2006
1st Quarter
Integrating R&D and Patent Strategies
2nd Quarter
Strategic Decisions; Patent Cooperation Treaty
3rd Quarter
FAQs; Expedited review at the USPTO; Albert Einstein
4th Quarter
Invention docketing; Developing an IP strategy; IP theft
2007
1st Quarter
IP Resolutions; Increase your chances for a patent; Obviousness
2nd Quarter
Patent valuation; Create an R&D roadmap for maximum IP value
3rd Quarter
Success with accelerated examination; Client profiles
4th Quarter
Proposed changes to patent law; KSR implications for obviousness
2008
1st Quarter
Trade-secret law; Internet postings as prior art
2nd Quarter
Emerging markets for patents; Status of proposed USPTO rule changes
3rd Quarter
Start-up funding; Questions of validity for Google's patents
4th Quarter
"Flash of Genius;" Retaining organizational know-how
2009
1st Quarter
Reducing IP costs; Patents vs. Trade Secrets
2nd Quarter
Freedom to practice; Innovation Progress; Intangible Assets
3rd Quarter
Medical patents; Recovery Act; Bilski case
4th Quarter
Provisional patents; Inventorship; Method-of-treatment claims
2010
1st Quarter
Accelerated green-technology patent examination; Chicago IP exchange
2nd Quarter
Alliance with Altera Law Group; Apple's IP success