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New law may force companies to reveal trade secrets As new regulations on the use of toxic chemicals are implemented in California, companies may need to re-evaluate their strategies to protect their...
View ArticleFar Beyond the Valley
Global tech hubs are a source of technology, talent, and funding While media coverage of the technology industry focuses largely on Silicon Valley, savvy tech and life sciences executives have been...
View ArticleNo Patent for You
Patent eligibility restrictions hit life sciences and tech After years of issuing rulings limiting what can be patented, the Supreme Court turned its attention squarely toward patent eligibility in the...
View ArticlePatent Quality: Shining Through
A New Review Process Shows the Importance of a Good Application The newly available procedure for challenging patent validity known as inter partes review, or IPR, is forcing patent players to raise...
View ArticleTurning The Tide on “Trolls”
When a non-practicing entity (NPE) accused 16,000 small businesses of violating its patent by merely emailing scanned documents, the New York attorney general cracked down, forcing a settlement. Then...
View ArticleSeeds Worth More than Gold
Plant Breeders are Learning the Value of Protecting Their Inventions Agricultural espionage: it’s not exactly the stuff of John le Carré novels. But recently a Chinese woman was charged in a plot to...
View ArticleSecrets in the Spotlight
Companies May Get a New Weapon in the Fight Against Economic Espionage Efforts to protect property from global threats gained momentum in Washington this summer with the introduction of a pair of bills...
View ArticleIt’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, FRAND World
Early Determinations of Fair, Reasonable, and Non-Discriminatory License Payments Have Been Anything but Consistent When an invention claimed in a patent is essential to complying with a technical...
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How the Patent Non-Assertion Pledge Can be a Savvy Business Strategy Tesla’s recent pledge not to sue those who use its patent-protected technology is evidence of the broadening popularity of patent...
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