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Design patents protect the ornamental appearance of an object.  With a design patent application, you can protect the shape of the object, the surface ornamentation of the object, or both.  A [...]

A patent examiner at the USPTO will sometimes send an Election/Restriction Requirement in response to a patent application.  This is an assertion by the examiner that the application claims more [...]

On Monday, Google announced that it will open an “experimental marketplace” for buying and selling patents.  That is an inaccurate description.  While it sounds experimental, and is [...]

As a follow-up to my recent post about the panel (description here) I was part of at the Boston Bar Association, presenting about my Livescribe 3 smartpen, I have an update to share about [...]

Join me and tech-savvy lawyers for a free presentation on tech tools to increase efficiency for lawyers, and everyone else.  The panel is at the Boston Bar Association on Thursday, February 19, [...]