IP Intelligence
Real-Life Scenarios
Composite, fictionalised situations built from the patterns we see most often. No real client is described.
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The startup that filed too late
What could have gone wrong, and how much of it is recoverable?
The search that was not a search
Why did an honest search miss both documents?
The consultant who still owned it
Who owns the invention, and who should have been named?
Two inventors, one invention
Does the earlier inventor win?
The thesis that anticipated the patent
What is the status of the application?
The claim that matched the product
What is the company able to do?
The provisional that said nothing
Which claims survive?
The examination report nobody opened
Is there anything to be done?
The renewal that lapsed during an acquisition
Can the patent be brought back?
The launch that infringed
How can they hold a patent and still be blocked?
The divisional that came too late
Can a divisional still be filed?
The US filing that came first
Is there a problem, and how serious is it?
The investor deck that became prior art
Which of these is the problem?
The composition with no comparison
Why is a 22 per cent improvement not enough?
The software claim with no technical effect
Can this be argued?
The licence with no enforcement clause
What can the licensee do?
The employee who left
What does the former employer actually have?
The working statement nobody filed
What is the position?
The competitor who read the journal
What happens next, and what could the applicant have done differently?
The letter that started the wrong fight
What went wrong?
The improvement that was never covered
Where does that leave the company?
The lab that published before the TTO heard about it
Is anything salvageable?
The prototype shown to a supplier
What are the two separate problems here?
The claim that treated a patient
Is anything left?
The crowdfunding campaign
How much did the campaign cost them?
The genus and the species
Why is this argument so effective?
The portfolio nobody pruned
What is likely to be true about those 61 cases?
The patent that could not be amended
Can they amend to above 680 degrees?
The national phase that slipped
How bad is it?
The hearing with no fallback
What would have changed the outcome?
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