IP Insights
To the Innovators We Serve
In the words of Vice President Kamala Harris- “A Great Experiment takes great determination —…
Patent Disputes in Europe and the Unified Patent Court
Currently in Europe, questions of patent infringement and validity are resolved at the national level,…
Drawing Software Patent Drafting Guidance in 2021 from an Unlikely Source: the Federal Circuit
Homing in on three software cases in which the Federal Circuit found claims patent eligible…
IP Updates in Biden/Harris Transition
Announcements for appointments for the incoming Biden/Harris administration have just begun. Katherine Tai has been…
Why Trademark Monitoring Matters
Securing federal trademark registration is only one aspect of the process of protecting your brand…
International Patents – Worksharing and Outsourcing
Dec 2020 Russia. Nov. 18, 2020. The head of Rospatent, the Russian Patent and Trademark…
Protecting Software Copyright
Software code can indeed be copyrighted. It falls into the category of “literary work,”…
Shami Messinger Gives Back – Pro Bono Work
Every year at Shami Messinger PLLC, our lawyers and legal personnel devote hundreds of hours…
Patenting AI
November 30, 2020 The USPTO Office of the Chief Economist recently released a remarkable report, Inventing AI. …
USPTO Trademark Fees to Increase
If your business is considering filing U.S. Trademark Applications, you may want to do so…