LGBTQ students reveal diversity policies they want from firms A law firm’s reputation for LGBTQ equality is an important factor, and diversity should start in the recruitment process By Rani Mehta July 02 2020
Lessons on tech transfer from five universities Tech transfer departments from Harvard, Stanford, Oxford and others explain the unique challenges they face protecting their universities' IP By Charlotte Kilpatrick July 02 2020
Breaking through Brazil's backlog: how recent changes affect US applicants Brenda Holmes of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton reviews the expansion of the Patent Prosecution Highway between the US and Brazil, Brazil’s new preliminary office actions and what the programmes mean for US applicants By Brenda Holmes June 30 2020
Inventorship: why AI is not smart enough yet Matthew Horton and Austin Kim of Foley & Lardner examine the implications of a recent USPTO decision that said artificial intelligence cannot be an inventor on a patent By Austin Kim & Matthew Horton June 30 2020
How to avoid disaster at the ITC As Bas de Blank, Michael Chow and Tammy Su of Orrick explain, redesigning a product to avoid an ITC exclusion order is far different than in district court litigation By Bas de Blank & Michael Chow & Tammy Su June 30 2020
This week in IP: UK clarifies sufficiency, Nokia case ‘should go to CJEU’ Managing IP rounds up the latest patent, trademark and copyright news, including some stories you may have missed By Patrick Wingrove June 26 2020
How many patents do we need? Enough to suit our goals Michelle Park, senior counsel at Google, delves into how patent strategists should take a use-case-driven approach to building a portfolio By Managing IP Correspondent June 25 2020
IP STARS 2020 edition: Patent firm rankings published All the 2020 rankings of the leading firms for patent work are now available online By Kingsley Egbuonu June 23 2020
How attorneys can get back PTAB fees After the Federal Circuit said that it won't grant PTAB attorneys' fees, lawyers are left to pursue district courts and, frustratingly, the PTAB itself By Patrick Wingrove June 22 2020
