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Guideposts for Defining Particular Problems for Analogous Art Inquiries
August 8, 2023
By Mark Ford, Kristian Blomquist, and Hailey Higginbotham To qualify as prior art in an obviousness inquiry, a reference must be analogous to the claimed invention. Two separate tests are evaluated to determine whether a reference can qualify as analogous art to the claimed invention. First, the reference is analogous art if it is from […]
Charles Barquist and Sterling Brennan Recognized by Southern California Super Lawyers
January 10, 2023
PARK CITY, UT – January 10, 2023 Maschoff Brennan is proud to announce that Shareholders Charles Barquist and Sterling Brennan have again been included in the Southern California Super Lawyers list for 2023. Special recognition is being awarded to Charles Barquist for his inclusion 20 years in a row – every year Super Lawyers has […]
That Invention Is Not Obvious! Hindsight Is Worse Than You Think
December 5, 2022
A recent newspaper article about the inventor of the traffic light observed: “It seems so obvious now. But then that’s the thing about inventions. They’re always plain to see in hindsight.”[1] As the saying goes, “hindsight is 20/20.” The U.S. Patent Office, however, is usually dismissive of this basic insight. In my experience filing hundreds […]