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10/07/2025

This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed I speak with Dana Colarulli, who is a partner at ACG Advocacy—one of the premiere intellectual property lobby firms in Washington, DC. We delve into the intricate world of patent policy and politics, discussing laws, the dynamic environment at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). We discuss the recent shake-ups at the USPTO, the controversial “patent tax” proposal, how despite the fact that the USPTO is user-fee funded it is being swept up in broader Trump Administration efforts to downsize the federal government, what the word “innovation” really means, how businesses use intellectual property assets, the importance of predictable IP assets, the challenges of effective patent valuation, international collaboration and education to support small and medium size enterprises (SMEs), and much more.

Judge Pauline Newman has served with distinction on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit since her appointment by President Ronald Reagan in 1984. Her career has been marked by a commitment to innovation and the advancement of strong intellectual property rights, shaping the very founda...

03/15/2025

Join us on Thursday, March 20, at 12 PM ET, a panel of AI experts, prosecution law firm counsel, and in-house IP leaders will explore how AI-powered prior art search and strategic analysis can revolutionize both patent drafting and examination.

Patent prosecution is more challenging than ever. With the USPTO facing a near-record backlog and patent applicants collectively losing tens of millions annually due to abandoned applications, inefficiencies in the process are costing both innovators and the patent system itself. But what if you cou...

11/18/2024

Join us for a conversation about how in-house counsel and outside counsel can better collaborate to achieve synergies in the innovation and patenting process.

Without a thoughtful, proactive strategy for identifying and protecting key innovations, Law Firms and Corporations run the risk of missing valuable opportunities. Worse, when those opportunities are captured, the protection may not align with the business’s actual needs, resulting in potential co...

08/26/2024

Winning the Battle Against Counterfeits. Panelists left to right: Alaina van Horn, Holly Lance, Maja Szumarska, and Gina Johnson. Counterfeit products are an enormous problem for businesses all over the world, from consumer goods, to software, to pharmaceuticals, counterfeits have become nearly ubiquitous. In what feels like a game of whack-a-mole, brands must constantly fight to keep out nefarious actors who often offer inferior or even dangerous goods.

08/26/2024

Earlier today Renee C. Compasso-Quinn, COO of IPWatchdog, had a one-on-one conversation with USPTO Director Kathi Vidal, discussing everything from how Director Vidal first got into sciences and ultimately IP, and everything up to and including how the Office is handling Artificial Intelligence.

08/26/2024

The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has taken center stage in popular culture thanks to the significant advances of tools like ChatGPT. This panel is discussing emerging IP issues for AI, as a part of our First Annual Women's IP Forum.

07/08/2024

Join me starting July 15 for an introduction to patent prosecution.

Having a license to practice is just the beginning. Let Gene Quinn teach you how to actually practice! On Demand Our On Demand course will be updated in July and August of 2024. It will be the same 24 hours of instruction received by live students. On Demand students also receive additional hours of...

06/18/2024

Join Gene Quinn starting July 15 for Patent Practice Training: An Introduction to Patent Prosecution. 24 hours of practical training for new patent practitioners.

You’ve passed the patent bar exam. Now what? Having a license to practice is just the beginning. What you need is a bridge between passing the patent bar and...

06/12/2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI) platforms are consumingly copyrighted. Photos, artwork, music, and written text are being taken to train AI platforms. Those who are doing the taking claim the wholesale taking (which isn’t contested) is fair use and/or that they are not copying expression at all, but rather only taking facts. Copyright owners, associations, and companies that exist by creating and monetizing their creations take a wholly different view, arguing that the wholesale copying of creative, expressive, copyrighted works is precisely copyright infringement and is not fair use. Regardless of your viewpoint, it is clear that excusing the wholesale copying of expression as fair use will significantly alter the creative landscape.

From the viewpoint of content creators, this panel will discuss the recently filed copyright infringement actions, the alleged copyright infringement, whether the actions by AI developers constitute fair use, and the future of content creation.

This conversation took place at the IPWatchdog Artificial Intelligence Masters™ 2024 program in March of 2024.Artificial Intelligence (AI) platforms are cons...

06/12/2024

Join us for our Second Annual Patent Portfolio Management Masters™ program, a part of the IPWatchdog Masters™ series, at the IPWatchdog Studios, Ashburn VA 20147.

This program will focus on all aspects associated with building and maintaining a strong patent portfolio, whether that is the result of organically created and protected innovation, as the result of portfolio growth through M&A, or due to strategic patent portfolio acquisition.

06/12/2024

Patent owners have had to come up with a variety of strategies in order to cope with the rise of efficient infringement. To equalize the playing field patent owners have increasingly relied upon patent litigation financing. Some have turned toward the International Trade Commission (ITC), which does provide injunctive relief to successful patent owners. Still others are turning outside the United States to countries like Brazil and Germany, and some are turning to Amazon and using the “Amazon Court” to achieve a remedy against knock-offs and counterfeiters.

This panel discusses the aforementioned topics, as well as the various strategies available to patent owners, some of who are interested in exclusion and not particularly interested in past damages and others who are keenly interested in past damages and less interested in exclusion on a moving forward basis.

Patent owners have had to come up with a variety of strategies in order to cope with the rise of efficient infringement. To equalize the playing field patent...

05/14/2024

Judge Michael Fleuchaus, Volkmar Henke, and John M. White discuss the intricacies and nuances of the UPC system, with particular comparison to the German system and how patents are litigated in the United States.