The USPO recently adopted a new program to help individuals and small businesses who are more impacted by the lengthy process of obtaining a patent. The purpose of the program is to avoid the normal delays associated with the patent process, which mi…
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Like with utility patents, the United States Patent Office (“USPTO”) allows patent examiners to require applicants to limit their design patent application to one design. Therefore, when an applicant has several designs, even if related, some att…
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In an effort to limit inventors to one invention per patent, the United States Patent Office (“USPTO”) allows patent examiners to require applicants to limit their patent application to one invention. This creates a quandary for applicants. On th…
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Gardner Linn is pleased to welcome Catherine S. Collins as a partner in the firm. Catherine is a highly experienced and knowledgeable attorney in the field of intellectual property law, including patent and trademark procurement, enforcement, licensi…
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Originally Published in Crain’s Grand Rapids Business https://www.crainsgrandrapids.com/opinion/one-year-grace-period-for-inventors-is-alive-but-not-well/ Signed into law in 2011, the America Invents Act provides a one-year grace period for inv…
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We are pleased to announce that our firm has changed its name and will now be known as “Gardner Linn.” Our address and other contact information remains substantially unchanged. Although you will begin seeing “gardner-linn.com”…
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On Wednesday, May 11, 2016, the President signed into law the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) of 2016, in an effort to strengthen trade secret protection by providing companies with the option of filing federal civil lawsuits for trade secrets theft.…
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On January 15, 2016, the Supreme Court decided to consider whether Inter Partes Review (IPR) proceedings will continue to function under the rules that have resulted in an unprecedentedly high rate of patent invalidations. The case to be heard is Cuo…
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Gardner Linn is pleased to announce that the firm and its attorneys have again been honored as among the best intellectual property firms and practitioners in the nation. Don Gardner, Terry Linn, Fred Burkhart, Tim Flory, and Karl Ondersma have all b…
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On November 20, 2015, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office launched “Global Dossier,” available at http://globaldossier.uspto.gov/#/, which provides access to patent applications and their corresponding prosecution histories in the U.S.,…
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