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Design Patents

  • What is a design patent divisional application?
  • What does a design patent protect?
  • How to speed up design patent applications
  • Can graphic designs and patterns be protected in the abstract by design patents?
  • How to protect product parts with design patents

IP Strategy

  • Should you file a design patent or utility patent?
  • Can you refile a provisional patent application (PPA)?
  • What are strategies for getting a patent sooner?
  • How to Choose a Patent Attorney
  • Got Moat?

Patent Applications

  • What is a patent rejection?
  • What is a utility divisional application?
  • What is a Species Restriction?
  • What are hidden or unexpected patent costs?
  • How much does a utility patent cost?

Patent Infringement & IP Disputes

  • Do your products infringe a patent?
  • How to defend NPE Amazon patent infringement claim
  • Is one patent enough?
  • How to design around patents
  • Amazon infringement notice: How to respond

Patent International

  • What is a PCT prior art search report (written opinion)?
  • How to Postpone PCT National Stage Deadlines
  • What is a utility model?
  • What is the Collaborative Search Pilot Program (CSP)?
  • First file PCT or US? Which patent application to file first?

PCT US National Phase

  • PCT Bypass: Another way to enter US?
  • How much does a US national stage application cost?
  • Japanese PCT Applicants Entering US National Phase: What you need to know
  • Korean PCT Applicants Entering US National Phase: What You Need to Know
  • European PCT Applicants Entering US National Phase: What You Need to Know

Startup IP

  • Why patents matter to your startup
  • What product designers and consultants need to know about IP
  • Does our law firm take credit card retainer payments?
  • What should a Startup IP Checklist include?
  • Why founders should search trademarks before incorporating

Trademark Registration

  • Why an early trademark filing date matters
  • What is a word mark?
  • Does your international company need a US trademark attorney?
  • What are acceptable trademark clothing specimens of use?
  • What are acceptable trademark web specimens?

Training

  • 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
  • How can I help IP professionals?

TTAB Trademark Opposition & Cancellation

  • What is trademark monitoring?
  • How many TTAB cases reach final decisions?
  • How to prevent a trademark opposition
  • Trademark Cancellation: What you need to know
  • How to Defend a Trademark Cancellation

USPTO Patent Challenges

  • 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?

IP for Startups: start here

  • Patenting for startups
  • Trademarking for startups
  • Search trademarks before incorporating
  • Startup IP Checklist
  • Pay retainer by credit card

Patent Process: Where to start

  • Design vs. utility patent
  • Utility: provisional vs. nonprovisional
  • Novelty search: Is it patentable?
  • Initial patent filing process
  • How much does a patent cost?
  • Nonprovisional filed, now what?
  • International patents
  • Patent Office Action responses

How to Register a Trademark

  • Avoid descriptive marks
  • Identify goods and services
  • Knockout search
  • Intent-To-Use vs use-based
  • Trademark filing process and cost
  • Respond to trademark refusals
  • Wait through opposition period

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