Two updates regarding my good friend Matt Buchanan:
1. He’s speaking at the October Dunes CLE.
Current Issues in Patent Law 2007 is being held on October 12, 2007 at the Bellagio hotel and casino in Las Vegas. The speakers include Thomas M. Hardman, a shareholder with Madson & Austin, J. Matthew Buchanan, of Counsel to [...]
Monthly Archives: September 2007
Buchanan Times Two, CLE and Patent PDFs
What is a reasonable royalty rate?
As usual, “it depends.” However, the Patent Baristas blog has an excellent answer to that question.
85% of AESD’s don’t cut the USPTO’s Mustard?
Follow-up to my earlier post on ESD rates, according to patent attorney Stephen B. Maebius (via an e-mail from Hal Wegner), 85% of all AESD’s filed in April were dismissed or denied. [updated to clarify...the more recently filed AESD may have higher success rates]
While you are still provided with an opportunity to resubmit…I just [...]
Prosecution Strategies…how to respond to the new continuation/claims rule changes
Two new “prosecution strategies” posts:
Patentably Defined on Practical Prosecution Strategies in View of the U.S. Patent Office’s New Continuation Rules – Part I
Russ Krajec has a new post on Patent Strategies in Light of the New Rules.
Both are worth reading.
Russ notes that:
As a side note, I have spoken to several patent attorneys/agents about the new [...]
