Intellectual Property
Oct. 9, 2019
Any port in a storm
Why patent subject matter eligibility has innovators thinking about trade secrets.
Nick Transier
Partner
Patterson + Sheridan LLP
Email: ntransier@pattersonsheridan.com
Nick is a registered patent attorney in the firm's San Diego office. Nick's practice involves counseling clients on preparation and prosecution of patent applications, technology licensing, and adversarial matters in a wide range of technology areas, including: artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer software and hardware, additive manufacturing, telecommunications, automotive technologies, and others.
John H. Barr Jr.
Partner
Patterson + Sheridan LLP
Email: jbarr@pattersonsheridan.com
John leads the firm's Litigation Group. John specializes in intellectual property and complex business litigation and has had more than 20 trials, including patent and trade secrets trials, in a variety of subject matter areas such as chemicals, oilfield technology, pharmaceuticals, and computer software. He is based in the Houston office and has substantial experience in the popular intellectual property venues of the Eastern and Western Districts of Texas.
The state of patent subject matter eligibility law in the United States is, to put it politely, a mess. By way of example, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently held in ChargePoint, Inc. v. Sema...
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