Browse StudiesAn exciting new project is in the works at Article One! We’re preparing to launch our top-secret project, entitled “Operation Ninja STAR,” next week! It’s going to be a big undertaking, but with your help – and the help of our resident patent ninja – we think Operation Ninja STAR will be a great success. An Read more…
Patent Quality Matters
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progress of true innovation.”
— Cheryl Milone, CEO & Founder
“Article One is enabling the public to take an active role in promoting the
progress of true innovation.”
— Cheryl Milone, CEO & Founder
USPTO Takes Action to Reduce Abusive Patent Litigation Tactics
In a recent blog post, Acting Director of the USPTO Teresa Stanek Rea outlined the actions that the USPTO will be taking in light of President Obama’s new plan to address the issue of patent trolls. Check out the main takeaways from her post, summarized by Team AOP below: Update Patent Ownership Information – The Read more…
Top 10 Weekly IP & Patent News Update
Welcome to Article One’s Top 10 Weekly News Update. Every Monday, Article One provides a quick list of the past week’s top news in patents and IP. Here are some of the stories that we’ve been reading! What were your top IP news stories this week? Post them below in the comments or discuss your thoughts Read more…
Top 5: Classic Board Game Patents
As the rain keeps falling outside the AOP Boston office, we’re reminded of rainy days stuck inside the house trying to find ways to stay entertained. If you’re stuck inside on a rainy day too, keep yourself busy with some classic board games. For this week’s Top 5, we take a look at the patents Read more…
Johnny Law Shows Up to the Troll Fight
The following guest post was written by Steph Kennedy of IP Troll Tracker. Steph follows the patent industry closely, blogging about the issues surrounding patent litigation and the negative effect it is having on businesses far and wide. In early 2010, she re-started her own software development company (898 Data, LLC) and works from home developing Read more…
Intellogist Outlines Updates to Espacenet, DeepDyve
Last week, Intellogist published a blog post outlining updates and improvements to research platforms that will be helpful to prior art researchers. As the blog points out, the “world of patent search tools moves at a lightening-quick pace,” making it essential that researchers stay connected with any recent improvements to search platforms. Espacenet has added Read more…
Cheryl Milone Named One of World’s Leading IP Strategists
Cheryl Milone, CEO and founder of Article One, was again named as one of the World’s Leading IP Strategists in a list recently released by IAM Strategy. According to IAM, the annual list includes “those individuals identified by our research team – with a great deal of help from the wider IP community – as offering Read more…
Milone Focuses Latest Article on Patent Quality Issues, Not Trolls
In an article recently published on Corporate Counsel, Cheryl Milone, CEO and Founder of Article One Partners, highlights the problem of patent quality as an overlooked issue in the larger debate on patent trolls. The article, entitled Bad Patents Do More Harm Than Trolls, examines the significant problem of low quality patents. While patent trolls tend Read more…
AOP-Vets Winner Featured on IPWatchdog
Jason Maples, the recent winner of the Article One Partners Veterans Program, was interviewed by Renee Quinn of IPWatchdog in a post published yesterday. Quinn interviewed Maples about his participation in the AOP-Vets program, including the most important takeaways of the program and their effect on his future legal career path, and his overall experience Read more…
Webinar Recap: What the Future Holds – Evolution of NPEs
The second webinar in Article One’s three-part series, “Industry Intelligence: Non-Practicing Entities (NPEs),” was presented to a full crowd yesterday! Our audience included top IP executives from Fortune 500 companies, lawyers and law students engaged in the patent space, and even a few AOP Researchers. The webinar featured insights from David Kline, Barney Cassidy, Marshall Phelps, and Read more…
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