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Back to the Future: Blueshift IP’s Mission for Getting Us All Back to Business
We know that your top priorities right now are keeping your business running and keeping yourself and your families and employees safe and well. Within the context of keeping your business running, we want to partner with you to put…
Why Patents are Worthless Until They Become Invaluable
I hear many high-tech entrepreneurs say, “Patents are worthless. They stop competitors from copying you, but our competitors aren’t copying us. Our main problem is developing and selling our products, not stopping copiers. What we need to succeed is first-mover…
How to determine whether software is patentable – Part 1
This is the first in a series of articles on how to determine whether your software is patentable. If you are an inventor, in management at a high tech company, or a patent lawyer outside the U.S. this will help…
How to determine whether software is patentable – Part 2
This is part 2 in a series of articles on how to determine whether your software is patentable. If you are an inventor, an executive at a tech company, or a patent lawyer outside the U.S., this will help you…
How to determine whether software is patentable – Part 3
This is part 3 in a series of articles on how to determine whether your software is patentable. If you are an inventor, an executive at a tech company, or a patent lawyer outside the U.S., this will help you…
How to determine whether software is patentable – Part 4
This is the fourth and final part in a series of articles on how to determine whether your software is patentable. If you are an inventor, an executive at a tech company, or a patent lawyer outside the U.S., this…
How to determine whether software is patentable – Part 5
We had such a positive response to our four-part series on How to Determine Whether Software is Patentable that we have added two more bonus parts to the series. This is part 5, which explains another criterion that you can…
How to determine whether software is patentable – Part 6
This is the sixth and final segment in our series of articles on how to determine whether your software is patentable. If you are an inventor, an executive at a tech company, or a patent lawyer outside the U.S., this…
Update Your Invention, Update your Patent Portfolio
Today I’m going to help you to avoid a very common patent pitfall. I encounter many high tech business owners, executives, and inventors who have the mistaken belief that if they’ve obtained a patent on the original version of a…
The Key Issue for AI and Patents that No One is Talking About
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a very hot topic in the field of patent law. As AI has achieved some significant successes and momentum in recent years, including among major high-tech companies, the implications of AI for patents have grabbed…
Why It’s Important Not To Write Your Own Software Patent
I encounter many potential clients who assume that the work of a patent attorney is primarily to put the client’s description of their invention into “legal language,” to fill out the appropriate forms, and then to submit the results to…
How To Obtain Software Patents Faster – Part 3
This is the third part in a three part series on how to obtain software patents more quickly than is normally possible. The approach that we describe here is described in more detail in our article on the leading patent…
How To Obtain Software Patents Faster – Part 2
One of the most common complaints that companies have about the patenting process is that it is too slow, especially for software patents. Fortunately, there are some infrequently used methods for obtaining software patents much more quickly than the norm,…
How To Obtain Software Patents Fast – Part 1
One of the most common complaints that companies have about the patenting process is that it is too slow, especially for software patents. Fortunately, there are some infrequently used methods for obtaining software patents much more quickly than the norm,…
Why hiring a specialised Software Patent Attorney is important
I have found over the years that many high tech executives and managers very understandably assume that if they have a patent attorney who’s been doing a great job for them on their mechanical or electrical or chemical inventions over…
How Patents Can Defend Your Company Against Lawsuits
Many high tech business executives have told me over the years that they don’t obtain patents and don’t think patents have value for their company because they don’t ever plan to sue anyone for patent infringement. This common but flawed…
One Huge Mistake That Could Invalidate Your Patent
After your company has made a significant investment of time and money in obtaining a patent, the last thing you want to happen is for your patent to be invalidated because of a mistake that could have been avoided. In this…
How to Comply with your Duty of Disclosure
Patent law has many traps for the unwary client because it is unique in many ways. I’ve outlined some of these key pitfalls in a previous blog posting to educate clients and to further minimize the risks to them. One…
4 Myths About Provisional Patent Applications
You’ve likely heard about provisional patent applications… But do you really understand what a provisional patent application is and what protection it provides—and doesn’t provide—to your company? This is how many companies waste their money handling provisional patent applications the…
Proven Techniques to Maximize Value in Strategic Patenting
Not all patent law firms are created equal. When you decide to pursue a patent for your invention (or on behalf of your company), you’re faced with a range of choices – and to get the most out of your…
