2013 March

CHECKPOINT VS. ALL TAG

AUSTIN PATENT ATTORNEY’S OVERVIEW OF CHECKPOINT VS. ALL TAG The subject matter in this lawsuit relates to security tags that are attached to merchandise in retail stores to limit/prevent shoplifting. If the tags are not deactivated by a salesperson of the retail store, then an alarm will be triggered if the tags move past sensors [...]

By Gene Pierson|2013-03-26T20:48:32-05:00March 26th, 2013|Blog, Patent Attorney Takeaways|Comments Off

What are fast ways to get patent rights?

Intellectual property rights are not vested in response to filing a patent application. By filing a patent application, a start-up company will receiving a filing date not patent rights. The filing date sets a cutoff date which any disclosures after cannot be used as prior art against the start-up during the process to be granted [...]

By Gene Pierson|2013-03-04T16:49:08-06:00March 4th, 2013|Blog|Comments Off