Lawrence E Ashery

March 05, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

There are 196 countries in the world, and virtually all of them have intellectual property legislation. In today's global market, international protection of innovation is a must.

By Lawrence E. Ashery

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January 29, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

In the TV show "Shark Tank," a business owner stands before five potential investors (the sharks) and asks them to invest in a business in exchange for a percentage of the equity. I

By Lawrence E. Ashery

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November 06, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

One hundred and seventy-one—that is the number of patent lawsuits that have been filed against Apple since the beginning of 2009. While Apple was sued for patent infringement more than any other company over the last four years, others are not far behind.

By Lawrence E. Ashery

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July 03, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

You might think that "understandable patent claims" is an oxymoron. Patents are usually very challenging to read. The technology described may be difficult to understand, and the claims read like nothing else in the English language.

By Lawrence E. Ashery

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September 04, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Twenty-four years ago, I wrote my first software patent application, "Debugging Parallel Programs by Serialization." A little more than two years after filing the application, the patent issued with claims that lacked mention of any structural component of a computer.

By Lawrence E. Ashery

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