“The tension between patents and trade dress protection is most evident when the alleged trade dress (or aspects thereof) has been disclosed in a utility patent.” Patents and trademarks protect ...

Summer Associate Michael Nathanson also contributed to this article. Since the inception of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) in 2012, design patents obtained a higher rate of favorable ...

The University of Texas System has again been recognized among the top higher education institutions for utility patent approvals. The Texas university system ranked third on the National Academy of ...

On January 23, 2016, Applicant Bonnie Floyd filed a utility patent application claiming a cooling blanket with ventilated openings along a matrix of sealed compartments. The utility application ...

There are numerous misconceptions that swirl around the concept of building a patent portfolio. Chief among them perhaps is the truth that adequate intellectual property protection for almost any ...

The USPTO issued new guidelines for determining obviousness in utility patent applications in light of the Supreme Court's recent decision in KSR v. Teleflex. In it's announcement, the office also ...

FastWave Medical, a developer in advanced intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) technology, announced the issuance of its sixth utility patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). This ...

Impower Health Founder and CEO Doug Miller (second from left) speaking at the Piece by Piece summit for investors and inventors. Photo by Ani Schutz/Silicon Prairie News. The University of Nebraska ...

Case Western Reserve University ranks No. 27 nationally for the number of U.S. Utility Patents awarded to the university and its researchers, according to 2023 data compiled by the U.S. Patent and ...

Canton Township-based technology company TrialAssure has been granted a utility patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark ...

Boost Payment Solutions Solidifies its Leadership in the B2B Payments Industry, Securing Utility Patents for Boost Intercept® and Dynamic Boost® These patents are a testament to our team's unwavering ...