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Diversity in Patent Law: A Data Analysis of Diversity in the Patent Practice by Technology Background and Region
Harrity's Elaine Spector and LaTia Brand provide a deep-dive analysis of the lack of diversity in the patent practice for the American Bar A...
Professor Adam Mossoff – Academics in IP: Clause 8, Episode 21
When Eli first started practicing in the late aughts, he found that a lot of what he was seeing about patents in various academic papers and...
Bruce MacEwen – Adam Smith, Esq.: Clause 8, Episode 20
On the latest episode of the Clause 8 podcast, Eli interviews Bruce MacEwen – the founder and president of Adam Smith, Esq. Bruce is recogni...
Data-Driven Decision Making for Patent Portfolio Managers
By Bret Tingey, Associate | IPWatchdog.com A patent portfolio can be one of the greatest assets that a company owns. A patent portfolio m...
Product Success Can Show Nonobviousness
By Patrick Hansen, Associate The U.S. Supreme Court's KSR decision has left an impression that any claimed invention based on a combinati...
Sarah Tsou – Patent Litigation Funding: Clause 8, Episode 19
This episode features an interview with Sarah Tsou, who is an investment manager for patent litigation at the world’s leading litigation fun...
Brian Pomper – The Innovation Alliance: Clause 8, Episode 18
This episode of Clause 8 features an interview with Brian Pomper of the Innovation Alliance. Thomas Edison, the Wright Brothers, and Char...
Harrity & Harrity’s First Virtual Women’s Workshop
By Elaine Spector Harrity & Harrity just completed its 3nd Annual Women’s Workshop. Due to the quarantine, we shifted gears to host ou...
Frank Jakes, Legendary Trial Attorney – Clause 8 – Episode 16
This episode of Clause 8 features an interview with trial attorney Frank Jakes – the founder of the Intellectual Property Group at the firm...
Your Licensees’ Patent Marking Program is Also Your Concern
By McCord Rayburn, Associate As an in-house IP attorney, you may take comfort in knowing that your patent marking program is thorough, well...
In Response to the COVID-19 Outbreak, USPTO Extends Certain Patent Deadlines
By Ted Nissly, Associate On Tuesday, March 31, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that it has exercise...
Obvious to Use Common Sense (If You Can Prove It)
By Jafar Ali, Associate In KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex, Inc., 550 U.S. 398 (2007), the Supreme Court recalibrated the obviousness analysis...
Addressing the Lack of Diversity in the Legal Field
Promoting the culture of diversity is important for all professions, but it is especially lacking in the legal field. In fact, the legal pro...
Bunch O Balloons Inventor Josh Malone – Clause 8 – Episode 16
Tune into Eli Mazour's Clause 8 Podcast for an exclusive interview with Josh Malone – the inventor of Bunch O Balloons and America’s foremos...
The Importance of Patent Analytics for Your Business Strategy
When a company or organization launches a new product, a patent is usually the first published evidence of the invention in the public domai...
Kevin Jakel of Unified Patents Pt. 2 – Clause 8 – Episode 15
Tune into Eli Mazour's Clause 8 Podcast for the second and final part of our interview with Kevin Jakel, the founder and CEO of Unified Pate...
$750 Million Dollar Patent Infringement Award May Hinge on Whether a Certificate of Correction was Properly Issued to Fix a “Typo”
By Steven Underwood, Counsel On December 15, 2019, a Los Angeles jury found that Kite Pharma Inc. (“Kite”) had willfully infringed a cancer...
In Design Patents, Claim Language Matters
By Ryan Thelen, Associate Often when a design patent application is prepared, the primary focus and effort of the drafting process is given...
USPTO October 2019 Update On Subject Matter Eligibility
By Tim Hirzel The PTO’s Revised Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance (2019 PEG) has been generally well received for providing a more...
Why a Brief Response is the Best Response to an Office Action
By Rebecca Bachner, Associate The Federal Circuit recently issued a decision that reminds us of the importance of always remembering prosec...
Improving Speed and Quality Using Automation for Patent Application Drafting
Our own Shawn Lillemo writes about how the right automation tools can provide application drafters with extra time that can be spent fleshin...
How the Wrong Applicant Entity Status Can Doom Your Patent
By Peter Glaser, Associate The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, more commonly referred to as AIA, provided the USPTO with fee-setting autho...
How Reliable is the Pencil Test for Expediting the Patent Prosecution Process?
