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Fitbit Drops Case against Rival Jawbone

Fitbit Inc. has been involved in a contemptuous patent and trade secrets legal battle with AlphiCom Inc.’s Jawbone for over a year now. As of Friday, December 23rd, Fitbit has decided to drop the…


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Value Of A Patent System

Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution grants Congress the power “[t]o promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and…


Software Patent Considerations for Startups in Light of USPTO McRO, Inc. Memo

We talk to new and small business owners all the time about intellectual property in the earliest phases of business development. In a “first-to-file” world, the patent portion of that discussion…