In this article we answer: What is a provisional patent, how does it work, and what is the process to obtain one?
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The concept of open innovation is not new, however, the current need for collaboration in research for COVID-19 has spurred the alliance of many companies with the common goal of finding a treatment or cure.
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As vaccine patents are imminent in the search for a cure for COVID-19, both health organizations and legal experts raise concerns for access and distribution due to patenting.
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What does it cost to get a patent and what’s the process for filing a patent application? Read for tips on patenting process and costs inventors can expect to pay a patent attorney.
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A new law, the 2020 U.S. CARES Act, was passed to help remedy issues with meeting IP deadlines with the USPTO due to effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Click to access recent COVID-19 order entered on March 12, 2020, by Judge Albright, Western District of Texas, Waco Division.
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Download a checklist of the major deadlines imposed by the Local Patent Rules of the Northern District of Texas NDTX (Second Amended Miscellaneous Order No. 62 entered in October 2019).
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As courts shut down due to coronavirus concerns, there is concern for the effect on patent cases involving drug companies relying on Hatch-Waxman Act 30-month stays.
Read MoreA patent specification is a written description of the invention and of the manner and process of making and using the invention that concludes with the claims to the invention. Read for a discussion of patent specification best practices.
Read MoreWhat does “patent pending” mean and what are the dos and don’ts of claiming your invention is “patent pending”. Read for a detailed discussion of what kinds of patent application can be “patent pending,” the requirements for a patent application to be “patent pending,” benefits of “patent pending” status, limitations of “patent pending” notices and lawsuits based on pending patent applications, how to mark an invention “patent pending,” when not to mark an invention “patent pending, and international “patent pending” status.
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Will the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (WDTX) issue formal local patent rules? The Court currently has entered a Standing Order Regarding Notice of Readiness in Patent Cases and Order Governing Proceedings — Patent Cases signed by Judge Alan Albright. Read for more discussion of WDTX local patent rules.
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Even seemingly defenseless companies can go up against patent trolls by joining forces with allies. GNOME gets help from OIN in defending against patent troll RPI.
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Read for a collection of the local patent rules by jurisdiction for the dockets with the most active patent litigation. Additional resources are included for patent infringement cases pending in Texas and Texas local patent rules.
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Read for a discussion of the major changes included in the Second Amended Miscellaneous Order No. 62 (Local Patent Rules for the Northern District of Texas) signed by Chief Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn and effective October 1, 2019. The NDTX Local Patent Rules have been modified to alter the case management conference and initial case management conferences, a new model protective order is available, an expedited discovery dispute procedure has been implemented, and more.
Read MoreEffective October 1, 2019, the Northern District of Texas Chief Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn entered a Second Amended Miscellaneous Order No. 62, which amends the Court’s previous local patent rules. Read this post for a discussion of key differences in the new NDTX local patent rules.
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In what could be one of the largest patent infringement lawsuits in the Eastern District of Texas history, pro se Plaintiff Mers Kutt has filed a 64-page patent infringement lawsuit apparently alleging $350 billion in damages against Apple, IBM, Scotia Bank, ARM Holdings, Samsung, Intel, Nvidia, Microsoft, Google, Hewlett Packard, Qualcomm, HTC, Nokia, Lenovo, Acer, Asustek, Dell, Sony, Toshiba, Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, T-Mobile, Amazon, eBay, Blackberry, Research in Motion, Best Buy, JP Morgan & Chase, among others.
Read MoreSee the full SDTX local patent rules as well as a downloadable checklist summarizing the local patent rules for the Southern District of Texas. For educational purposes only. Published by Klemchuk LLP
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