ANN ARBOR -- An obscure change under patent reform in the area of product markings makes it easier for manufacturers and consumer product companies to protect their patents and keep patent information ...

In view of new developments in patent law, four strategies may be useful for companies seeking to improve their patent marking decision-making. Firstly, patent owners should conduct regular patent ...

Patent owners spend thousands of dollars to obtain patents on innovations. Yet many—large companies in particular—often devalue that investment by making mistakes with the marking of their commercial ...

With the Federal Circuit's recent decision holding that patentees may be liable for false marking, entities having patent portfolios (or patentees) should consider setting up a marking policy. By ...

Last year, companies were hit by a flood of lawsuits claiming they falsely marked patent numbers on their products. This flurry of litigation has spurred intense interest in “false marking,” in part ...

1. Information In mainland China, affixing a patent marking (whether for invention, utility or design patents) is a right rather than an obligation. The patentee will not lose any protection under the ...

“Arctic Cat Inc. v. Bombardier should be a cautionary tale for in-house IP attorneys that have implemented high quality internal patent marking programs but fail to monitor licensees’ patent marking ...