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May 13, 2025

The Hypocrisy of ‘Delete IP’: Billionaire Frustrations Masquerading as Policy

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May 12, 2025

A Path to Antibody Protection

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May 1, 2025

A DMCA Takedown notice is a powerful tool if done correctly.

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April 4, 2025

U.S. Chemical & Life Science Patents Quarterly Newsletter

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April 1, 2025

Do You Have a Patent Infringement Problem?

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January 2, 2025

Navigating Complex Federal Regulations When Protecting Your Cannabis Brands

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Harness IP IP Law & The Constitution

October 13, 2021

IPR’s Survive More Constitutional Challenges

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

Chemical Patents

August 16, 2021

Broad, Functional Claims Made it Hard to Presume Nexus for Commercial Success

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

Patent Litigation

May 13, 2021

Federal Circuit Ignores Forum Selection Clause that Could Have Prevented IPR

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

May 13, 2021

Federal Circuit Ignores Forum Selection Clause, Allowing IPR to Proceed

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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January 6, 2021

Judgment of Non-Infringement Moots Appeal of PTAB Decision Sustaining Validity

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

Federal Circuit Litigation | Intellectual Property Law Firm | Harness IP

December 23, 2020

A Preference for Something Else is not Teaching Away

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

IP Litigation and Contested Matters

November 26, 2020

Petitioner Can Substantiate Prior Art When Challenged by Patent Owner

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

Patent Litigation

September 25, 2020

Finding Claims Non-obvious Was Not Error, It Was the Application of the Proper Evidentiary Standard

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

IPR Estoppel

September 24, 2020

IPR Estoppel: It’s Not A Second Bite at the Apple if You Didn’t Get a First Bite

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

IP Litigation and Contested Matters

September 5, 2020

§315(c) Does Not Allow Board to Join IPRs or to Add Issues to an IPR via Joinder

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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August 1, 2020

Federal Circuit to PTAB: Show Your Work

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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July 30, 2020

Institution Decision Not Carved in Stone; Final Written Decision Can Differ

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

The Next Generation of Patent Attorneys

July 22, 2020

PTAB is not Limited to § 102 and § 103 when Reviewing Amended Claims in IPR

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

Intellectual Property Law Blog

June 4, 2020

IPR Attorneys’ Fees are not Awardable under Section 285

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

Harness IP IP Litigation PTAB Proceedings

May 15, 2020

Federal Circuit to PTAB: Try Harder to Construe Patent Claims in IPR

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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May 5, 2020

Petitioner Can’t Complaint About Improperly Appointed PTAB

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

Inter Partes Review Patent Litigation

April 21, 2020

Wrong or Purposefully Evasive Decisions on IPR Time Bar Are Not Reviewable

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

Estoppel At the PTAB | Intellectual Property Law Firm | Harness IP

March 18, 2020

§ 315(c) Does Not Authorize Joinder of Two Proceedings, or Joining a Person to a Proceeding in Which that Person is Already a Party

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

Machine Learning Patent Protection | Intellectual Property Law Firm | Harness IP

February 19, 2020

Motivation to Combine Prior Art Can Come from Knowledge of those Skilled in the art, the Art Itself, or the Nature of the Problem

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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February 6, 2020

Petitioner in an IPR is Entitled to Respond to Arguments Made by Patent Owner

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal