Intellectual Property
Minneapolis/St. Paul
Trade Secrets
Patents and Other Forms of Intellectual Property Protection
Trademark
Intellectual Property Protection
Tools for Auditing a Patent Portfolio
Implementing a Value-Driven Portfolio Process
Copyright
Patent Portfolio and Budgets/Spending
Post-Grant Proceedings
Cost/Value Curve of a High Level Patent
Categories of Marks
Raising Good Prosecution Visibility
The Case of the Joint Marketing Agreement Gone Bad
How Big Should My First Patent Be?
Cited Art Landscape
Hiring Patent Council
Types of Intellectual Property Protection
Intent of Patent Laws
Backward Citations
How Do Patent Portfolio Values Become Concentrated over Time?
Biologics vs Small Molecules
Inter Partes Review
Value Management and Cash Flow
Practicing an Invention
Tracking Work History
Joint Venture and Financial Agreements
Genericide
Becoming a Patent Lawyer
By the Numbers Overview
Forms of Confidential Information
Advantages of Registering a Trademark
Get Your Assignments Straight - Contribution of Owners
Risks of Not Patenting
Factors That Make a Patent Valuable
Audit Action Sheet
Cost of Registering a Trademark
Portfolio Mapping
Trade Name Protection and Trademark Protection
Patent Status Updates
How Does the Knowledge Gap Worsen Over Time?
Why Are Biologicals so Important?
Post-Grant Proceedings and Patent Enforcement
Unlicensed Source Codes
Post-Grant Options
Post-Grant Review
"Claims" of a Patent
Demonstrating BioSimilarity Under U.S. Law
Effective Stay Strategy
PTAB Timing Trial Dynamics
Merely Descriptive Refusal
How is the Entire Patent Considered Prior Art?
Confidential Information
Impact of PTAB
Improving Patent Portfolio Value
What is an Invention?
Helping In-House Council
4 Ways to Prepare your Patent Portfolio for Battle.
Goal of a Value-Driven Patent Portfolio
A Better Way to Allocate Patent Application Budgets
Naming Problems with BioSimilars
Assessing Executive Experience
Convergence Density
How Should IP be Considered for Growth?
BioSimilar Patenting Litigation Involving Large Amounts of Money
Provisional vs Non-Provisional Patent
Litigation Density
Infringing on Another Patent
Trade Names vs Trademarks
Why Should Claims Not Be Read on the Prior Art?
What Should a Company Patent?
How to Remedy Unwanted Disclosure of Confidential Information
Pre-Litigation Challenges
How Much Does it Cost to Get a Patent?
Rewards of the Practice
Freedom To Operate vs Clearance
Budgeting for Drafting and Prosecution
Steps to Obtaining a Patent
Attributes of a Good Patent
Repeating Competitor Audits
Seeking Money from Investors
Why Do You Enjoy Being a Lawyer?
Value-Driven Patent Portfolio
Determining Likelihood of Confusion
Risks of OSS
Importance of Post-Grant Proceedings
A Less Expensive Alternative
What IP Should I Spend Money on First?
FDA Guidelines for Demonstrating Biosimilarity
How can OSS Negatively Affect a Company?
The Advantage of Filing First
Unanticipated OSS
Meet Mark Stignani
Cost/Value Curve of Patent a Portfolio
Patent Analytics and Competition
Low Risk Joint Ventures
Types of Inventions That Are Patentable
Third Party Confidentiality
Patent Strategy Considerations
What is a BioSimilar?
Portfolio Dashboard - Inventor Information
Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act
Infringement on the Rights of Other Patents
Date of First Use
Using Product Association with IP Assets
Factors That Cause a Patent to Decline in Value
Ideal Patent Strategy
Patent Owner Rights
Value Management Lifecycle
Claim Abstraction Theory
Trademarks and Brand Value
What is a Patent Portfolio?
How Long Does an FTO Take?
Post-Grant Options and Estoppel
Equal Value Patents
How Does the Knowledge Gap Develop?
Sponsor
Are BioSimilars Being Approved in the US?
Experience
Post-Grant Options and Cost
Limiting Issues Defined in District Court
Improperly Marked Product
Scope Concepts and Headnotes
Challenges When Dealing with Patent Matters
Technical Background
Different Parts of a Patent Document
Considerations Before Hiring IP Council
Wasting Money on Low-Value Patents
Segmenting a Portfolio
ITU
"Who" - Audit Action Sheet
Refused Trademark Recourse
Engineers Not Understanding Patents
"How Much" - Audit Action Sheet
Attorneys Not Understanding the Market
5 Year View Point
Auction Audit Sheet - Key Issues to Address
What to Do When First Selecting a Mark
What is Prior Art?
