Corporate Counsel | Commentary
By Kirk A. Sigmon | July 8, 2020
Patent publications are of increasing interest to the general public. This trend, while usually innocuous, can be risky for patent owners, as their patents can be misunderstood, mischaracterized and maligned.
Corporate Counsel | Commentary
By Marshall Phelps | June 3, 2020
For some firms—especially startups with innovative technology—financial salvation could lie in a group of very valuable company assets that don't even show up on the balance sheet: patents.
By Scott Graham | May 1, 2020
Hogan Lovells partner Celine Crowson says the USPTO's recent inventorship decision was compelled by the patent statutes. In time, Congress may need to rethink them, she says.
By Scott Graham | April 21, 2020
Amazon, Facebook, HPE, IBM, Microsoft and Sandia Labs sign onto the Open COVID Pledge. Meanwhile, pledge organizers have unveiled a new, streamlined version of their license template.
Corporate Counsel | Commentary
By D. Bommi Bommannan | March 12, 2020
In-house patent counsel has the difficult job of satisfying multiple constituents, including inventors, business unit executives, outside counsel, the GC, and even the CFO, who have disparate goals
By Robert M. Masters, Jonathan R. DeFosse and Satoshi Matsuo | January 17, 2020
Despite arguments from SEP holders to the contrary, it is not more efficient to license cellular SEPs only to manufacturers of end-user devices. Instead, it would be more efficient and practical to grant licenses to the companies that make cellular components.
By Victoria Hudgins | November 20, 2019
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.
By Kibkabe Araya | October 29, 2019
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.
By Dan Clark | May 21, 2019
In "United Cannabis v. Pure Hemp Collective," United Cannabis claims that Pure Hemp used a cannabis extract that United Cannabis had a patent on. Lawyers say this case is the first of its kind.
By Eli Mazour | March 25, 2019
Clause 8's Eli Mazour sat down with Makan Delrahim, assistant attorney general for the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.
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