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New Hurdles for IPR Petitioners Seeking to Rely on Printed Publications: Printed publications often are the best source of evidence that a patent claim is invalid.  For example, textbooks, technical specifications, whitepapers, and even comments posted ... bit.ly/364J1ma

Five reasons due diligence is crucial in IP business transactions: Could the right intellectual property (IP) propel your business to greatness? In today's business environment, technological advances lead to new disruptive business models at a dizzyin ... bit.ly/2ZbhQ7f

Coats and Bennett Files Amicus Brief: Coats & Bennett recently filed an amicus brief on behalf of the American Institute of Building Design (AIBD in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in an architectural works copyright case.  In Design Basics, LLC, ... bit.ly/2S8EjQU

What is the process for getting a patent?: Patents protect your business's intellectual property and ensure competitors can't profit off your ideas and concepts. Obtaining a patent can seem like an intimidating process, as there are many steps and proc ... bit.ly/33PXTEN

Possible big changes coming to copyrights: Protecting your copyrights is very important when a copyright is essential to your North Carolina business. When someone else uses your copyrighted content without permission, you have a right under the law to ... bit.ly/2NwxtSB

Do you know how to protect your company's intellectual property?: You put in a lot of late nights and personal time to create, cultivate and perfect your North Carolina company's intellectual property. Of course, you want to do everything you can to pr ... bit.ly/2Jq7ZEe

What every business owner needs to know about patents: Coming up with an idea for a new product is exciting. Perhaps your business has developed a new cutting-edge software technology or app or a new medical device. You're excited to see it launch and ... bit.ly/2BGcRRh

Can colors be trademarked?: When creating logos for business, color selection is an important consideration. As a result, certain colors are inexorably linked to certain businesses and products, which causes concern when other companies attempt to use ... bit.ly/2ByTv0q

Patent News Podcast Episode 008 – Quake v. Lo and General Electric Co. v. United Technologies Corp.: After a brief hiatus, the latest episode of Patent News Podcast is up.  In two precedential opinions, the Federal Circuit addressed issues regarding wr ... bit.ly/2mtSfrh

Patent News Podcast Episode 009 – TQ Delta v. DISH Network and Cisco Sys. v. TQ Delta: The latest episode of Patent News Podcast is up. On July 10, 2019, the Federal Circuit issued two precedential opinions appealing decisions from the Patent Trial and ... bit.ly/2n7q953

Amazon releases suspiciously similar shoe to competitor Allbirds: With seemingly unlimited money and personnel, you wouldn't think that giant technology companies would need to rip-off the ideas of others. After all, if they saw a concept or design the ... bit.ly/2ldYoHG

Patent News Podcast Episode 010 – SRI Int'l v. Cisco Sys.: The latest episode of Patent News Podcast is available. On July 12, 2019, the Federal Circuit issued a precedential opinion from an appeal of a decision from the District of Delaware addressing ... bit.ly/2kSkijq

Intellectual property, legal action and your rights: Our law firm is very familiar with the different challenges that business owners frequently encounter when it comes to intellectual property. There are multiple issues to consider with regard to this ... bit.ly/30PQmUR

Garage Door Opener Found Ineligible for Patent Protection: The Federal Circuit recently held in Chamberlain Group, Inc. v. Techtronic Industries Co. that the “movable barrier operator” claimed in Chamberlain's U.S. Patent 7,224,275 is invalid as being ... bit.ly/30P2FRg

Patent News Podcast Episode 007 – In re Global, Enzo v. Roche, and Westech v. 3M: The latest episode from Patent News Podcast is up.  In three precedential opinions, the court addressed reissue claims and written description, lack of enablement, and im ... bit.ly/2KBOCJl

Do you know how to reduce the cost of a patent?: You have a patent in mind that you would like to file in North Carolina. As a small business owner, you may not have access to the same financial resources as a bigger business. Turning to these tips fro ... bit.ly/303AfCD

Coats + Bennett Launches “Patent News Podcast”: Coats + Bennett's newest attorney, Krista Contino Saumby, is the host of Patent News Podcast, summarizing recent Federal Circuit decisions related to intellectual property law. bit.ly/2XWx2Da

Small businesses now targeted by patent trolls: Patent trolls' bread and butter for years was going after large corporations. They would buy patents from inventors, auction houses or bankrupt businesses and then file infringement suits against large bu ... bit.ly/2JE5WN9

Patent News Podcast Episode 005 – Kolcraft Ent. v. Graco Children's Products: The latest episode from Patent News Podcast is up. Judges Moore, Reyna, and Chen weigh in on evidentiary requirements for conception and reduction to practice. Patent News Po ... bit.ly/2XUGsz1

Only registered copyrights can defend infringement claims: The Supreme Court recently handed down a clarification on copyright law. With rulings in the circuit courts that contradict each other, the highest court ruled 9-0 that copyright infringement c ... bit.ly/2WPRQeT