Using Design Patents to Protect Graphical User Interfaces
One of the most important aspects of software and mobile applications is the user experience, which is closely tied to the graphical user interface (GUI) of the software…
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Patenting Medical Devices: Patent Novelty vs. Commercial Novelty
As with any invention, it is important for innovators and medical device companies to understand that there is a difference between patent novelty and commercial novelty…
Can I Patent My Hot, New Mobile App?
In 2017, Google Play and the Apple App Store both passed one million apps. These numbers demonstrate just how competitive the app development market is. With such fierce…
Advantages of Filing A Provisional Patent Application To Protect Your Newly Invented Medical Device
Many inventors and companies file a provisional patent application with the thought and expectation that they would then, 12 months later, file a non-provisional patent…
Medical Device IP Strategy Often Depends on Exit Strategy
Strategy plays an important role in achieving success as a business because thoughtful planning can go a long way towards ensuring that your company heads in the…
Options for Expediting the Patent Process For Computer Software Inventions
The United States Patent and Trademark Office estimated that the average patent application is completed in two and a half years. Some patent applications take even…
Patenting Software is About Patenting the Process, Not the Code
Software developers are immensely smart individuals, and they often understand the importance of protecting their software intellectual property. But it’s not always…
Know The Patent Landscape Early – Market Clearance Searches for Medical Device Innovations
No one needs to reinvent the wheel and you shouldn’t waste valuable time, money and resources designing a “new” medical device that already exists. Before committing too…
Why It Is Important to Police and Enforce Medical Device IP Rights
The medical device and healthcare technology industries are rapidly developing and advances are being made at a remarkable rate. New life-saving devices and treatments…
Using Medical Device IP Rights to Get Funding
Undercapitalization is one of the biggest killers of small medical device companies – but this does not have to happen to your business. Your company has valuable…
IP and FDA Regulatory Strategies Often Go Hand-In-Hand
In the medical device industry, it is common for medical device companies to seek regulatory approval on new medical devices and innovations from the Food and Drug…
How to Determine If Patenting Is the Right IP Protection Strategy for Your Mobile App
When it comes to protecting the intellectual property behind your new mobile application, you may have to consider your options carefully to determine what course of…
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