PATENTABLE AND INFRINGING?

A common mistake inventors make is to assume that because an invention is patentable, it is also necessarily non-infringing.  This is not the case, however. Often an improvement in the art, while itself patentable, falls within the scope of previous...
GPLV2 AND PATENT INFRINGEMENT

GPLV2 AND PATENT INFRINGEMENT

There have been few reported decisions regarding the intersection of patent infringement and the GNU Public License version 2 (GPLv2).  This post discusses one recent case: In  XimpleWare v. Versata, et al., Case No. 5:13cv5161, U.S. District...
THINK ABOUT YOUR DESIGN

THINK ABOUT YOUR DESIGN

Many times inventors neglect a powerful route for protecting their innovations — design patent protection.  In the US, a design patent has a term of 14 years, or, if filed after December 18, 2013, 15 years. In contrast to utility patents, which protect...