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Preserving Claims of Priority in the EPO Via Provisional Claims in the U.S.
The value to U.S. practitioners of provisional patent applications is still being uncovered, even though they arrived more than 10 years ago and were substantially improved more than 7 years ago by allowing convertibility to non-provisional patent applications.
Viewed from one perspective, a provisional patent application costs 20% of the cost of a non-provisional patent application and gives the applicant the benefits of the Paris Convention, while avoiding the onset of search, publication, and examination in the United States. For more from this perspective, see this author's article 'The Third (and Best) Way to Use PCT,' Patent Strategy & Management, Vol. 5, No. 3, July 2004.
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
Why So Many Great Lawyers Stink at Business Development and What Law Firms Are Doing About It
Why is it that those who are best skilled at advocating for others are ill-equipped at advocating for their own skills and what to do about it?
A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
Active reading comprises many daily tasks lawyers engage in, including highlighting, annotating, note taking, comparing and searching texts. It demands more than flipping or turning pages.
Blockchain Domains: New Developments for Brand Owners
Blockchain domain names offer decentralized alternatives to traditional DNS-based domain names, promising enhanced security, privacy and censorship resistance. However, these benefits come with significant challenges, particularly for brand owners seeking to protect their trademarks in these new digital spaces.
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.