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SLW Announces New San Jose Home at Santana Row
We’re on the move! SLW is excited to announce our California office’s relocation from downtown San Jose to our new location at 3031 Tisch Way, Suite 125, in the vibrant Santana Row district. While we cherish our time in downtown San Jose and remain committed to its dynamic community, our new location offers enhanced accessibility […]
AI Patent Law: Navigating the Future of Inventorship
—By Lucas Hjelle, with Contributions from Nathan Elder. As a patent attorney experienced in transformer-based AI architectures and large language models (LLMs), I want to share insights on the evolving landscape of AI-assisted inventions. This is particularly relevant in view of the 2024 publication of the USPTO’s AI Inventorship Guidance (“Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions,” […]
SLW Announces Comprehensive AI Strategy, Including Partnerships with Industry Leaders DeepIP, Black Hills AI, and Butler Labs
Minneapolis, MN – SLW, a leading intellectual property law firm, recently announced its partnership with DeepIP, marking another milestone in the firm’s comprehensive artificial intelligence strategy. This collaboration adds to SLW’s existing partnerships with Black Hills AI and Butler Labs, positioning the firm at the forefront of AI-enabled patent practice. “Our mission has always been to […]
Major USPTO Fee Changes Coming January 2025: What You Need to Know
The USPTO has announced sweeping changes to its fee structure that will take effect on January 19, 2025, marking one of the most significant fee adjustments in recent years. While some increases reflect standard inflation adjustments, others signal important shifts in USPTO policy and practice that could substantially impact patent prosecution strategies. Note that the fees listed below […]
CAFC Rules on LKQ v. GM Global, and USPTO Issues Immediate Guidance
“The new USPTO guidance brings LKQ v. GM Global ( https://bit.ly/3V3rWoq LKQ overruled the previously long-standing Rosen-Durling approach to establishing design obviousness, in that: • there is no more requirement that the primary reference be ‘basically the same’ as the claimed design • there is no more requirement that any secondary references be ‘so related’ […]
Schwegman in 2023 Law360® Pulse Diversity Snapshot (Portfolio Media, Inc.)
Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner is #25 in its size category in Law360 Pulse’s 2023 Diversity Snapshot, as reported on July 25, 2023. Law360 Pulse is published by Portfolio Media, Inc. In its size category, the Schwegman firm was one of the few intellectual property firms in the top 30, and the only firm in the top 30 […]