A Secret Sale Might be Prior Art and Bar Patentability
January 31, 2019
Under 35 U.S.C. § 102, a sale or offer for sale of an invention may bar patentability. Prior to enactment of the AIA in March 2013, § 102 barred patentability of an...
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USPTO Updates Guidance on Subject Matter Eligibility - Improving Chances for Grant of Software Related Patent Applications
January 28, 2019
By: Philip T. Mazoki
The USPTO published revised guidelines enumerating subject matter groupings of abstract ideas and clarifying that a claim reciting a judicial exception is patent eligible if the judicial...
Article on Deirdre Sanders Published in Boston Business Journal
Though she didn’t know it when she started out in patent law for biotechnology, Deirdre Sanders’ great-grandfather had obtained a patent for a railway raising and...
Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C. Elects Alexander Adam, Ph.D. and Christopher Albert as Principals
January 3, 2019
Alex has a Ph.D. from Boston University in biomedical engineering and is an expert on medical device technology. Alex was born in Germany and remains a fluent German speaker.&...
Deirdre Sanders of Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds is the New President of the Boston Patent Law Association
December 6, 2018
CONCORD, MA, December 6, 2018 - Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds is pleased to announce that Principal Deirdre Sanders has been sworn in as the new President of the Boston Patent Law...
Navigating Paris Convention Article 4(C)(4): The International Right of Priority in the United States and Abroad
December 5, 2018
Navigating Paris Convention Article 4(C)(4): The International Right of Priority in the United States and Abroad Click here to read the full article. I. Introduction Imagine...
Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds is Recognized by U.S. News - Best Lawyers® as a "Best Law Firm" for Patent Law and Trademark Law
November 1, 2018 (Boston, MA) - Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds has been ranked in the 2019 U.S. News - Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" list both nationally and regionally...
Susan Glovsky Quoted in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Article “Decision alters strategic calculus in patent cases”
September 6, 2018
On August 27, 2018, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly newspaper quoted Principal Susan G. L. Glovsky in an article about the Federal Circuit’s recent Click-to-Call, LP v. Ingenio,...
Ten Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers in America® 2019
August 15, 2018
(Boston and Concord, MA) - Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds is pleased to announce that ten of our attorneys have received the distinction of Best Lawyers in America® 2019. Dave...
Hugh Herr, of client MIT Media Lab, gives TED talk entitled “How We’ll Become Cyborgs and Extend Human Potential"
August 15, 2018
Dr. Herr, Head of the Biomechatronics group at the MIT Media Lab, is pioneering a new class of biohybrid smart prostheses and orthoses to improve the quality of life for thousands...
Supreme Court Includes Lost Foreign Profits In Patentee's Recovery
June 26, 2018
Damages adequate to compensate for infringement include lost foreign profits when the underlying infringement is for supplying components of a patented invention in or from the United...
Trade Secrets: Gearing Up To Enhance Protection
May 2018
By: Susan G. L. Glovsky, Christine M. Wise, and Dana Hubbard
"The need to keep trade secrets secret is vital worldwide, and this requirement needs to be a priority for every business, whether the business engages in rocket science or food...