The Software Patent Podcast

The Software Patent Podcast

Hosted by Robert Plotkin and Cynthia Gilbert - Software Patent Experts from Law Firm, Blueshift IP, the Software Patent Podcast leverages decades of combined expertise in software patents to protect companies' software innovations with strong patents to maximize patent portfolio value. Software patenting seems to be one of the most elusive IP patents to obtain, but it can be quite a direct process if you are equipped with all the information you need with the help of specialised expertise. In this series of 5-10 minute podcasts, some of the topics we'll be covering are: How your business plan can drive your software patent strategy The myths about software patents How to know when patent protection is valuable for you To find out more, head on over to www.blueshiftip.com DISCLAIMER: The content provided in this podcast is suggestive and should not be taken as legal advice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

April 10, 2023 12 mins

After a patent is granted, you still need to take a few steps to keep it alive and enforceable.


In this episode, Robert Plotkin, a software patent attorney and co-founder of the law firm Blueshift IP explains the proactive and ongoing steps needed to keep a patent enforceable. He also explains the challenge of patent marking software products.


Tune in to this seventh episode of the Software Patent Podcast to learn about keepi...

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Expanding your patent protection scope gives you more options for monetizing your patent portfolio.


In this episode, Cynthia Gilbert, a software patent attorney and co-founder of the law firm Blueshift IP explains the options available to you after receiving a notice of allowance. She also discusses the benefits of filing a continuing patent application.


Tune in to this sixth episode of the Software Patent Podcast to learn ho...

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It is normal for your first patent application not to be granted. In most cases, this signals the start of the negotiation process with the patent office. 


In this episode, Robert Plotkin, a software patent attorney and co-founder of the law firm Blueshift IP explains how to handle ungranted patent applications. He also covers why applications are rejected and why you need legal assistance when responding to rejection.


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A common complaint among companies and people filing for patents is that the examination process takes too long.


In this episode, Cynthia Gilbert, a software patent attorney and co-founder of the law firm Blueshift IP explains how you can accelerate the patent examination process. She also discusses how you can slow down the process and circumstances where that is beneficial.


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An international patent makes it possible to protect your intellectual property in markets outside the US. 


In this episode, Robert Plotkin, a software patent attorney and co-founder of the law firm Blueshift IP explains how to approach international patent applications. He also covers how to use a Patent Cooperation Treaty (PTC) and the benefits it provides.


Tune in to this Third episode of the Software Patent Podcast t...

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A provisional patent application is a kind of scaled-down patent application that can be prepared more quickly and is less expensive than a full patent application.


In this episode, Cynthia Gilbert, a software patent attorney and co-founder of the law firm Blueshift IP explains the benefits and limitations of a provisional patent application. She also shares the most common mistakes made while filing for it.


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Welcome to this important conversation on patents.


Patents cover a company's most cutting-edge innovations, often months or years before those innovations go to market.


In this episode, Robert Plotkin and Cynthia Gilbert, software patent attorneys and co-founders of the law firm Blueshift IP,  set the stage for exciting episodes aimed at demystifying patent decisions. You’ll also hear about our expertise and how we appro...

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This four-part series is all about artificial intelligence and understanding the patentability of AI innovations. In the first three episodes, we looked at how artificial intelligence can create super inventors that solve more problems in less time, how AI is enabling them to make their wishes come true, and how sometimes, inventors can create AI-based innovations that they, themselves don’t entirely understand.

If you’ve missed tho...

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In the first two episodes of this series, we discussed how artificial intelligence can create super inventors that solve more problems in less time, and how AI is enabling them to make their wishes come true. Now it’s time to see what happens once the AI-generated inventions are built.


Today, Robert Plotkin - a software patent attorney, computer scientist and one of the founding partners at Blueshift IP, a U.S. patent law firm s...

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In our first episode of this series on understanding the patentability of AI innovations, Cynthia Gilbert discussed how artificial intelligence can create super inventors that solve more problems in less time.


Today, in our second episode, Robert Plotkin - a software patent attorney, computer scientist and one of the founding partners at Blueshift IP, a U.S. patent law firm specializing in software patents, focuses on how artifi...

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Although Artificial Intelligence can be largely used by inventors to boost their inventive skills, this point is often overlooked because people frequently think of AI as something that is replacing human inventors. There are countless examples of jobs actually being eliminated by technology, so this fear is understandable, to a point. But, AI can do so much in helping people solve the world’s most difficult problems, without actua...

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We are all dealing with unprecedented circumstances right now, and we know that some of your top priorities are keeping your business running, and keeping yourself and all around you safe.


In terms of keeping your business not only running but thriving, we, at Blueshift IP, want to partner with you and develop patent strategies tailored to the current economic environment that will work to maximize the benefits to you and your b...

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The Internet of Things – IoT – refers to connecting a wide range of objects and devices to the Internet, in order to make it possible to monitor information about those things and to control what they do.


Today, in the final episode of this series, Cynthia Gilbert, a software patent attorney, computer scientist and one of the founding partners at Blueshift IP – a U.S. patent law firm specializing in software patents – is focusin...

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In a previous episode, we provided an introduction to quantum computing and talked a little bit about some of the challenges that quantum computing poses for the patent system, for companies that are inventing in the quantum computing industry, and for patent attorneys.


In today’s episode, Robert Plotkin - a software patent attorney, computer scientist and one of the founding partners at Blueshift IP – a U.S. patent law firm spe...

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Blockchains provide an immutable ledger of data without relying on oversight by a central authority. Its various applications are the center of attention for many innovators, and there are still a lot of challenges to be addressed in this field.


Today, Cynthia Gilbert, a software patent attorney, computer scientist and one of the founding partners at Blueshift IP – a U.S. patent law firm specializing in software patents – is foc...

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Quantum computers have the potential to perform multiple computations simultaneously.


Right now, they are on the verge of becoming commercially viable products that could be used to tackle the most challenging problems in computing, so companies that massively invest in the field deal with the challenge of which patents to focus their attention and their resources on.


Today, Robert Plotkin, a software patent attorney, compute...

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AI has been applied to everything from natural language processing to computer vision to robotics to machine learning, and its reach and impact is growing every day. Obtaining patent protection for AI requires special expertise in both patent law and AI technology.


Robert Plotkin and Cynthia Gilbert, the founding partners at Blueshift IP – a U.S. patent law firm specializing in software patents – join you in a new series, w...

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On today’s episode, I’m going to share with you a really common misconception about software patents that hurts a lot of companies, puts them at risk and causes them to lose out on a lot of profit. 


I hear many high-tech entrepreneurs, business owners, managers and people in positions of power say:


"Patents are worthless. They stop competitors from copying you, but our competitors aren't copying us. Our main problem is d...

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After having such a positive response to our four part series on How to determine whether software is patentable, we’ve added two more bonus parts to this series that will cover another criterion that you can use to evaluable whether your software is likely to be patentable. This is the sixth and final part of the series.


If you’re an inventor, an executive at a high tech company or a patent lawyer outside the US, thi...

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After having such a positive response to our four part series on How to determine whether software is patentable, we’ve added two more bonus parts to this series that will cover another criterion that you can use to evaluable whether your software is likely to be patentable. 


If you’re an inventor, an executive at a high tech company or a patent lawyer outside the US, this installment will at least help you to make a first ...

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