Bar Associations, Infringement, Litigation, Patents

East Texas Patent Litigation, Part 2: How to Win!

It takes skill to win a patent case. You must marshal the evidence so judge and jury will follow you to the right conclusion.
See Abraham Lincoln School of Patent Litigation.

By : beemlaw Feb 6, 2017 No Comment

Appeals, Bar Associations, Federal Circuit, General Counsel, Infringement, Litigation, Patents, Supreme Court, Validity

Why patent defendants hate East Texas (Part 1)

Why do patent defendants say such bad things about the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas?
I asked this question of Michael C. Smith, the noted lawyer and blogger from Marshall, Texas.

By : beemlaw Jan 31, 2017 No Comment

Appeals, Business law, Federal Circuit, History, Infringement, invention, Litigation, Patents, Technology, Validity

Triumph of Genius

If you’re an inventor, engineer, or programmer—if you’re an entrepreneur, owner, or prime mover in a business—if you use technology to make better products for your customers—

By : beemlaw Dec 23, 2016 No Comment

Bar Associations, Claim Construction, Constitutional Law, Counterfeiting, History, Infringement, International, Litigation, Patent Prosecution, Patents, Technology, Trademarks, Validity

How Young Turks Can Help Build Your IP Portfolio

Are you protecting your company’s patents, trademarks, and other intellectual property (IP) internationally? If not, you’re missing out!

By : beemlaw Apr 15, 2016 No Comment

Appeals, Claim Construction, Federal Circuit, General Counsel, History, Information technology (IT), Infringement, International, invention, Litigation, Patents, Supreme Court, Technology, Validity

What everyone should know about Apple slide-to-unlock patent vs. Samsung

In the last inning of the Apple-Samsung game of smartphone hardball, Samsung slid into home. Apple failed to make the tag. “Samsung is safe!” cried the umpires.

By : beemlaw Apr 5, 2016 No Comment

Appeals, Federal Circuit, General Counsel, Infringement, Inter Partes Review (IPR), invention, Litigation, Patent Prosecution, Patents, Supreme Court, Technology

How to Profit from Patents While Apple, Samsung Weigh In At Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has granted Samsung’s appeal of a $500 million dollar judgment rendered on the latter’s infringement of Apple’s smartphone (iPhone) design patent.

By : beemlaw Mar 21, 2016 No Comment

Infringement, International, invention, Licensing, Litigation, Patent Prosecution, Patents, Presidents, Technology, Trademarks, Validity

Billion Dollar Lego Patent

Fifty-eight years ago today, Kirk Godtfred of Lego filed his patent application on the basic building block, literally, of Lego’s billion dollar private fortune. Now, here’s the thing: A patent filed 58 years ago is long expired. The then-standard-17-year term ended in 1978. So how is it that Lego is still the only game in town?

By : beemlaw Jan 28, 2016 No Comment

Appeals, Claim Construction, Federal Circuit, General Counsel, History, Infringement, Inter Partes Review (IPR), invention, Licensing, Litigation, Patent Prosecution, Patent Reform, Patents, Supreme Court, Technology, Validity

Flash of Genius Revisited

Let’s consider three inventors who asserted patents against big companies and won. What does it take for a patent owner to succeed?

By : beemlaw Dec 16, 2015 No Comment

General Counsel, Infringement, Law Practice Management, Legal Marketing, Litigation, Patent Prosecution, Patents, Technology

When to call a patent attorney

Most lawyers and business people know enough to call a patent attorney when they’re in trouble—they’ve been sued or threatened with a patent infringement suit,

By : beemlaw Dec 1, 2015 No Comment

Appeals, Claim Construction, Dispute Resolution, Federal Circuit, Infringement, Inter Partes Review (IPR), International, invention, Litigation, Patent Prosecution, Patent Reform, Patents, Technology, Validity

Some Kind of Patent Trial

Patent jury trials reached their zenith in the mid-1990s. The stakes remain high, though the drama has faded. Now, even if it’s called a trial,

By : beemlaw Nov 4, 2015 No Comment

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