Matthew Siegal

August 30, 2022 | Law.com

Absent an express disclaimer or special definition of how a term is to be interpreted, it can be frustrating to get a court to reject the plain and ordinary meaning of claim language read in a vacuum, based on the subtleties of how a term is used in a patent or its prosecution history.

By Matthew Siegal

7 minute read

February 01, 2013 | Inside Counsel

It is hard to love a troll, and some feel the same way about patent trolls, the pejorative term for a nonpracticing entity (NPE) that sues a company for infringing its patent.

By Matthew Siegal

11 minute read

January 18, 2013 | Inside Counsel

There was a time when fans rooted for teams with fanciful names on their shirts and when championships had names like the Cotton or Orange Bowl.

By Matthew Siegal

12 minute read

December 21, 2012 | Inside Counsel

By various measures, the Federal Circuit reverses district court claim interpretations at a very high rate, suggesting to some that the claim game has become a game of chance.

By Matthew Siegal, Etan Chatlynne

10 minute read

December 07, 2012 | Inside Counsel

Many current authors and commentators (though perhaps not as many patent attorneys) contend that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) is fine at examining patents for mechanical devices and pharmaceuticals, but argue that we need a whole new system for examining software inventions best understood by those under 40.

By Matthew Siegal

9 minute read

November 23, 2012 | Inside Counsel

A recent spate of news articles and opinion pieces suggests that the patent system is broken.

By Matthew Siegal

9 minute read