A legal blog on private funds, startups, and venture capital.
A legal blog on private funds, startups, and venture capital.
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…