12 Days of Intellectual Property Christmas

12 Days of Intellectual Property Christmas

The McHattie Law Firm is uniquely equipped to deal with modern businesses’ most valuable asset — its intellectual property — and to manage it with a strategic legal approach in the US. From creation to licensing to sale, we stand ready, willing and able to serve your needs, developing strategies for your opportunities and solutions Read more about 12 Days of Intellectual Property Christmas[…]

Road Trip: South by Southwest 2016!

Road Trip: South by Southwest 2016!

Who’s going to SXSW in March? Are you an artist, a musician, an inventor, an IT guru? You are the innovators, the people who have ideas and are enthusiastic to introduce the world to who you are and what you are about. At the same time, you need to protect your creativity and to learn Read more about Road Trip: South by Southwest 2016![…]

Friday Grab Bag: To Catch a Trade Secrets Thief

Friday Grab Bag: To Catch a Trade Secrets Thief

When working in a competitive industry, it becomes essential to protect a business’ confidential information.  If Coca-Cola® let its famously secret beverage formula slip to the public years ago, would it have had enjoyed the same success in the marketplace?  Maybe not.  Intellectual property law allows a variety of different means for protecting information.  For Read more about Friday Grab Bag: To Catch a Trade Secrets Thief[…]

DO YOU HAVE A TASTE FOR PATENTS? Exploring the patentability of flavors and fragrances

DO YOU HAVE A TASTE FOR PATENTS? Exploring the patentability of flavors and fragrances

Simply stated, flavors and fragrances are patentable, but that’s only half the story.  A little background on patents is warranted before we explore the patentability of flavors and fragrances Patent law protects “new and useful processes, machines, compositions of matter, and new and useful improvements thereof.”  Patent protection is granted to inventions that are useful, Read more about DO YOU HAVE A TASTE FOR PATENTS? Exploring the patentability of flavors and fragrances[…]