By Nathan Phares, Associate Many patent practitioners and Examiners have spoken of the “pencil test,” which suggests that an independent cl...
Statements in Specification May Harm Patent Eligibility
By Matthew Allen, Associate The Federal Circuit recently issued a decision that indicates how certain types of statements, made in an Appli...
Visualizing Patent Claims and Figures Over Time
How have the number of patent claims and patent figures changed over time? Let's let the numbers speak for themselves. I recommend that yo...
This week in Amazon Patents – 4/21/2020
Amazon innovates in a wide range of technology areas including e-commerce, logistics, uavs, robotics, networking, cybersecurity, cloud techn...
The Importance of Patent Analytics for Your Business Strategy
When a company or organization launches a new product, a patent is usually the first published evidence of the invention in the public domai...
Semiconductors and Memory Ranks as the #1 Technology Area in the 2020 Patent 300®
The 2020 Patent 300® details the top 300 companies, organizations, and universities obtaining patents in the United States. Data from the r...
Electrical Circuits and Systems Ranks as the #2 Technology Area in the 2020 Patent 300®
The 2020 Patent 300® details the top 300 companies, organizations, and universities obtaining patents in the United States. Data from the r...
Multiplex and VoIP Ranks as the #3 Technology Area in the 2020 Patent 300®
The 2020 Patent 300® details the top 300 companies, organizations, and universities obtaining patents in the United States. Data from the r...
Printing or Measuring and Testing Ranks as the #4 Technology Area in the 2020 Patent 300®
The 2020 Patent 300® details the top 300 companies, organizations, and universities obtaining patents in the United States. Data from the r...
Optics Ranks as the #5 Technology Area in the 2020 Patent 300®
The 2020 Patent 300® Report details the top 300 companies, organizations, and universities obtaining patents in the United States. Data fro...
Selective Visual Display Systems Ranks as the #6 Technology Area in the 2020 Patent 300®
The 2020 Patent 300® details the top 300 companies, organizations, and universities obtaining patents in the United States. Data from the r...
Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems Ranks as the #7 Technology Area in the 2020 Patent 300®
The 2020 Patent 300® details the top 300 companies, organizations, and universities obtaining patents in the United States. Data from the r...
Computer Networks Ranks as the #8 Technology Area in the 2020 Patent 300®
The 2020 Patent 300® details the top 300 companies, organizations, and universities obtaining patents in the United States. Data from the r...
Cryptography and Security Ranks as the #9 Technology Area in the 2020 Patent 300®
The 2020 Patent 300® details the top 300 companies, organizations, and universities obtaining patents in the United States. Data from the r...
Telecommunications Ranks as the #10 Technology Area in the 2020 Patent 300®
The 2020 Patent 300® details the top 300 companies, organizations, and universities obtaining patents in the United States. Data from the r...
Patent 300® Report Ranks Most Innovative Companies
WASHINGTON (February 13, 2020) Harrity Patent Analytics has released the much-anticipated publication of the annual Patent 300®. The Patent...
2019 Top Patent Firms List Announced
WASHINGTON (January 14, 2020) – Harrity Patent Analytics is pleased to announce the publication of its annual list of top patent law firms. ...
First Action Interview (FAI) Pilot Program Usage Remains Low
By Tia Brand Since its inception in 2008, the First Action Interview (FAI) Pilot Program has been hailed as an efficiency booster, increasi...
WIPO Releases 2019 World Intellectual Property Indicators Report
Last month the World Intellectual Property Organization released the 2019 World Intellectual Property Indicators Report, a report showing co...
Portfolio Gap Analysis of Globalfoundries and Taiwan Semiconductor
Globalfoundries and Taiwan Semiconductor announced an agreement to cross-license each other's patents and those patents filed over the next...
Top Companies in Blockchain Patents
By Rocky Berndsen Blockchain is an emerging technology that has taken the world by storm. In October 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto published a se...
How Reliable is the Pencil Test for Expediting the Patent Prosecution Process?
By Nathan Phares, Associate Many patent practitioners and Examiners have spoken of the “pencil test,” which suggests that an independent cl...
Harrity & Harrity Named Best Midsize Firm To Work For
By Kevin Penton Law360 (September 18, 2020, 10:43 PM EDT) -- Virginia-based patent prosecution firm Harrity & Harrity LLP is this...
