Aurora Patents

05/22/2026

In honor of today's release of The Mandalorian and Grogu, and in celebrating Star Wars month, for our next installment of the Mossoff Minute, Professor Adam Mossoff talks about how George Lucas leveraged his intellectual property (including copyrights and even patents on things like the characters and ships) in an innovative licensing play that has netted Lucas an estimated $20 billion – and paved the way for how cinematic merchandising is done.

04/28/2026

Did you know you can also protect your invention's appearance?

Design patents play a critical role in your broader portfolio and in making your business moat as wide and unbreachable as possible. This is why we’ve enlisted the help of our very own Dr. Tiffany Miller to guide us through all of the do’s and don’ts of design patents in the latest episode of the Patently Strategic podcast.

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https://www.aurorapatents.com/blog/design-patents

04/28/2026

The US was once a leader in tech innovation, thanks to a strong patent system. But weakened rights have shifted the balance overseas. Can we regain our edge?

In this month's Mossoff Minute, Professor Adam Mossoff discusses the unfortunate loss of American leadership on the international stage in terms of defending the fundamental rights and rules for how we protect patents – the same fundamental rights that gave rise to the explosion of innovation that followed the patent system's creation.

03/06/2026

Predatory Infringement: How Apple uses its $2 billion legal budget to steal inventions and stifle innovation.

In this month's Mossoff Minute, Professor Adam Mossoff discusses how the patent system is being exploited by massive companies with more money to spend on lawyers than on new innovations and technologies.

Adam also revisits the solutions needed to strengthen the patent system and get it back to the system that enabled inventors like Edison and Bell to shape our modern world.

03/03/2026

Willful infringement is a patent law concept that applies when someone infringes a patent knowingly or with reckless disregard for the patent holder’s rights. It goes beyond accidental infringement, often involving a deliberate choice to use protected work despite awareness of the rights holder. With unintentional infringement, the infringer can still be required to pay damages, negotiate a license, or face an injunction to halt the infringing activities. If the infringement is deemed willful, however, this can lead to significantly increased damages, sometimes up to three times the original amount!

This is something that patent holders need to be keenly aware of – both offensively and defensively. If found for infringement, is simply knowing about the competitor’s patent enough? What if it turned up in search results when examining prior art for your own invention? On the other side, if you’ve discovered that a competitor is infringing on you, what steps should you take to ensure that they’ve been clearly put on notice? The answers to these questions could mean millions.

Tune in to this month's podcast to learn more! With special guest co-host California IP Law.

https://www.aurorapatents.com/blog/willful-infringement

03/03/2026

How are generative AI tools reshaping the patent landscape? Our very own Dr. Ashley Sloat was asked by Thomson Reuters to do a deep dive on this topic. After four months of hands-on experimentation and analysis of over a dozen tools from industry pioneers, she has some thoughts on the state of the space!

As with seemingly every industry right now, there's a lot of hype around what AI means for the future of legal services. But what's real *now*? And what should firms be considering to ensure they're riding the wave, as opposed to being swept away by it?

In very little time, the patent law practice space has already become saturated with new AI tools targeting every stage of the workflow, but careful consideration is needed to ensure alignment with practice needs, focus areas, and staff expertise. In this article, Ashley shares her findings on:

⦿ Driver Versus human-in-the-loop (HITL) tools Drafting Tools
⦿ Iteration functionality.
⦿ Collaboration features.
⦿ Customizability.
⦿ Claim generation and structuring.
⦿ Figure drafting and labeling.
⦿ Security and confidentiality.
⦿ Drafting efficiency and quality, including specification support, transparency regarding drafting choices, and performance.
⦿ Technical area focus.
⦿ Jurisdictional support.
⦿ Workflow compatibility and ability to replace existing tools, including other available modules outside of patent drafting.
⦿ Prior art integration.
Cost-effectiveness.
⦿ Support and documentation, such as user guides, tutorials, and training.
⦿ Stage of development.

The article is now available for free via the Reuters Practical Law Journal. 👀👇🏼

A discussion of the current landscape of generative AI (GenAI) patent drafting tools, including the differences between fully automated driver tools and human-in-the-loop (HITL) tools, as well as essential tool evaluation criteria such as efficiency and quality, security and confidentiality, customi...

02/17/2026

Roses are red, 🌹
Violets are blue, 💙
If you miss a deadline,
Your patent might leave you. 🏃‍♂️💨

💔 The first work day back after Valentine's Day feels like the right time to talk about... abandonment. As it turns out, patents have relationship issues too – and abandonment happens fast if you don't pay attention.

Patent abandonment is the premature relinquishment of patent rights for an invention. Abandonment can happen voluntarily for various strategic and cost reasons, but can also happen silently and unintentionally. And in all cases, the invention becomes part of the public domain, and the rights holder's exclusivity window to prevent others from using, making, and selling the invention is terminated short of the otherwise expected 20–year term.

Fortunately, with careful management, the problem can be avoided entirely. And for many unintentional cases, if caught quickly enough, there are remedies for reviving your rights. To help unpack all of this and conquer your fears of abandonment, Albert Du, Patent Strategist and Chief IP Relationship Counselor at Aurora Patents, leads today's discussion with our all-star patent panel, delving deeply into all things patent abandonment and revival.

🎧 here: https://www.aurorapatents.com/blog/patent-abandonment-and-revival

02/03/2026

We're hiring! Are you an experienced patent paralegal looking to work where you want, when you want, with talented, great humans working to promote the progress of science and the useful arts for future-defining tech built by incredible inventors?!?

Aurora Patents is now hiring and looking for a patent paralegal to join our growing company. We escaped the shackles of corporate life and designed a company and roles around fixing most of what's broken in Big Law and Corporate America.

This is a fully remote role, with no threat of ever being called back into an office (that doesn't even exist). We're remote OG (pre-COVID) and know how to do it the right way. Both part and full-time options are available. Details and link to apply 👇🏼

Aurora Patents is looking for a patent paralegal to help with patent portfolio and deadline management, patent application and prosecution filings, and business administration.

01/21/2026

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11/19/2025

The European Union dodged a bullet by withdrawing price control proposals on tech patents, but is the UK next? 🤔 In this month's Mossoff Minute, discover why these decisions matter for tech and innovation. 🛠️