Month: July 2015

Appeals, Bar Associations, Federal Circuit, History, Law Practice Management, Legal Marketing, Litigation, Professional Development

Federal Circuit Judicial Clerkship Experience

It is a wonderful experience to serve as law clerk to a judge. It’s fun to meet other law clerks, judges, and members of the bar. Clerks get to know each other in a variety of ways, forming friendships that can last a lifetime. Here is a photo from Archives Courtesy of Federal Circuit Historical Society showing the law […]

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By : Jul 28, 2015 No Comment
Appeals, Claim Construction, Federal Circuit, History, Infringement, invention, Litigation, Patents, Technology, Validity

Why Samsung will pay half billion to Apple for design patent infringement

In a saga of epic proportions, sprawling across the globe, Apple and Samsung have been duking it out over smartphone design and features. That’s billion, with a “B” District Judge Lucy Koh of California entered judgment in favor of Apple to the tune of

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By : Jul 23, 2015 No Comment
Information technology (IT), International, invention, Patent Prosecution, Patents, Technology

Improved product? Patent it for profit.

You own or run a niche business that makes value-added products. Yes, that still happens in America, the Number 2 manufacturing country in the world, according to a comprehensive new study by the Congressional Research Service. (Read further for details.) American manufacturers spend far more on R&D than any other country in the world. What’s more, […]

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By : Jul 20, 2015 No Comment
International, invention, Patent Prosecution, Patents, Technology, Trademarks

Unitary patent: Why select Greece over Turkey?

Greece and Turkey are in the news. I visited both countries in May. Both are pleasant. Of the two, Turkey seems to be the more serious candidate for new business investment and related patents and intellectual property (IP). Greece notoriously has defaulted on its debt and is in danger of exiting the European Union (EU). Economically, the nation is not a major […]

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By : Jul 7, 2015 8 Comments