Diversity in Patent Law: A Data Analysis of Diversity in the Patent Practice by Technology Background and Region
Harrity's Elaine Spector and LaTia Brand provide a deep-dive analysis of the lack of diversity in the patent practice for the American Bar A...
Harrity Wins 2020 American Legal Technology Award
Harrity & Harrity has won the 2020 American Legal Technology Award for the Law Firm category. For its inaugural awards ceremony, Amer...
Harrity Implements Optional 3PM Start for Support Staff Due to Virtual School
Harrity & Harrity, the Go-To Firm for the Patent 300™, has adjusted its flexible start time to accommodate distance learning. With scho...
Harrity Allows Staff to Choose Own Work Schedule Due to Virtual School
By Lauren DeMarco FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (FOX 5 DC) - As working parents try to figure out how they will help their children with virtual le...
Jorden Harrity, Daughter of John Harrity, Organizes Pizza Deliveries to Thank First Responders
By Mark Hand, Patch Staff CENTREVILLE, VA (The Patch)— The Harrity family had faced a similarly scary situation four years earlier when J...
Virginia teen thanks first responders with pizza deliveries
CENTREVILLE, Va. (WDVM) — 17-year-old Jorden Harrity, daughter of Harrity & Harrity Manager Partner John Harrity, is thanking first resp...
Harrity Implements Four-Day Work Week
Harrity & Harrity, the Go-To Firm for the Patent 300 ™, has implemented a four-day work week for support staff. This summer, each suppo...
Harrity 4 Charity Lends a Hand in Communities Across the Country During Pandemic
For the past 33 years, Manna Ministries, a weekly food share distribution agency in rural Alabaster, Alabama, has helped feed people in unde...
Harrity’s Rocky Berndsen Recognized in IAM Strategy 300: The World’s Leading IP Strategists Annual Listing
Harrity’s Rocky Berndsen has been recognized in the IAM Strategy 300: The World’s Leading IP Strategists, an annual listing of individuals w...
Study Ranks Harrity as a Quality Leader in Patent Field
In a recently released evaluation of U.S. patent law firms, Harrity & Harrity, LLP emerged as a quality leader in the patent field. “...
Harrity Continues to Provide Hope Through COVID-19 Relief
In response to the Coronavirus crisis, Harrity 4 Charity—the giving-back initiative of Harrity & Harrity, LLP—has re-designated its prio...
Shawn Lillemo Co-Presents “The Tech-Enhanced Law Firm” at Legal Marketing Association (LMA) P3 – Virtual Experience
Harrity's Software Product Manager Shawn Lillemo was recently featured in the Legal Marketing Association (LMA)'s P3 - The Virtual Experienc...
Harrity Ranks as a World Leading Patent Professional on IAM Patent 1000 List
Harrity & Harrity, LLP has been named a “Highly Recommended” firm in the field patent prosecution, according to the newly released 2020...
Fairfax Lawyer Helps Fund Restaurants During COVID-19
By Maura Mazurowski Virginia Lawyers Weekly, WASHINGTON, DC (June 15th, 2020) A Fairfax attorney is using his charity organization t...
Harrity Ranked #2 in Patent Bots Quality Scores
Harrity & Harrity has been listed as a top-ranking firm in Patent Bots’ recently released Quality Scores report. Overall, Harrity ran...
Harrity & Harrity’s First Virtual Women’s Workshop
By Elaine Spector Harrity & Harrity just completed its 3nd Annual Women’s Workshop. Due to the quarantine, we shifted gears to host ou...
The Benefits of Incubator Programs for Minority-Owned Firms
The legal profession is making inroads in terms of diversity, but the National Association of Law Placement reports these gains as slow and...
30 Day Challenge in Support of the Lawyers Have Heart 10K Race, 5K Run and Walk
By Roxana Hoveyda Will you share your #RUNLHH? Run and walk with us from wherever you are! Save the Date to #RUNLHH! Thousand...
Paul Harrity Consecutively Named a Global IP Star
Harrity & Harrity is pleased to announce that Partner Paul Harrity was recently selected by Managing Intellectual Property, the leading...
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PATENT ATTORNEY/AGENT FULL-TIME, REDUCED-HOURS, AND REMOTE
Harrity & Harrity, LLP is looking for remote, local, or reduced hours patent professionals to prepare and/or prosecute patent applications for leading global technology companies, including numerous Fortune 500 companies.
To apply for this position, send your resume and a cover letter to jobs@harrityllp.com
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