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The Three Payments That Prevent Expiration

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[vc_row triangle_shape="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Utility Patents Require Three Maintenance Payments Under 35 U.S.C. Section 41(b), maintenance fees on an issued utility patent come due at 3.5, 7.5, and 11.5 years after the patent's grant date. Missing any one of these three payments causes the patent to lapse, regardless of how much time remains on the original 20-year term measured from the filing date. This staged payment structure differs considerably from foreign patent systems, which often require annual annuity payments that increase steadily throughout the patent's life rather than three larger payments spread across specific milestones. A Brooklyn patent lawyer tracks these maintenance deadlines carefully for...

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What Courts Can Do About Infringement

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[vc_row triangle_shape="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Federal Law Provides Several Categories of Remedies Under 35 U.S.C. Section 281, a patent owner has a civil right of action against infringement, and courts can award damages, injunctions, and in certain cases enhanced damages and attorney fees. These remedies work together, and a strong infringement case often pursues more than one category at the same time. Which remedies actually make sense in a given case depends heavily on the infringer's current behavior, since a company that has already stopped selling the infringing product presents a very different situation than one still actively competing in the market. A New York City...

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The Clock That Starts the Moment You File

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[vc_row triangle_shape="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] A Provisional Application Secures an Early Filing Date A provisional patent application establishes an official filing date with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and allows the inventor to use the phrase "patent pending" while deciding whether to pursue full protection. Unlike a non-provisional application, a provisional filing is never examined and is never published, giving an inventor a lower-cost way to hold a place in line while assessing the invention's commercial potential. This lower upfront cost and simplified filing process make provisional applications especially useful for inventors who want to lock in a filing date quickly, before finishing...

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Common Mistakes That Get Immigration Applications Denied

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Few legal processes feel as high-stakes as an immigration application. The forms are long, the rules shift often, and a single oversight can set you back months or even years. We work with applicants every day, and we have noticed that most denials trace back to a handful of avoidable errors rather than complicated legal barriers. The good news is that once you know where applicants tend to slip, you can plan around those problems. Our friends at Dworsky Law Firm discuss how preparation and accuracy do most of the heavy lifting in a successful filing. Working with an experienced Immigration...

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What Happens to Employees When a Business Is Sold

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Buyers spend most of their energy on financials, assets, and deal structure. But the people who show up every day and actually run the business? They're often an afterthought until something goes wrong. Our friends at Kravets Law Group regularly counsel buyers and sellers through the employee side of acquisitions. Getting this part wrong can cost you talent, create compliance problems, and introduce liability that didn't need to exist. The Deal Structure Changes Everything What happens to employees depends almost entirely on how the sale is structured. In an asset purchase, you're buying specific assets, not the company itself. Existing employment relationships don't...

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The Visa Bulletin and How to Read It

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The monthly Visa Bulletin published by the U.S. Department of State determines when certain green card applicants can move forward with their cases. For family-based applicants in preference categories, understanding priority dates is not optional. It is the difference between knowing where you stand and waiting without any clear picture of what comes next. The team at DP Legal Solutions works with families who have been in preference category backlogs for years, sometimes decades. One of the most consistent gaps we see is applicants who do not know how to read the bulletin or how to apply what it tells them...

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Common Business Succession Planning Mistakes to Avoid

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Most business owners spend years building something they are proud of. But when it comes to planning what happens to that business after they step away, retire, or pass on, many put it off indefinitely. It feels distant. It feels complicated. And for a lot of owners, it simply does not feel urgent until it is. Our friends at Gudeman & Associates, P.C. discuss this often with their clients, and the pattern is familiar: business owners who worked with a business succession lawyer  early had smoother transitions, fewer disputes, and better financial outcomes than those who waited. The reality is that succession...

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How Business Succession Planning Connects To Your Estate Plan

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A lot of business owners have an estate plan. And a lot of business owners think about succession at some point. But treating these as two separate conversations is one of the most common planning mistakes we see. When your estate plan and your business succession plan aren't aligned, the gaps between them can create serious problems for your family, your partners, and everyone who depends on your business. Our friends at Hirani Law work through this with clients regularly, and what a business succession lawyer will tell you is that your business is likely your most significant asset, and any...

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Patent Lawyer Shares Invention Protection Tips

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Getting a patent can make or break everything you've worked for as an inventor. Attorney Emmanuel Coffy sat down on the Counsel and Commentary Podcast and talked about what inventors actually need to know when they're trying to protect their ideas. If you're developing new technology or products, what he shares is worth paying attention to. Common Mistakes Inventors Make I see this all the time. Inventors lose their patent rights before they even think about filing an application. Public disclosure kills more patent applications than almost anything else. You show your invention at a trade show, post about it online, or even...

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