are spending thousands of dollars to get their invention to market. I have six inventions licensed and on the market and spent less than $100 on each. Stop getting ripped off! Find out how I do it inside.
Roger A Brown
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How to Read and Understand Drug Patents
Pharmaceutical companies invests huge dollars in R&D, production and marketing of any newly developed drug. To be in the competition, innovator companies try to extend the drug life time. A better understanding of different types of pharmaceutical patents and ways to extend the life time of the drug patents is essential for the patent professionals involved in pharmaceutical research. The article focuses on the different types of drug patents and attempts to identify the...
Vinod Singh
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What is Prior Art?
Can a newspaper article be considered prior art? How a newspaper articles from 1800 can hurt your patent application.
Stephen Nightingale
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Do It Yourself Patents
Not recommended for the faint of heart, some inventors choose to write the patent themselves. Views differ between inventors and attorneys as to whether this is a good practice. I'm just letting you know the option is out there. There are a slew of books (search "patent book") that can teach inventors the special legal-ese language needed when writing a patent.
Bryan Daigle
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Supreme Court To Review Controversial Patent Ruling
It is deja vu all over again, as the Supreme Court once again has agreed to review a controversial patent ruling of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. The issue this time: whether a patent owner's rights were exhausted by a license agreement and subsequent sale of product pursuant to the license.
Robert Ambrogi
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Intelligence Information Extraction Through Automation Tools And Techniques
Internet is a huge ocean of competitive and technological information. Information searching and extraction on domains of interest is tedious and results in large set of documents. Identification of relevant documents form is more tedious and time consuming. There are many intelligence text extraction tools available worldwide. But, these tools are fully automated and generated results based on keyword frequency. There is no tool available which takes input from the human and then...
Vinod Singh
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