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Since September 2012 the USPTO has been invalidating a majority of the patents for which proceedings have been initiated under the inter parties review (“IPR”) process. Statistics on IPR [...]

Earth receives enough sunlight to generate around 52 Petawatt/hr of energy. To give you an idea, China’s entire electricity production in 2013 was 5.21 Petawatt/hr which is equal to 10% of what [...]

I hope you must’ve played the game “Flow free” on android. Not to panic, in case you haven’t. The Rules of the game are: Connect the dots. Simply draw a line from one dot to the other of the same [...]

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where a product was infringing on your patents? But you could do nothing as the product was designed around to avoid infringement? More often, we come [...]

Do patents promote innovation or stifle it? This million dollar question has been a topic of debate for almost a century. Half of us are in favor of the system while the other half openly [...]

Clever is the one who has mastered the art of saving money, for that money could be spent on million other things. Saving money is an art, of which a few are a pro while many fail at it. A bit of [...]

Many of you might have settled few spats by playing “Rock-Scissors-Paper” game. Well, today we are going to do somewhat the same thing. Before beginning, let me first give you a quick brush-up [...]

Chess, when played beyond a basic skill level, is not a game about pieces; it’s about reading your opponent. This saying is very much applicable to patent prosecution where each written has an [...]

How far have your closest competitors come? What patents? In what countries are they valid and for how long? Or more specifically: What has happened in your particular technological area during [...]

In 2005 the Intellectual Property Owners Association (“IPO”) conducted a survey of its members on the subject of patent quality.  At that time, more than 50% of responding IPO members felt that [...]