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What Does Patent Pending Mean? (And What It Doesn’t Protect)

What does patent pending mean? Not that anyone has to stop copying you. Here's what the label really does, when you can..
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Ipr Ptabcast: Nidec Motor Corporation V. Zhongshan Broad Ocean Co.

✎Executive Summary1 min read Key Takeaways This IPR PTABCast episode, titled ‘Patent Drafting Danger: Throw The Lists

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IPR PTABCast: In Re Smith International Inc.

✎Executive Summary1 min read Key Takeaways This PTABCast episode summary reports a win for patent owners: the

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IPR PTABCast: DSS Technology V. Apple

✎Executive Summary1 min read Key Takeaways The episode addresses whether a patent claim can be found obvious

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IPR PTABCast: Owens Corning V. Fast Felt Corporation

✎Executive Summary1 min read Key Takeaways The episode, titled ‘Greedy, Lazy Patents = Invalid,’ traces how common

IPR PTABCast: General Plastic Industrial Co., Ltd V. Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

✎Executive Summary1 min read Key Takeaways This IPR PTAB Cast episode, titled ‘PTAB defends patent owner against

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IPR PTABCast: Aqua Products V. PTO

✎Executive Summary1 min read Key Takeaways In an IPR (inter partes review), a challenger attacks an issued

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IPR PTABCast: Energy Heating V. Heat On-The-Fly

✎Executive Summary1 min read Key Takeaways A patent owner failed to disclose to the Patent Office 61

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IPR PTABCast: IN RE: Power Integrations

✎Executive Summary1 min read Key Takeaways In this PTABCast episode, Craige discusses a dispute over how to

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IPR PTABCast: Southwire V Cerro Wire

✎Executive Summary1 min read Key Takeaways A patent claim can be found invalid on “inherency” grounds if

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