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Why Talking to Your Patent Examiner Can Help A call to your patent examiner can make all the difference. Talking to your examiner is a…

How the USPTO Uses AI to Search Prior Art In October of 2025, the USPTO launched an initiative to use AI to search for prior…

Trademark Applicant Is Not Necessarily the Individual Signing the App In a USPTO trademark application, you have to be very careful in identifying the right…

Why One IDS Might Not Be Enough Unlike most foreign patent offices, the USPTO is unique in one particular aspect. US law requires each patent…

Why Bother Registering a Trademark? At the outset, let’s set the record straight. Registration is not required for you to use a trademark. You can…

How to Get an Icon Design Patent Imagine protecting your icons without spending tens of thousands and years of time filing a software utility patent.…

How to Use This Trademark Cost Calculator Trademark costs can be a bit confusing. This trademark cost calculator is meant to provide some guidance and…

How to Estimate Patent Costs Patent costs vary widely. This post is intended to be more of a cost guide than an actual patent cost…

Learn from the Biggest Trademark Mistakes I have some good news. Most trademark mistakes are avoidable. By knowing certain insights and taking precautionary measures upfront,…

What are dumb patent mistakes you can avoid? Getting a patent can be a long and expensive endeavor. If you are going to invest in…

What patents will drive more sales? Before you can get the right patents to drive more sales, you need to know something critical about patent…

How different must your trademark be? We get this question all the time. Would a slight change to a trademark be enough to get it…