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Patent attorneys or patent agents are the registered professionals who are supposed to know how to get patents.
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AI-Assisted Patent Search Tools Exacerbate Inventor Biases
Inventors and entrepreneurs might love the idea of using an AI‑powered search tool to check “Did I do something new?” fast and cheap. It sounds smart. It sounds…
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Your Patent Attorney Is NOT Giving Business Advice
Most inventors think that hiring a patent attorney[1] means they’re protected. That’s a mistake.
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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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Calling yourself an “Expert”
I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue, than why I have one. – Cato the Elder, from Plutarch’s Lives
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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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