Understanding Patent Infringement In a past episode, I talked about patent infringement, which occurs when you make or use a patented...

Overview of International Trademark Registration In the last episode, I talked about how to get your design registered throughout the...

The Reality of International Patent Protection Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you could file a patent application in one place, have it...

Inventorship vs. Ownership In this episode, I’m going to talk about what it means to be an inventor for a patent. Inventorship is...

The Importance of Claims in a Patent I’ve talked before about claims in a patent. The claims define what your invention is. For example,...

What Are Derivation Proceedings? In this episode, I’m going to talk about derivation proceedings. Let’s say you came up with an invention...

Reviewing Prior Invalidation Procedures In the past four episodes, I discussed four different procedures for invalidating someone else’s...

Previously Discussed Invalidation Procedures In the past three episodes, I covered three ways to invalidate a patent at the Patent...

Reviewing Previous Invalidation Procedures In the last two episodes, I discussed two different ways to invalidate a patent: ex parte...

Ex Parte Reexamination vs. Inter Partes Review In the last episode, I discussed ex parte reexaminations , one type of procedure...

Is Your Patent Safe from Invalidation? If you’ve followed all 76 of my previous episodes, and things have gone according to plan, then—if...

Why Understanding Patent Infringement Matters Initially, I had planned several episodes on how to invalidate someone else’s patent at the...

Why Copyright Registration Matters for Inventors A few episodes back, I took a break from discussing patents to talk about trademarks. In...

Reissue Applications vs. Certificates of Correction In the last episode, I discussed what to do if you made a significant mistake in your...

What Is a Reissue Patent Application? In this episode, I’m going to talk about a specific type of patent application called a reissue...

What is an Ex Parte Quayle Action? You might receive something from the patent office that looks like a rejection, but it is actually a...

Returning to Patents We are back to discussing patents after a few episodes on trademarks. Before we dive in, I want to give a thank you...

(This episode first aired in 2019. There have been significant changes in how trademark applications are filed, and the costs of...

(This episode first aired in 2019. The trademark search system (TESS) at the United States Patent and Trademark Office is not longer...

The Importance of Trademarks for Your Invention This episode is going to deviate from my usual discussions about patents. While it’s...

Patent Term Length – Can You Extend It? I titled this episode Patent Term Length and How to Get Your Patent to Last Longer , but that’s...

Understanding Patent Examiner Interviews In this episode, I’m going to talk about patent examiner interviews. You might be thinking that...

Why Might Your Patent Application Go Abandoned In the last few episodes, I went over responding to final rejections and the various...

Where You Are in the Patent Process If you’re thinking about appealing and have followed this podcast in order, here’s where you likely...