Infringement, Litigation, Patents
Apple, Qualcomm End Patent Feud: What’s a Few Billion Between Friends?
The front page headline of the Wall Street Journal* blared the news: “Apple, Qualcomm End Legal Feud.”
History, Intellectual Property (IP), Patents, Presidents
Father of the Patent System
Today, on the official holiday celebrating Washington’s Birthday (or Presidents Day), we remember George Washington as the Father of His Country.
Intellectual Property (IP), Legal Updates, Patents, Supreme Court
A Sale is a Sale: Supreme Court Clarifies Meaning of “On Sale” in Helsinn
The Supreme Court recently clarified the post-AIA meaning of “on sale” in Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v. Teva Pharmaceutical USA, No. 17-1229, 2019 WL 271945 (Jan. 22, 2019).
Bar Associations, Civil Justice, General Counsel, Infringement, Law Firm, Law Practice Management, Litigation, Patents
Top 5 reasons to choose a Chicago lawyer
Chicago can be a cold, hard place. Crime, corruption, taxes. Brutal winters.Why would one choose to live and work in Chicago? I’ll tell you my story, below.
Patents
Six Ton Tower Trike Patent
Jim Gesto of South Bend, Indiana, has invented and patented an 11,000 pound trike!
History, Intellectual Property (IP), invention, Patents, Technology
Invention, Reinvention, and Patents
Among other events that occurred on this date in history, U.S. Patent 942,699, directed to the first synthetic plastic, Bakelite, was granted to inventor Leo Baekeland.
Ethics, Intellectual Property (IP), International, invention, Litigation, Patent Prosecution, Technology, Trademarks
Marching Orders
Business—at least as waged between competitors—is war. That observation was made in 1832 by Prussian General Carl von Clausewitz in his magnum opus, On War, based on his service in the Napoleonic Wars.
Appeals, Claim Construction, Federal Circuit, Information technology (IT), International, Legal Updates, Patent Prosecution, Patents, Software or CII patents, Supreme Court, Technology
AIPPI Resolves Software Inventions Eligible for Patent
In a major new development, the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) has adopted a resolution favoring patent-eligibility of computer software inventions, also known as “computer implemented inventions” or “CII.”
Appeals, Federal Circuit, Litigation, Patents, Supreme Court
TC Heartland Throws East Texas Patent Cases
“Deep in the Heart of Texas” was a hit song in 1942. Half a century later, in 1992, patent litigants penetrated deep into the heart of Texas—all the way to Marshall.
Appeals, Infringement, Inter Partes Review (IPR), International, Law Firm, Law Practice Management, Patent Prosecution, Patents
Why Patent Boutique?
Seventeen years ago, I founded Beem Patent Law Firm to provide business clients with customized patents and lean, focused enforcement and defense.