On behalf of Coats & Bennett, PLLC | Aug 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
Coats & Bennett, Campbell University Law School, and Business Forward recently hosted a program featuring Dr. Stuart Graham and Janet Gongola from the US Patent and Trademark Office. The program featured presentations from both regarding the patent system...
On behalf of Coats & Bennett, PLLC | Oct 10, 2011 | Trademarks, Uncategorized
Boise State understandably values its role as an innovator in the use of bright blue turf for its football stadium. In fact, the university reckons that its blue turf is such an integral part of its identify that it applied for and received a federal trademark...
On behalf of Coats & Bennett, PLLC | Mar 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
Under current U.S. Patent Law, WIPO publications and issued or published U.S. patent documents may qualify as so-called secret prior art i.e. patent documents issued or published after the effective filing date of a U.S. patent application, but filed prior to the...
On behalf of Coats & Bennett, PLLC | Feb 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
CARY, N.C. (February 8, 2011) – Coats & Bennett, PLLC, an intellectual property law firm in Cary, NC, announced the addition of Timothy Bradley to its electrical engineering practice group. Mr. Bradley joins the firm effective January 31. Mr. Bradley comes from a...
On behalf of Coats & Bennett, PLLC | Jan 20, 2011 | Firm News, Uncategorized
Larry Coats, Managing Member of Coats & Bennett, quoted in News & Observer’s “Tar Heel of the Week” in relation to patent work done for local inventor.
On behalf of Coats & Bennett, PLLC | Jun 30, 2010 | Uncategorized
The Supreme Court’s Bilski Decision The “Bilski” patent application claimed risk hedging, particularly as applied to energy markets. The Board of Patent Appeals rejected the claims as an abstract idea, and Bilski appealed to the Federal Circuit. In an en banc hearing,...
On behalf of Coats & Bennett, PLLC | May 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
Patent Peace Treaties: Deals to Monetize your IP Portfolio New patent lawsuits arrive in court every day. Companies aggressively battle to protect and defend intellectual property rights, thinking that is the only way to make the most out of their patent portfolio. At...
On behalf of Coats & Bennett, PLLC | Sep 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
Exergen v. Wal-Mart – A Return to Reasonableness in Inequitable Conduct Analysis Patent practitioners are constantly concerned about the duty to disclose that accompanies involvement in preparing and prosecuting patent applications. A major concern for many...
On behalf of Coats & Bennett, PLLC | Aug 8, 2009 | Uncategorized
Interesting article discussing patent pools and 4G wireless It can be difficult for companies to design products according to a given technical standard, when that standard is protected by key patents held by different companies. The traditional approach requires the...
On behalf of Coats & Bennett, PLLC | Aug 7, 2009 | Uncategorized
Edward Green, a member of Coats & Bennett, is quoted by IPFrontline.com on false patent marking.
