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Category: Working with Attorneys
Finding, managing, and working effectively with patent attorneys
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Bad Advice – Non-publication Requests for Patents
Occasionally, I run into patents where the patent attorney talks the client into a non-publication request.
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Gullible Angel Investors and Provisional Patent Applications
Last time, we discussed the provisional patent application hoax perpetuated by patent attorneys. In this post, we look at the scam from the inventor/entrepreneur side.
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The Provisional Patent Hoax
One of the greatest hoaxes in our industry is the notion that provisional patent applications are a good thing. They are not.
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Trading on the Differences
Every time you see a news story or read a blog about a topic you know very well, it is amazing that the stories have lots of factual…
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IP Valuation in a Regulatory Framework
Regulatory requirements trump patents as the primary form of protection or moat[1] against a business.
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Handing the Keys to the Drunken Sailor and Hoping You Get Home
Letting the CTO manage patent policy is bad for business.
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Registration Numbers
When I review patent applications, I always download the full prosecution history of the patent from the USPTO. The prosecution history is the formal, legal record of the…
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Assignment Due Diligence: Unassigned Assets
It is heartbreaking to see bad behavior by ‘inventors’ and their startup companies, but it occurs over and over again. Let this lesson be an example of the…
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Patent Attorneys Do Not Live with Their Mistakes
Patent attorneys typically have zero feedback about the quality of their work product. This is an inherent weakness of the whole patent system. The attorneys do not have…
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Why You Cannot Hire a Patent Attorney Who Worked for a Competitor
I talk to countless patent holders, and I often hear that their patent attorney did all this work for a direct competitor before doing their patents. Somehow, the…
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