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Welcome to the homepage of Bacon & Thomas,
PLLC. We are your source for sound legal advice regarding the protection
of your inventions, industrial designs, trademarks, service marks,
maskworks, trade dress, works of authorship, and confidential information.Our
firm has provided intellectual property law services since before
1920, and each year we file hundreds of applications for patents
as well as trademark and copyright registrations on behalf of our
clients.
Our experience and expertise are truly global—not
only do we provide services for all conceivable technologies, we
also operate within an international context. Bacon & Thomas utilizes
trusted associates outside the United States to obtain patents and
trademark registrations for our clients around the world.
The objective of this website is to introduce
you to our firm and keep you connected to the world of intellectual
property law. You will find a brief history of Bacon & Thomas, PLLC,
as well as biographies of each of our distinguished attorneys and
registered agents. For your convenience, Baconthomas.com
also provides downloadable forms and links to relevant government
agencies.
How in the world do you protect your intellectual
property? Come to Bacon & Thomas, PLLC.
Please note that the information on this web site is not legal advice
as stated in our Disclaimer.
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| Court of Appeals Uses "machine-or-transformation test" in Bilski |
| The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a decision in the Bilski case on October 30, 2008. A majority of the judges on the court in this en banc decision, denied a patent after applying the "machine-or-transformation test." The patent application on appeal includes a claim to a "method for managing the consumption risk costs of a commodity sold by a commodity provider at a fixed price comprising the steps of ...." The patent applicant is allowed to ask the Supreme Court to review the decision. Click here for a copy of the decision (132 pages). |
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| Court Order Against Patent Continuation Rules is Subject to Appeal |
| A final injunction has been granted which prevents the implementation by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office of the continuation rules which would have limited patent applicants to two continuations and one RCE, generally speaking. Click here for a copy of the Memorandum Opinion by Judge Cacheris of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division. An appeal is expected. |
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| Welcome Jim Zegeer |
| Jim Zegeer joined our firm effective March 15, 2008, as of counsel. We are pleased that Jim is continuing his practice of over 50 years representing a wide variety of clients in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in the electrical, fluidics and computer arts, as well as test equipment for the semiconductor industry, and in related litigation, with our firm. |
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| Supreme Court Decision on "Obvious" Standard |
| The United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision on April 30, 2007, in the regard to the "obvious" standard of the patent law. Click here to download the decision which starts on the 8th page of the document, after the "Syllabus" on pages 1-7. |
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| Bar Register of Pre-Eminent Lawyers Listing |
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Bacon & Thomas, PLLC will be listed for “Intellectual Property Law” and “Patent, Trademark,
Copyright and Unfair Competition” in the 2008 Martindale-Hubbell® Bar Register of Pre-Eminent Lawyers,
which “includes only those select law practices that have earned the highest rating in the Martindale-Hubbell®
Law Directory and have been designated by their colleagues as preeminent in their field”.
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