Patents

Insightful Patent Law Blog Posts

Software Patents–Back in Play

By Stephen B. Schott | January 29, 2026

We’ll try a new format for the newsletter. The first section is for founders, CTOs, and inventors. The…

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Hottest IP Topics of 2024

By Stephen B. Schott | February 6, 2025

Hot intellectual property topics from 2024

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New Standards for Design Patent Obviousness with the LKQ Corp. v. GM ruling

By Stephen B. Schott | May 28, 2024

Imagine someone submitted a design patent for a glass bottle with a contoured hourglass shape. The top was…

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USPTO Issues Guidelines for Inventions Created with AI

By Stephen B. Schott | February 20, 2024

From articles in our news feeds to conversations with friends, the topic of Artificial Intelligence (AI) seems inescapable.…

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PERA and PREVAIL: Bipartisan Bills Aimed at Supporting Inventors and Innovation

By Stephen B. Schott | December 15, 2023

Patent law has undergone drastic changes in recent years. From the Supreme Court’s landmark Alice ruling to the…

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Reconsider the Trade Show: Minerva Surgical v. Hologic and the Public Use Bar for Patents

By Stephen B. Schott | February 20, 2023

Have you considered bringing your latest invention to a trade show? If so, the latest Federal Circuit ruling…

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CosmoKey v. Duo Security: Skipping Step One of the Alice Test

By Stephen B. Schott | October 8, 2021

Have you ever used dual verification to sign into a device? If so, you might be familiar with…

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Minerva Surgical v. Hologic: Supreme Court Retains but Narrows Assignor Estoppel

By Stephen B. Schott | July 2, 2021

Picture this: someone offers to assign you the patent for a cutting-edge technology that could change the world.…

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A Renewed Call: Repeal the Single Sentence Rule for Patent Claims

By Stephen B. Schott | June 12, 2019

Like all elementary school graduates, I learned that a single sentence should be short. One source suggests that…

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PA Bar: Removing The Exclusivity Of “Patent Attorney”

By Stephen B. Schott | April 10, 2019

[EDIT: The Pennsylvania House of Delegates voted down this measure in May 2019, mostly due to issues unrelated…

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