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Kairos Social Solutions, Inc. was granted patent for a device, system, and method of preventing unauthorized recording of visual content displayed on an electronic device. [Illustration: Dallas Innovates. Select drawings from USPTO patent no. 9740860]

Dallas Invents: 56 Patents Granted for Week of Aug. 22

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington ranked no. 14 in patent production out of 250 metros nationally. Check out patents granted to Tinder, Amazon, Dell, State Farm, Halliburton, and more.
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Historic IP Decision: The Future of ‘Immoral,’ ‘Scandalous’ and ‘Disparaging’ Trademarks
by | Jul 7, 2017
A recent Supreme Court decision will likely have wide-ranging impact on the field of trademarks. Polsinelli’s Kathryn Allen and Adam Rehm discuss what the highly-anticipated IP decision means — and last week's USPTO guidance.
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Case Study: Expediting Software Patent Applications via Track One
by | Jun 12, 2017
Polsinelli’s Adam Rehm compares how long the process for U.S. Patent No. 9,536,054 might have taken, had it not been filed under the USPTO’s Track One program — and shares how to take the fast track.
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Patent Office to Hire More Examiners, Ease Backlog
by | Aug 19, 2016
To combat that backlog, the USPTO will hire 100 new employees at its regional offices in Dallas, Cornell University, Denver and Detroit, but just about 70 in Silicon Valley.
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Hope-Shimabuku

With Director Aboard, Regional Patent Office Buzzing With Activity

by | Jan 28, 2016
Hope Shimabuku has her work cut out for her leading the Regional Patent Office, but the engineer and intellectual property attorney is up for the challenge.
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Katherine Berry
Beyond Books: Dallas Public Library Answers Inventors’ Questions
by | Jan 22, 2016
Patent and Trademark Resource Centers are designed to serve independent inventors and small businesses whose understanding of intellectual property issues may be rudimentary.
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