Can shipping "from yourself to yourself" possibly amount to "inducing infringement"? I always thought that it "took two to tango". However, a recent US Federal Circuit decision disagrees: in Promega v. LifeTech the Court held that you could induce yourself…
Get everyone on the same page for foreign filings It is crucial to ensure that all stakeholders have shared expectations in advance for foreign filings. Foreign filings work if they flow smoothly, and there were shared expectations about: substantive issues…
When you file patents outside the US that correspond to the patents you are already filing in the US you can add significant value to the applicant's portfolio very cost-effectively. The applicant gains rights in large markets that may be…
Deadline month 30, extendable to month 42 The formal deadline for filing a Canadian PCT national phase is month 30. It is possible to extend this deadline to month 42 upon payment of a small additional fee of $200. (Technically,…
Best practices for foreign filings Want to avoid being sued? Want to be a foreign filing hero? Make sure the chain of title is correct. In particular, we strongly recommend as best practices that you secure assignments from the inventor…
The world really does move in mysterious ways, and nowhere is that more true than in the economy. The price of oil is way down. The US Dollar is way up relative to the currencies of most other countries, including…