# Mchale Slavin

> Your Trusted Partners in Intellectual Property Law

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## Posts

- [Protecting a Sensory Attribute of Food by Patent](https://www.mchaleslavin.com/protecting-a-sensory-attribute-of-food-by-patent/)
- [Securing Additional Patent Life Beyond The Statutory Defined Time Limit](https://www.mchaleslavin.com/securing-additional-patent-life-beyond-the-statutory-defined-time-limit/)
- [America Invents Act Prior Art Submission](https://www.mchaleslavin.com/america-invents-act-prior-art-submission/)
- [Jordan v. Qiaodan: Trademark Battles in China](https://www.mchaleslavin.com/jordan-v-qiaodan-trademark-battles-in-china/)
- [Google’s New Wave of Advertisements is Ringing in the Ear](https://www.mchaleslavin.com/googles-new-wave-of-advertisements-is-ringing-in-the-ear/)
- [Post-Grant Review, Inter-Partes Review, Inter-parties Re-examination](https://www.mchaleslavin.com/post-grant-review-inter-partes-review-inter-parties-re-examination/)
- [Inside the Virtual Coliseum: Yahoo! v. Facebook](https://www.mchaleslavin.com/inside-the-virtual-coliseum-yahoo-v-facebook/)
- [Green Technology Pilot Program Now Closed: Expansion widened scope of green inventions to stimulate development, jobs and American pride.](https://www.mchaleslavin.com/green-technology-pilot-program-now-closed-expansion-widened-scope-of-green-inventions-to-stimulate-development-jobs-and-american-pride/)
- [What’s in a Name: Linsanity Off the Court](https://www.mchaleslavin.com/whats-in-a-name-linsanity-off-the-court/)
- [To Pin or Not to Pin](https://www.mchaleslavin.com/to-pin-or-not-to-pin/)
- [Two Perspectives on the Vessel Hull Design Protection Act](https://www.mchaleslavin.com/two-perspectives-on-the-vessel-hull-design-protection-act/)
- [Keep Your Eye On Your Trademarks: Lessons From The Automotive Industry](https://www.mchaleslavin.com/keep-your-eye-on-your-trademarks-lessons-from-the-automotive-industry/)
- [Wild, Wild Web!](https://www.mchaleslavin.com/wild-wild-web/)
- [Pitfalls of Patent Marking](https://www.mchaleslavin.com/pitfalls-of-patent-marking/)
- [How to Destroy a Trademark Without Even Trying!](https://www.mchaleslavin.com/how-to-destroy-a-trademark-without-even-trying/)
- [Tips For Optimizing The Term Of Your Patent](https://www.mchaleslavin.com/tips-for-optimizing-the-term-of-your-patent/)
- [Patents in Europe are becoming More Affordable](https://www.mchaleslavin.com/patents-in-europe-are-becoming-more-affordable/)
- [Patent Reform Advances Through Congress](https://www.mchaleslavin.com/patent-reform-advances-through-congress/)
- [Pro Se Trademark Applications](https://www.mchaleslavin.com/pro-se-trademark-applications/)
- [Trademark and Domain Name Co-Dependence](https://www.mchaleslavin.com/trademark-and-domain-name-co-dependence/)
- [Genes – Patent Eligible Subject Matter Revisited](https://www.mchaleslavin.com/genes-patent-eligible-subject-matter-revisited/)
- [U.S. Supreme Court Addresses Eligibility of Computer-Implemented Patents](https://www.mchaleslavin.com/u-s-supreme-court-addresses-eligibility-of-computer-implemented-patents/)
- [Patent Office Issues Steps Regarding Computer-Implemented Inventions](https://www.mchaleslavin.com/patent-office-issues-steps-regarding-computer-implemented-inventions/)
- [U.S. PATENT 9,000,000 ISSUES](https://www.mchaleslavin.com/u-s-patent-9000000-issues/)

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