March 6, 2013 |
Goodbye first-to-invent, hello first-inventor-to-file. As you may recall, so-called “patent reform” law (The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act – or “AIA” for short) was passed on 2011-09-16 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leahy-Smith_America_Invents_Act) and has been incrementally taking effect ever since. As such, Friday 2013-03-15 is …...
October 3, 2012 |
Proposed Patent Attorney’s Oath. On 1994-11-02, I took and passed the so-called “patent bar exam” and became a member of the so-called “patent bar.” I say “so-called” because, as all patent agents and patent attorneys know, the exam is not …...
October 2, 2012 |
Technology, Law, Baseball, Rock ‘n’ Roll. Why do I write about more than one thing? Because I think single-subject blogs are, for the most part, boring. Do you like musicians who play only one note? Artists who use only one …...