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Identifying Novelty in Patent Harvesting Meetings

I recently received a call from a friend who expressed that his company is struggling with helping inventors identify a point of novelty for their ideas in their invention disclosure forms (IDFs), and as a result, it has been difficult to decide whether or not to move forward with their invention ideas. As my friend … Continue Reading

Election Ballot Verification – A Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Analysis

By Gabriel Applegate on January 12, 2021 Posted in Patent

In light of recent events, technologies directed toward verifying voter ballots may sound like attractive investment opportunities. However, potential investors often seek to ensure a technology is protected by one or more valid patents before opening their checkbooks. Interestingly, a Federal Circuit case from 2018, Voter Verified, Inc. v. Election Systems & Software, invalidated issued … Continue Reading