Brad Sheafe

November 02, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

The more you examine the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's recent decision in Secured Mail Solutions v. Universal Wilde, which upheld the district court's ruling that Secured Mail's seven asserted patents were ineligible for patenting under 35 U.S.C. Section 101, the more you find its logic curiouser and curiouser, as Lewis Carrol's Alice might have put it.

By Brad Sheafe

17 minute read

May 12, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

Even if you believe the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's post-grant proceedings have generally played a positive role in eliminating some junk patents, the evidence shows that PTAB is violating the spirit of §325(d) of the America Invents Act by failing to limit double jeopardy and the serial harassment of patent owners in patent examination.

By Brad Sheafe

15 minute read

June 01, 2016 | Law.com

Supreme Court decisions may mean that some are simply unpatentable.

By David Pridham and Brad Sheafe

7 minute read

August 25, 2015 | Corporate Counsel

The so-called patent troll model isn't the only way to leverage intellectual property.

By David Pridham and Brad Sheafe

8 minute read

August 25, 2015 | Corporate Counsel

The so-called patent troll model isn't the only way to leverage intellectual property.

By David Pridham and Brad Sheafe

8 minute read