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Cynthia Gilbert
  • This article provides an overview to inventors and other patent holders about their options for international patent filings.  The article focuses on Patent Cooperation Treaty applications (for short, "PCT apps") and explains how PCT apps can...

    May 26, 2012 | Cynthia Gilbert

  • This article drives home an important point about employees and patents.  Patent law in the United States rests patent rights with the inventor absent explicit assignment.  Since your business is a legal fiction, it cannot invent things;...

    March 11, 2012 | Cynthia Gilbert

  • A prior use right, with respect to a patent, means that someone can use a technology or business method whose rights are exclusively granted to another because they had already been using the subject of the patent prior to its invention.  Prior...

    October 17, 2011 | Cynthia Gilbert

  • The recent Patent Reform Act changed the priority in patent applications from first-to-invent to first-to-file.  This is a much discussed change.  This article explains what this change means, why this change was made, and why this might...

    September 16, 2011 | Cynthia Gilbert

  • This article discusses three concrete steps a company can take to protect their intellectual property rights while they are spreading the word about how innovative they are. 

    June 5, 2011 | Cynthia Gilbert

  • Whether it's motivating users to sign up or pitching to investors and partners, telling others about your innovations is critical to a business.  But mishandling intellectual property strategy while doing all that selling can lead to serious...

    June 5, 2011 | Cynthia Gilbert

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