Strictly Business
A legal blog on private funds, startups, and venture capital.
Strictly Business
A legal blog on private funds, startups, and venture capital.
Shane Cortesi
Shane Cortesi is a Nashville-based attorney who advises inventors, artists, and entrepreneurs on protecting and licensing their inventions, artwork, and other intellectual property. A 2005 graduate of The George Washington University Law School, Shane also holds a Master’s in Biotechnology from Northwestern University and a Bachelor’s in Zoology from Miami University. Learn More
Implications of the Recent Mayo Case on Patentable Subject Matter
Last December, I wrote a series of posts about what was – and remains – a hot topic in patent law: patentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101. The law on patentable subject matter often boils down to…
Patentable Subject Matter Under 35 U.S.C. § 101: Part 2 – Application in the Software and Life Science Fields
This post is the fourth in a series written by Nashville attorney Shane Cortesi on patent protection. As I mentioned in my previous post on patentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101, the law in this area has been…
Patentable Subject Matter Under 35 U.S.C. § 101: Part 1 – An Historical Perspective
This post is the third in a series written by Nashville attorney Shane Cortesi on patent protection. As I mentioned in my earlier article concerning the requirements for obtaining a utility patent in the U.S., in addition to being useful,…
Requirements for Obtaining a Utility Patent in the U.S.
This post is the second in a series written by Nashville attorney Shane Cortesi on patent protection. As I mentioned in my previous article where I provided an introduction to patent protection in the U.S., there are 3 types of…
What are the different basic categories of patents?
This post is the first in a series written by Nashville attorney Shane Cortesi on patent protection. Patents are important to companies for at least two reasons. First, patents held by the company can serve as barriers of entry in…