Primer on Reasonable Steps In Protecting Trade Secrets
Internationally, contracts and agreements with employees, contractors, consultants, and businesses need to address confidentiality of trade secrets, which can also be referred to as...
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Rehabilitation Robotics and Prosthetics: Trends and Intellectual Property Considerations
March 1, 2018
By: Alexander Adam, , Ph.D. and
Medical Design Briefs: Click here to view the original article from the publication. As rehabilitation robotics and prosthetics are increasingly able to sense and “think...
Cataract-associated connexin 46 mutation alters its interaction with calmodulin and function of hemichannels.
February 16, 2018
By: Bin Wang,, Ph.D.
Zhengping H, Manuel A, Wang B (2018) Cataract-associated connexin 46 mutation alters its interaction with calmodulin and function of hemichannels. J Biol Chem. 2573-2585.
Trademarks: A Primer to Protect Every Business
February 2018
By: Patrick A. Quinlan
The Cutting Edge Magazine: Click here to view the original article from the publication. Trademarks are a company’s public face to its customers and the marketplace....
Species-Specific Differences in Regulation of Macrophage Inflammation by the C3a-C3a Receptor Axis.
January 3, 2018
Abstract Complement is an important arm of the innate immune system. Recent studies have shown that products of complement pathway activation can interact directly with other innate...
Patent Applications: A Primer for Every Business
October 2, 2017
By: Patrick A. Quinlan
Patents are powerful intellectual property rights, capable of stopping others from making, using, selling or importing an invention that is covered by the patent. Besides enforcement...
Intellectual Property: How Medtech Startups Can Protect It
August 7, 2017
Starting a medical device company requires a vast array of knowledge, including knowledge about almost every type of technology, an immense amount of regulatory requirements and intellectual...
Practical Aspects of Intellectual Property That You Should Know
July 2017
By: Patrick A. Quinlan
Patrick Quinlan, Associate, breaks down the four basic areas of IP in his article "Practical Aspects of Intellectual Property That You Should Know," featured in...
BPLA International and Foreign Practice Committee Host an Event on Strategies for Prosecuting Biotech and Life Science Patents in China
May 11, 2017
By: Keith J. Wood
Boston Patent Law Association Spring 2017 Newsletter View Link On Tuesday, April 25, 2017, the BPLA’s International and Foreign Practice Committee hosted a presentation...
Open Source Software Solutions (Part 3): Educating your Employees about Open Source Software Issues
December 2, 2016
By: Mary Lou Wakimura and Giovanna H. Fessenden-Fairbank
In this series of articles, we have covered the licensing and intellectual property (IP) risks surrounding open source software (OSS) code and the need for software development companies...
Open Source Software Solutions (Part 2): Understanding Open Source Software License Trigger Points and Resulting Obligations
October 28, 2016
By: Mary Lou Wakimura and Giovanna H. Fessenden-Fairbank
In part one of this series, we introduced the licensing and intellectual property (IP) risks surrounding open source software (OSS) code and the need for software development companies...
Open Source Software Solutions (Part 1): Getting to Know the Open Source Software in Your Products
October 4, 2016
By: Mary Lou Wakimura and Giovanna H. Fessenden-Fairbank
As software companies turn towards open source software (OSS) solutions to develop robust and cutting-edge products, the enticement of highly-effective technology can obscure licensing...