I had a revealing conversation with one of my foreign associates the other day. I had asked them to continue reminding me of patent maintenance fees for one of my clients, even though the client would be responsible for the payment of the fees. I got a strange level of pushback from the foreign associate. When I asked why, they said “Because we would not know if the fee had been paid.” What? “Just go online” I said. Well, that opened up a whole can of worms I never knew existed.
Law Firms
Sources
Tags
35 U.S.C. § 287 annuity application Bilski business method contract court design enforcement EPO Europe European Patent Office fail blog federal circuit federal court fees France grammar happy hour In re Bilski Italy lunch 2.0 maintenace fee means-plus-function miappropriation Microsoft v. TomTom ornamental patent podcast prior art provisional secret software startup Supreme Court Trade Secret-
Meta
-
RSS Feeds
-
Spam Blocked