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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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Navigating Complex Federal Regulations When Protecting Your Cannabis Brands

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April 5, 2016

BRI Should Not Depart from What the Claim Language and Specification so Clearly Mean

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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April 4, 2016

A Plea for a Charitable and Common-Sensical Claim Construction

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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April 1, 2016

If You Want to Contest Jurisdiction, Don’t File a Counterclaim

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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April 1, 2016

PGR, IPR, and CBMPR Rules Amended Effective May 2, 2016

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

April 1, 2016

Preference for Giving Each Claim Term Effect Does Not Overcome Meaning Apparent from the Specification

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

March 24, 2016

Functional Claim Language Does Not Render Apparatus Claim Indefinite For Including Both Method And Apparatus

By: Nicholas S. Drysdale, Principal

March 23, 2016

Assignor Estoppel is Still A Thing

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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March 23, 2016

Estoppel Does Not Apply to Uninstituted Grounds

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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March 21, 2016

Sometimes the Application of a New Technology is Obvious from the New Technology itself

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

March 18, 2016

ANDA Filings Create Personal Jurisdiction Everywhere

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

March 15, 2016

PTAB Can’t Rely on Anticipation Argument first Made during the Oral Hearing

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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March 14, 2016

While a Nice Place, Canada is not the Best Place to Litigate U.S. IP

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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March 10, 2016

Know When to Fold ‘Em — Games are Unpatentable Abstract Ideas

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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March 10, 2016

Look at the Context, Sometimes “A” means “A”

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

March 9, 2016

If You Can’t Say Something Nice . . .

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

March 7, 2016

The Privileged Few

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

March 1, 2016

The Specification (Including the Title) Narrowed the Scope of the Claims

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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March 1, 2016

Questions About Patent Validity Snuff Preliminary Injunction in Artificial Candle Case

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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February 22, 2016

Broadest Reasonable Interpretation is Must be Consistent with the Specification and the Claims

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

February 9, 2016

Actual Knowledge of a Published Application Can Trigger Pre-Issuance Damage (Quick Put Your Head in the Sand)

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal