Litigation Quality Patent PatentCast

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LQP Ask The Patent Attorney: How Can I Monetize My Patent Asset? May 28, 2018

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In this episode of Ask The Patent Attorney Craige analyzes Michael Powell v Home Depot to answer one of our most frequently asked question, "How can I Monetize my patent asset?"

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LQP Ask The Patent Attorney: How do international patents work? May 21, 2018

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In this episode, Craige Thompson answers the frequently asked question "How do international patents work?" Craige discusses his perspective about the international patent process.

LQP Ask The Patent Attorney: Should you file a provisional or a non-provisional? May 14, 2018

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Should you file a provisional or a non-provisional? There is no one size fits all answer. The best choice depends on your unique business situation and strategy. Craige explains what makes these two filings similar and different from each other so you can make a more fully informed decision.

LQ PatentCast: Berkheimer v. HP May 07, 2018

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The Alice barrier to software just got cut down a couple notches!

Is this sleepy little case going to shake up prosecution and litigation of software patents?

Tawfiq uncovers how it might have just become harder to invalidate software claims, under step 2 of Alice in District Court, while Craige explains the potential sea change that promises to hold the patent examiners back from sloppy Alice rejections. Help is on the way for protecting software.

IPR PTABCAST: IN RE: Power Integrations Apr 30, 2018

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Did the word "couple" really need to be interpreted twice by the PTO, twice by the Federal Circuit, and once by the District Court? In today's IPR PTABCast, Craige explains how the proper constructions of a single word can toggle a patent between validity and invalidity, and what you can do to avoid millions of dollars of litigation expenses by adding one clarifying word.

IPR PTABCast: Southwire v Cerro Wire Apr 23, 2018

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Patent claims can be invalid if a prior art reference teaches almost all the claimed features and any missing features must "necessarily" be present when you follow the Prior art teachings.

In this IPR PTABCast Craige explains how Southwire's industry-changing process patent defeated the inherence attack but succumbed to the "obviousness" attack.

LQP Ask The Patent Attorney: When can I safely market my idea? Apr 16, 2018

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In today's Briefing, Craige discusses six options that you can choose from when launching your idea into the market. If you want to safely maintain proprietary control and ownership of your idea, you need to understand the trade-offs and benefits of each of these 6 choices.

IPR PTABCast: Owens Corning v. Fast Felt Corp. Apr 02, 2018

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Craige reviews a case study of obviousness by tracing how common errors in lazy drafting and greedy claiming that lead inexorably to weak patents. In Owens Corning v. Fast felt, the federal Circuit shoots down a patent on gravure deposited nail tabs for roof shingles, even though the claims survived the inter partes review process.

LQ PatentCast: Enfish LLC v Microsoft Corp. Mar 27, 2018

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3 lessons on How to Patent Software Claims

Since the Supreme Court tightened the law for patenting software inventions in a case called Alice, businesses have been uncertain about the fate of software patents. In the years since Alice, the law has started to settle. In this PatentCast, Craige explains why Microsoft was unable to kill off software claims owned by Enfish, and he shares 3 valuable Litigation Quality Patent lessons and 3 business takeaways from Enfish decision by the Federal Circuit.

LQ PatentCast: Electric Power Group v Alstom Mar 27, 2018

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Software is patentable – we do it here at TPL all the time. But many software inventions die a slow, and painful death in the patent office. Many others are killed off in litigation – all due to a Supreme Court case called Alice. Alice shapes which software claims thrive, and which don't survive. In today's EPG case, Craige explores how to identify whether claims will survive Alice. Craige also offers some Litigation Quality Patent practice pointers – including "red flag" phrases that are symptoms of potentially weak claims.