By Christopher Hall Here is a technique for rapidly drafting claims, for a patent application. This is a brainstorming mechanism that works for one person, or two, or more, and uses a free-form drawing or diagram to both gather words and prompt writing. Patent claims, after all, are collections of... Read More

By Barry Herman By now, most everyone in the patent community has heard about the $2.54 Billion dollar jury verdict in a battle over Hepatitis C medication that resulted from a jury trial in December 2016. In Delaware federal district court, Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. (now owned by Merck & Co.... Read More

By Christopher Hall & Mike Gencarella Here is an argument we are using in response to rejections under 35 USC §101 that allege the claims are directed to an abstract idea and are patent ineligible.  This is useful in Office action responses, and appeals. The situation we have seen multiple... Read More

By David Crowe Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP Many American companies depend on strong global sales of key products featuring innovative product design. Foreign knockoffs of these designs can be common and devastating to these companies, making the need for strong international legal protections obvious. A few weeks ago,... Read More

By Orla O'Hannaidh Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP A social media policy or a set of guidelines helps your employees make smarter decisions when marketing your brand, products and services online and may mitigate the risk of coming under the radar of the FTC or another regulatory agency or... Read More