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Understanding Guardianships and Conservatorships
Conservatorships Newsletter Handouts Senior Center 20120509
Inventorship: Who is the Inventor?
Inventorship: Who is the Inventor? Thoughts from the Manual of Patent Examining Procedures (MPEP) Section 2137.01 The requirement that the applicant for a patent be the inventor is a characteristic of United States patent law not generally shared by other countries. The party or parties executing an oath or declaration under 37 CFR 1.63 are more…
Patent Law Will Change to First to File
Congress has passed and President Obama has signed the first significant patent reform in 60 years. The law changes the priority for inventors in receiving patents. The adoption of this law will be delayed for a period 18 months before the act becomes law to allow for studies on prior user rights and the impact of more…
What Does Elder Law Include?
The best description of the practice of “elder law” that I have run across is from the book A Guide to Elder Law by Timothy Takacs. Takacs lists the parameters established by the National Elder Law Foundation (NELF), which is the organization that certifies the specialty of elder law. Its Board of Certification holds an expansive more…