Key insights • You’re focused on growing your business — increasing revenue, expanding your team, and serving more customers. But growth alone doesn’t guarantee future success. Enhancing business value is essential. • Profitability is a strategic decision driven by effective leadership, operational excellence, and the ability to maintain steady cash flow, all of which enhance business value. • If you’re not intentionally building business value, you could be leaving opportunity on the table when it comes time to sell, transition, or scale. •...

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By: Dennis J. Butler A granted U.S. patent can be challenged through various administrative procedures under U.S. patent law at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”), which are designed to provide a faster, cheaper alternative to challenging the patent in a federal court litigation. The most common administrative procedures include ex parte reexamination, inter partes review and post grant review. 1. Ex Parte Reexamination Ex parte reexamination allows a third party or the patent owner themselves to request that the USPTO reexamine a granted U.S. patent. Ex parte reexamination is...

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