IP Gotchas: Failing to Recognize Your Company’s Intellectual Property Assets

Companies routinely focus on development and marketing of new ideas, particularly in the early days as a startup. Protecting intellectual property is often set aside for later after the idea takes off and the marketplace has indicated “there is something…

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Debunking the "Poor Man's Patent Myth"

Myth: If I write down my invention and mail it to myself through the USPS, I will receive some level of patent protection on my invention. (In some versions of the myth, I will receive protection only if I do…

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Woodard, Emhardt, Henry, Reeves & Wagner, LLP Response to COVID-19

As we continue to monitor and respond to the spread of COVID-19, we want to express our commitment to the health and safety of our professionals, clients and the community. We want to assure you that we have implemented measures…

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Federal Circuit affirms judgment that CleanTech's patents are unenforceable due to inequitable conduct.

GS CleanTech Corp. v. Adkins Energy LLC, No. 16-2231 (Fed. Cir. 2020) Woodard Emhardt attorney, Spiro Bereveskos, was on the trial team and cross examined the Cantor Colburn, LLP attorney who admitted “it sent a chill up his spine” to…

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