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Design Patents

  • Can you file a design patent to protect from infringement?
  • How to Get a Better Design Patent
  • Design patent failures: What can go wrong?
  • How to Patent a Design
  • Can a design patent show a specific material or composition of matter?

IP Strategy

  • Intellectual Property Protection: How to Protect IP
  • How can an Amazon seller use design patents?
  • What is intellectual property (IP)?
  • How to Get a Patent
  • Does a patent attorney near me matter?

Patent Applications

  • What happens if your patent is rejected?
  • Smarter Office Action Response: File a CIP and skip OA?
  • When to file a continuation application: What is the continuation deadline?
  • How to Review Office Action Response
  • How many patent Office Actions can you get? Is there a limit to patent rejections?

Patent Infringement & IP Disputes

  • How to Deal with a Counterfeit Product or Claim
  • Design patent infringement: What is a substantially similar appearance?
  • How to Enforce Intellectual Property Without A Lot of Money
  • How do you argue noninfringement in an Amazon seller patent case?
  • How much does it cost to fight an Amazon seller patent case using the neutral evaluation process?

Patent International

  • What is the cost of a PCT patent application?
  • What are the patent grace periods to file in the US and foreign countries?
  • Which International Search Authority should a PCT applicant choose?
  • How to file US patent application based on foreign priority claim (Paris Convention, not PCT)
  • How to choose patent foreign countries

PCT US National Phase

  • How to Order US National Stage Application
  • What PCT strategy would help a US national stage application?
  • How to prepare a PCT application for US national stage entry
  • How is the US national stage different from other PCT country national phases?
  • From PCT to US National Stage: How to get the initial filing right

Startup IP

  • Patent owned by your company or you as an individual?
  • Quote your own patent cost: How much do you want to pay to file a patent?
  • Why patents matter to your startup
  • IP for product designers: What should designers and consultants know about intellectual property?
  • Does our law firm take credit card retainer payments?

Trademark Registration

  • Can you register an acronym trademark?
  • How to Cancel a Trademark Registration
  • What is a common law trademark?
  • Trademark application: What is the most important factor in registering a mark?
  • How to Trademark in Metaverse: Is it possible to register trademarks for virtual goods?

Training and IP Law Practice

  • Should you sell your patent law practice?
  • The Art of Persuasion: How to persuade IP examiners
  • How to save clients money (while making money)
  • Billable hour vs. flat rates
  • IP Networking: What works for introverts like me

TTAB Trademark Opposition & Cancellation

  • Defend a trademark opposition: Is a registration worth fighting for?
  • How to choose a trademark opposition attorney
  • Can you suspend or extend trademark opposition deadlines?
  • What is the delay defense (laches) in a TTAB trademark cancellation?
  • What is a TTAB summary judgment motion?

USPTO Patent Challenges

  • What is a patent reexamination?
  • How to challenge patents (with lower costs)
  • What is required in a petition for IPR?
  • How much does IPR cost?
  • Is IPR (Inter Partes Review) a Better Way to Defend a Patent Infringement Lawsuit?
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Utility Patent Process

  • 1. Patent Search: Is It Patentable?
  • 2. How Much Does A Patent Cost?
  • 3. Filing Utility Patent Application
  • 4. Responding to Rejections

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