by Pamela Riewerts | Apr 13, 2017 | Business Law, Design patent, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property, Patents, Trademarks
How Famous is the Coca-Cola bottle design? Not quite enough to protect small differences Design patents are an increasingly useful tool in product configuration protection, but as Coca-Cola recently learned, even a famous product design has its limits. As surely...
by Michael Oliver | May 26, 2016 | Intellectual Property, Patents, Software, Uncategorized
A brief recent history of patenting software in the United States goes something like this: before 1998 it was possible, but the internet was just coming to its own so there were not many software patents; then in 1998 the State Street decision was handed down. The...
by Pamela Riewerts | May 19, 2016 | Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property, Patents, Uncategorized
Multi-Purpose Wrist Worn Tool Watch: O&G Timely Moves Through USPTO to Obtain Patent We are pleased to announce that Oliver & Grimsley, LLC successfully secured U.S. Patent No. 9,304,496, entitled: “Multi-Purpose Tool Watch Housing Multiple Tool Members to be...
by Pamela Riewerts | Mar 31, 2015 | Intellectual Property, Patents, Uncategorized
We are pleased to announce that Oliver & Grimsley, LLC successfully secured U.S. Patent No. 8,827,115 entitled, “Container for Storing, Measuring and Dispensing a Liquid” that proceeded seamlessly through the patent office in 3 months, 26 days. The...
by Michael Oliver | Jun 4, 2014 | Intellectual Property, Litigation, Patents, Uncategorized
The Maryland Legislature passed Senate Bill 585, adding a new section to Md. Commercial Law Annotated Section 11-1605, “Bad Faith Assertions of Patent Infringement” That law was signed by the Governor and became effective June 1, 2014. That bill contains...
by Pamela Riewerts | Aug 22, 2013 | Intellectual Property, Patents, Uncategorized
Oliver & Grimsley, LLC recently revived an abandoned patent application for a client. We come across this issue from time to time, and wanted to discuss this topic, as many patent holders or applicants may not be aware that a technically abandoned application or...
