Building A Ground-Up Innovation Strategy
Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos. Popular culture likes to cultivate the myth of the maverick...
The Rise And Fall Of Theranos: Clarifying Important IP Concepts
Martensen IP’s Barbara Courtney is an intellectual property (IP) attorney and former engineer with...
Why You Should Care About The Trademark Modernization Act
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) began implementing the Trademark...
Strange Bedfellows: IP Rights And Accounting In SBIR/STTR Grants
The Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)...
Don’t Let A Vaguely Defined Employment Relationship Or A Weak IP Assignment Clause Lead You Into Litigation
A fact pattern we see all too often is a former employee claiming an ownership interest in or over...
DOJ Announces Sentencing In Scheme To Defraud Trademark Registration Owners
As is well known, trademark filings are public knowledge. This access to public information has not...
A Practical Approach To IP Protection For Government Contractors
A recurring concern voiced by small or emerging companies working in the government marketplace is,...
Trade Secrets: Practical Considerations
In the final scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark, a worker wheels perhaps the greatest archaeological...
Post-Grant Review Of Patents In The United States: The Recent Supreme Court Decision V. Arthrex
On June 21, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court decided the administrative patent judges (APJs) of the...
IP Law and Your Protection Strategy: Ongoing Evolution Is Essential
You have to know the rules to win the game, especially when the rules change… often. In 2013, the...
Martensen IP Client Parsons Corp. Wins $185 Million Expansion Of $12.6 Billion U.S. Space Force Contract
Congratulations to Martensen IP client Parsons Corp. for winning a $185 million contract with the...
Abraham Lincoln’s Lesson Is Amazon’s Secret Weapon
Reflecting on his 27 years at Amazon from what he terms “Day 1” to his upcoming retirement as its...