Evaluation Agreement and Computer Codes
Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Trade Dress
What Does an Audit Action Sheet Look Like?
Contractual Intellectual Property Rights
What is a Patent?
Impact of US Hatch Waxman Act 1984
Rebutting a Merely Descriptive Refusal
Independent Claim vs Dependent Claim
Hard Assets
Patent Citation Ranking
Covered Business Method Review
Merrifield Synthesis
Patent Ownership and Patent Profile Analytics
What Engineers Can Learn from Patent Profile Analytics
Traditional Re-Examination
Open Source Initiative
Impact of Post-Grant Proceedings
Common Law Trademark Rights
How is Open Source Software Enforced?
Golden Rule of Auditing a Patent Portfolio
Standard for Getting a Patent
Preventing "Genericide"
Patent Profile Analytics and Researchers
Benefits of Audit Action Sheet
Requirements to Receive a Patent
Patent Infringement
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner - Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals
What Do I Give up in Getting My Patent?
Litigation and BioSimilar Patenting
Purposes of a Trademark
Claim Maps and BioSimilars
Circle "R"
Am I Required to Search for Prior Art?
Patent Profile Analytics and Managers
Post-Grant Options and Grounds of Challenge
"Whats" - Audit Action Sheet
Risk Profile
Broad Patent Claim
Background
What Makes Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner Different?
Interpretational Differences Between Prosecution and Litigation
First Step in Performing a Patent Portfolio Audit
When is a House like a Patent?
Patent Profile Analytics and Engineers
NDAs and Customers
Licensing Density
Inventorship vs Ownership
Prior Art Challenge
Freedom To Operate
Value Management and Risk Management
What Should a Company Understand at the End of an IP Audit?
Freedom to Operate
Importance of Freedom To Operate
Inventorship
Is There Still a Place for Traditional Re-Examination?
Forward Citation Landscape
Renewing a Trademark Registration
Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner & Post Grant Trial Practice
PTAB Final Argument Trial Dynamics
Qualifying for a Patent
Moderate Risk Joint Ventures
OSS Licensing Conditions
Researching Competitors' IP
Outside of Law
The Five Components of an Open Source Software Policy
High Risk Joint Ventures
Why Perform Risk Profile?
Picking a Trademark
Consequences of a Poorly Drafted Patent
Downside of Static Budget Allocation for Patents
Joint Venture Ground Rules
"Whens" - Audit Action Sheet
Who Determines Substitution Factors?
Office Action
Managing OSS
How Should IP be Considered for Acquisition?
Prior Art in Prosecution vs Prior Art in Litigation
Joint Venture Pitfalls
Specimen
First Item on IP To-Do List
Marking a Product
How to Navigate BioSimilar Challenges
How do Patent Prosecution Services Vary in Value?
NDAs and Computer Codes
Meet David Black
What is a Trademark?
Geographic Insight and Patent Profile Analytics
Process for Registering a Trademark in the United States
IP Registration Density
What Doesn't a Patent Provide?
Should IP be Part of Our Business Plan?
The Different Types of Marks
Prior Art and Rejections
How is Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner Different?
Open Source Software
Confidential Information and Business Damage
Picking a Domain Name
Important Attributes to Being a Successful Patent Lawyer
How is Open Source Incorporated into Software?
Consequences of Disclosing Confidential Information
Do Narrow Patents Add Value to a Portfolio?
Joint Ventures and Dispute Resolution
What is a BioSimilar Product Under US Law?
Attorneys and Patent Profile Analytics
Most Common Client Question
Common Reasons Trademarks Are Rejected
Is A United States Registered Trademark Effective in Other Countries?
Reasons to Consider Joint Ventures
Limited Valuable Patents in Technology Area
Post-Litigation Challenges
Patent Examination Process
Establishing Confidentiality
Calculating New Investments
Secondary Meaning of a Trademark
Mitigating Risks of Past Damages
Patents 101
"Wheres" - Audit Action Sheet
Domain Registration Considerations
Signing an NDA
Two Main Value Drivers
Patents and Practicing an Invention
How to Fix the Knowledge Gap
Soft Assets
Freedom to Operate (FTO) Process
Proper Way to Use a Trademark
Inventors and Patent Analytics
"SM" Symbol
When to Do a Freedom to Operate
Provisional Patent
"TM" Symbol
Trademark Filing Considerations
Why Is Executing an NDA Not Enough?
Non-Disclosure Agreement
Discovering Annuity Information
Approvals of BioSimilars in Europe
Importance of Getting a Patent
