by Paul Raya | Nov 16, 2015 | Blog, Inter Partes Review
The Inter Partes Review can be a bane for patent owners and a boon for investment firms. Can an investment fund file a challenge to a patent and bet on the outcome? This appears to the case ever since the America Invents Act gave birth to Inter Partes Review...
by Paul Raya | Oct 30, 2015 | Blog, Patent Reform Legislation
Current Patent Reform Legislation Whether one’s role in the IP community is as an inventor, agent, attorney, examiner, or business owner, a number of significant reforms to the U.S. patent system in the last decade have been a source of angst to owners and developers...
by Paul Raya | Jul 7, 2015 | Blog, Cook Alex, Patent Protection
Good Patents are like bees—they should protect what’s sweet and sting when they need to. —Bob Fieseler Technology companies, investors, inventors and start-ups, ask yourselves—are your company’s IP dollars producing the strong patents you need? Of the...
by Paul Raya | May 31, 2015 | Blog, Small Clients
At Cook Alex we value every one of our clients. Our attorneys have guided many small startups into successful corporations and, we recognize and appreciate the unique opportunities smaller companies enjoy, along with the challenges they face. Smaller Clients Devalued...
by Paul Raya | Apr 27, 2015 | Blog, Cook Alex, Technology Patent
Cook Alex’s founder and CEO, Bob Fieseler, is passionate about intellectual property law and innovations that change the world–but did you know that he’s also passionate about beekeeping? Yes, it’s true. Bob loves the art of beekeeping and enjoys its many natural...
by Paul Raya | Apr 10, 2015 | Blog, Cook Alex, Patent Portfolio, Patent Protection, Patent Strategy, Patent Trolls
Non-practicing entities are sometimes called “trolls” and are typically painted as bad guys in the IP world; however in this case it looks like Apple was seen as the bad guy and the “troll” was viewed as standing up for the little man. We think this case shows the...
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