The next major intellectual-property (IP) treaty that I would like to discuss in this blog is the Madrid Protocol.

I would like to take a break from discussing intellectual property law treaties in this blog to discuss the last intellectual property decision that was issued by the Supreme Court in its October 2017 term. The case dealt with the award of lost profits for extraterritorial patent infringement in WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp. on June 22, 2018.

The next major intellectual-property (IP) treaty that I would like to discuss in this blog is the Patent Cooperation Treaty (“PCT”). The PCT was signed in 1970 and became effective in 1978.

The next major intellectual property (IP) treaty that I would like to discuss in this blog is the Berne Convention.

For my next series of blog posts, I would like to discuss some of the most important intellectual-property (IP) treaties that govern IP.

On the same day that the Supreme Court issued a decision in Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC, upholding the constitutionality of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (“USPTO”) inter partes review proceeding, the Supreme Court held that the USPTO must consider all of the patents at issue.

On April 24, 2018, the Supreme Court issued a decision in Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC, holding that the inter partes review proceeding administered by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) was constitutional.

Many companies worry about infringing patents when they introduce new products due to the costs associated with patent litigation. Even a small patent case can cost a company over a million dollars in attorney’s fees if the parties engage in significant discovery.

Enforcing your intellectual-property (IP) rights can be an expensive proposition. The litigation costs for a typical patent infringement case can range from $1 million to $25 million. Cases can last for several years. Plus, the outcome of the typical case is very unpredictable.

The Uniform Trade Secret Act (“UTSA”) is a framework for a uniform set of state trade secret statues that was intended to harmonize trade secret law throughout the U.S. Texas became the most recent state to enact the UTSA on Sept. 1, 2013.