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Patentquarters Archives

Past Newsletters in PDF format

2006
1st Quarter: Integrating R&D and Patent Strategies
2nd Quarter: Strategic Decisions; Patent Cooperation Treaty
3rd Quarter: FAQs; Expedited review at the USPTO; Albert Einstein
4th Quarter: Invention docketing; Developing an IP strategy; IP theft

2007
1st Quarter: IP Resolutions; Increase your chances for a patent; Obviousness
2nd Quarter: Patent valuation; Create an R&D roadmap for maximum IP value
3rd Quarter: Success with accelerated examination; Client profiles
4th Quarter: Proposed changes to patent law; KSR implications for obviousness

2008
1st Quarter: Trade-secret law; Internet postings as prior art
2nd Quarter: Emerging markets for patents; Status of proposed USPTO rule changes
3rd Quarter: Start-up funding; Questions of validity for Google's patents
4th Quarter: "Flash of Genius;" Retaining organizational know-how

2009
1st Quarter: Reducing IP costs; Patents vs. Trade Secrets
2nd Quarter: Freedom to practice; Innovation Progress; Intangible Assets
3rd Quarter: Medical patents; Recovery Act; Bilski case
4th Quarter: Provisional patents; Inventorship; Method-of-treatment claims

2010
1st Quarter: Accelerated green-technology patent examination; Chicago IP exchange
2nd Quarter: Alliance with Altera Law Group; Apple's IP success
3rd Quarter: Bilski case favors business method patents; Driving creativity
4th Quarter: Are social networks patentable?