A Primer on Intellectual Property: The Basic Tools for You to Know

Tomorrow (February 1, 2018), I am presenting a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) program on the Basics of Intellectual property (IP) for the general attorney.  With the value of IP assets a large factor of our economy, general practice attorneys frequently…

Roberts Rules of Order

The Supreme Court has been quite active fine-tuning the patent system and deboning the law of the Federal Circuits for many years.  Today is no exception. In Impression Products, Inc. v. Lexmark International, Inc.  (May 30, 2017), Chief Justice Roberts…

Beyond the Alice Event Horizon: the spaghettification of software patenting

For anyone interested in learning more about the state of affairs for software patents now two years after the Supreme Court Alice decision, I am giving a free webinar this Thursday, April 13, 2016, at 1 PM EST USA on…

Ray Van Dyke teaching a Class on Patent Law

  As noted, as Co-Chair of the Intellectual Property Section for the Bar Association of Montgomery County (BAMC), I am pleased to report that the IP Section is having a continuing series of presentations on the fundamentals of intellectual property law  at…

Dale Lazar Speaks of Alice and 101 Challenges to DC LES CHAPTER

As noted earlier, I wrote a blog piece on the Alice decision, Alice Doesn't Patent Here Anymore,  http://rayvandyke.com/posts/. Thanks to those who read it..  On November 18, 2015 in Washington, DC, the Licensing Executives Society (www.les.org) is again having prominent IP attorney…

Ray Van Dyke Teaches Intellectual Property Basics in Rockville, Maryland November 11, 2015

As Co-Chair of the Intellectual Property Section for the Bar Association of Montgomery County (BAMC), I am pleased to report that the IP Section is having a series of presentations on the fundamentals of intellectual property law  at the Bar headquarters in…

Ray Van Dyke Teaches Intellectual Property Basics in Rockville, Maryland Starting October 6, 2015

As Co-Chair of the Intellectual Property Section for the Bar Association of Montgomery County (BAMC), I am pleased to report that the IP Section plans a series of presentations on the fundamentals of intellectual property law for this Fall, Winter and Spring…