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4 Ways Patents Provide Value
Patents take an investment in time and money. Startups, bootstrapped enterprises and solo inventors may have questions about how the benefits outweigh the costs. Because of the stricter standards for winning patents for software compared to physical inventions, tech companies…
Blueshift IP’s Cynthia Gilbert and Robert Plotkin Selected to the 2021 Massachusetts Super Lawyers List
Blueshift IP is delighted to announce that Founding Partners Cynthia Gilbert and Robert Plotkin have been selected for inclusion in the 2021 Massachusetts Super Lawyers® List as “Top Rated Intellectual Property” Attorneys published by Thomson Reuters. Each year, no more…
3 Key Patent Questions Clients Should Ask
At Blueshift IP, we try to anticipate what clients want to know—or better yet, what they should want to know, even if they don’t realize it. When companies approach us about patenting their inventions, our first task is to assess…
The 5 Biggest Patent Pitfalls to Avoid
For companies that have proprietary software, protecting your intellectual property is essential to surviving in today’s market. While there are multiple avenues for protecting intellectual property – each with its own unique use case – patents afford companies significant protections…
Patent Roadmaps to Help Steer Your Business
Establishing a solid patent portfolio goes beyond filing individual patent applications. Securing enforceable intellectual property requires careful planning and cultivation of a portfolio of patents. A protective patent portfolio starts with a roadmap that is based on and supports the…
Gaps in the Patent Portfolio: How to Fully Protect Intellectual Property
Patents ensure that inventors can harvest a return on investment. Companies pour time and money into innovations and need to protect their work from competitors prepared to swoop in and poach their technology. Often a single patent is not enough…
Blueshift IP Attorneys Recognized as IP Trailblazers
Blueshift IP founders and attorneys Cynthia Gilbert and Robert Plotkin were recognized as IP Trailblazers by the National Law Journal in its November 2020 issue. The Trailblazers series recognizes individuals who are “moving the needle” in intellectual property law in…
AI and Patents: How to Avoid Inadvertently Giving Away Your Valuable AI-Generated Inventions
This installment focuses on how artificial intelligence is making it more critical than ever before for innovative companies to choose between patenting their inventions and keeping them as trade secrets.
BlueShift IP Announces Launch of The Software Patent Podcast
We’re pleased to announce the launch of The Software Patent Podcast. The Software Patent Podcast was created to educate innovators and business people about how patents can help them maximize legal protection for the software they develop. Episodes of the…
AI and Patents: AI Creates Inventions that Human Inventors Don’t Understand
By Robert Plotkin and Cynthia Gilbert This is a special series of articles about the impact of AI on patent protection from Blueshift IP: Software Patent Experts. This series is intended to be easy to understand and to focus on…
AI and Patents: AI Lets Inventors Make Their Wishes Come True
By Robert Plotkin and Cynthia Gilbert This is a special series of articles about the impact of AI on patent protection from Blueshift IP: Software Patent Experts. This series is intended to be easy to understand and to focus on…
AI and Patents: How AI is Creating Super Inventors
By Robert Plotkin and Cynthia Gilbert This is a special series of articles about the impact of AI on patent protection from Blueshift IP: Software Patent Experts. This series is intended to be easy to understand and to focus on…
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…
