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Making Decisions Series: Marking and Maintenance
After a patent is granted, you still need to take a few steps to keep it alive and enforceable. In this episode, Robert Plotkin, a software patent attorney and co-founder of the law firm Blueshift IP explains the proactive and…
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Making Decisions Series: The Notice of Allowance
Receiving a Notice of Allowance for your patent application is only the beginning of the end of examination of the application. Several additional decisions and actions need to be taken before your patent application will be granted as a patent. In…
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Making Decisions Series: Handling Rejections of Your Patent Applications
It is normal for your patent application to be rejected at first. In most cases, this signals the start of the negotiation process with the patent office. In this episode, Robert Plotkin, a software patent attorney and co-founder of the…
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Making Decisions Series: Accelerating Examination – How to Obtain Patents More Quickly
A common complaint among companies and people filing for patents is that the examination process takes too long. In this episode, Cynthia Gilbert, a software patent attorney and co-founder of the law firm Blueshift IP explains how you can accelerate…
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Making Decisions Series: Should I File in the US, Internationally (PCT), or Both?
An international patent application makes it possible to protect your intellectual property in markets outside the US. In this episode, Robert Plotkin, a software patent attorney and co-founder of the law firm Blueshift IP explains how to approach international patent…
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Choosing the Right Type of Patent Application to File Based on Your Business Goals
A provisional patent application is a kind of scaled-down patent application that can be prepared more quickly and is less expensive than a full patent application. In this episode, Cynthia Gilbert, a software patent attorney and co-founder of the law…
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Collaborating Efficiently and Effectively with your Patent Lawyer
Patents cover a company’s most cutting-edge innovations, often months or years before those innovations go to market. In this episode, Robert Plotkin and Cynthia Gilbert, software patent attorneys and co-founders of the law firm Blueshift IP, set the stage for…
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Deep Dive AI – How To Avoid Inadvertently Giving Away Your Valuable AI-Generated Inventions
This four-part series is all about artificial intelligence and understanding the patentability of AI innovations. In the first three episodes, we looked at how artificial intelligence can create super inventors that solve more problems in less time, how AI is…
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Deep Dive AI – AI Creates Inventions That Human Inventors Don’t Understand
In the first two episodes of this series, we discussed how artificial intelligence can create super inventors that solve more problems in less time, and how AI is enabling them to make their wishes come true. Now it’s time to…
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Deep Dive AI – AI Lets Inventors Make Their Wishes Come True
In our first episode of this series on understanding the patentability of AI innovations, Cynthia Gilbert discussed how artificial intelligence can create super inventors that solve more problems in less time. Today, in our second episode, Robert Plotkin – a software…
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Robert Plotkin Authors Article for IPWatchdog Providing Guidance to Executives on When—and When Not—to Patent
Blueshift IP co-founder and software patent expert Robert Plotkin recently published an article on IPWatchdog providing guidance to executives on when to consider patenting AI systems and their output versus when to…
- November 15, 2023·
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Harness the Power of AI While Protecting Your AI-Generated Works
The power and scope of artificial intelligence (AI) is evolving at a breakneck pace. What does that mean for your brand’s intellectual property? AI tools offer incredible opportunity for companies…
- November 10, 2023·
Robert Plotkin Authors Article for Law360 about How Lawyers Can Use ChatGPT
Blueshift IP co-founder and patent software expert Robert Plotkin recently authored an article for Law360 titled “Why I Use ChatGPT to Tell Me Things I Already Know.” The article provides…
- November 8, 2023·
Robert Plotkin Authors Article for Inc. Magazine about How Software Companies Should Develop and Patent AI-Related Innovations
Blueshift IP co-founder and patent software expert Robert Plotkin recently published an article in Inc., the magazine for entrepreneurs and innovators in business, titled “Patent Law Isn’t Ready for AI. Here’s…
- November 1, 2023·
Robert Plotkin Authors Article on AI as an Inventor for Reuters, Plus a Bonus Work of Fiction Written by ChatGPT
Blueshift IP co-founder Robert Plotkin recently authored an article for Reuters that takes a unique approach to analyzing the trending question of whether an AI system should be eligible to…
- October 3, 2023·
Blueshift IP Celebrates and Congratulates our Client, Zapata AI Announcing Its Intention to Go Public With Andretti Acquisition Corp.
Blueshift IP, a boutique patent law firm specializing in strategic patent portfolio development for software patents, is thrilled to announce the news of a definitive business combination agreement that will…
- September 15, 2023·
Blueshift IP Co-Founder Cynthia Gilbert – Panelist at Annual Meeting of Association of Intellectual Property Firms
Blueshift IP, a patent law firm specializing in computer technology and software patents, is pleased to announce that co-founder Cynthia Gilbert was a panelist at the recent annual meeting of…
- September 15, 2023·
Unlocking the Power of Patents to Secure Investment for Software Startup Companies
Funding is the lifeblood of every tech startup, and securing the next round of investment is often one of the major issues keeping startup executives awake at night. After all,…
- August 24, 2023·