Category: Archived-Blog Posts

The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”), after a series of amendments, entered into effect on January 1, 2020.  The final text of the CCPA as of January 1, 2020 can be seen here. The CCPA introduces new rights for California residents and hefty obligations for businesses.

Click here to view various strategies used to accelerate patent prosecution in certain Latin American countries. This link will open a a separate browser window linked to our foreign filing website.

One of the most important rules of the patent system for an inventor to know, is not to tell anyone about your invention before you have an appropriate patent application filed. This is because no common, internationally-recognized exception to this rule exists. Every country requires an invention to be novel in order...

Hong Kong patent protection is fairly simple to obtain and less expensive than filing for patent protection in many other industrialized countries. Here are 13 reasons why you may want to consider filing for patent protection in Hong Kong: 1. Hong Kong has a population of over 7.4 million...

Though there is an increasing amount of legal information available on the internet, oftentimes founders still make basic mistakes because they don’t understand how the pieces of information fit together or how and when a rule may apply.  Also, startups often overestimate what it requires to take care of loose ends early...

A question we receive from many inventors looking to expand patent protection outside of their home country is, “Is my U.S. patent enforceable around the world?”  While there is no such thing as a “World Patent” or an “International Patent” there are ways to protect your invention outside of the United States. ...

Unknown to you, your field of a non-genetically modified vegetable or fruit crop is located not far from a field of genetically modified fruits or vegetables. The genetic modification allows for resistance to herbicides (e.g. glyphosate, such as RoundUp®) or some other useful trait, such as drought resistance, and has been patented....

The US Patent and Trademark Office’s Track One Prioritized Examination program was implemented as part of the America Invents Act in a final rule published on September 23, 2011.  The Track One program allows for an applicant of a U.S. utility or plant patent application to obtain a final disposition within 12...

On June 19, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court provided a groundbreaking opinion on patent subject matter eligibility in the case of Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International.  The complete decision can be downloaded here: http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/13-298_7lh8.pdf.    The Petitioner (Alice) was an assignee of patents that centered on mitigating settlement risk (which is a...

Carr & Ferrell is pleased to congratulate Silver Peak Systems, which has announced that the USPTO awarded the company multiple patents for accelerating data movement over distance. Carr & Ferrell confirmed the issue of the new patents, which cover software that enables businesses to simplify and lower the costs for critical IT...