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The Legal Intelligencer

Is Your Enterprise Missing Opportunities to Generate and Capture Valuable IP?

In today's global business environment, a commercial enterprise must maintain its competitive edge by investing in research and development programs directed to innovative technologies.
9 minute read

Legaltech News

For Contract Management Companies, Patenting AI Can Be 'Double-Edged Sword'

Companies in the contract space can be hesitant to file AI patents because it may be a time-consuming process that provides limited benefit. But there are certain upsides to protecting innovation.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Newsmakers: Week of Nov. 11, 2019

The oldest law school in Houston, South Texas College of Law Houston, officially welcomed Michael F. Barry, the school's 11th president and dean, at his investiture ceremony Oct. 25.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

USPTO Chiefs to In-House Counsel: We Want to Hear From You

Lawyers from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office told a group of in-house counsel at the ACC annual meeting that the agency wants to let in-house counsel know how it can assist with their companies' IP-related concerns.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Irell Brings Back a Familiar Face From Crowell

IP litigator and transactions attorney Jonathan Lindsay returns to Irell, saying there's value to practicing at a smaller firm with a tighter focus and a premium brand.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Innovator of the Year Finalist: Andrew Gray IV, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius

"When we help clients obtain intellectual property protection that is aligned with their business interests and allows them to continue to grow and to innovate, we know we have succeeded," Gray says.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

To Identify or Not to Identify: Pre-Litigation Identification of Trade Secrets

Should a company try to identify all of its trade secrets as part of its ordinary course of business? Or should a detailed identification wait until misappropriation and enforcement? In my view, neither of these extremes are satisfactory—and both grossly oversimplify the options.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Hidden Dangers of Provisional Patent Applications and How to Avoid Them

Filing a provisional patent application was introduced into U.S. patent law in 1994. The ability to file a provisional application was widely applauded at the time and filing provisional applications remains extremely popular today. However, filing a provisional application can expose the inventor and the inventor's IP counsel to hidden dangers for the unwary.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Reevaluating Corporate IP Strategies in Light of the U.S.-China Trade War

In his Patent and Trademark Law column, Rob Maier discusses the United States-China trade war from an IP perspective. He writes: If the trade war continues to have a damping effect on the world economy, this may be another factor that influences an increase in IP litigation and licensing activity—both in China and in the United States.
9 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Patent Eligibility Now and in the Future

How Congress and the USPTO are working to simplify the analysis of what qualifies as an invention that can be patented.
8 minute read

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