by gavinparsons | May 5, 2020 | Firm News, Uncategorized
CARY, N.C. (May 2020) – Coats & Bennett, PLLC is pleased to announce that Member Gavin Parsons has been listed in the 2020 Edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers, Litigation: General Commercial (North Carolina). Chambers USA ranks attorneys...
by kristasaumby | Oct 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
The latest episode of Patent News Podcast is available. In a special edition of Patent News Podcast, this episode covers the Update memorandum from the USPTO regarding subject matter eligibility. Patent News Podcast is available on iTunes, Google...
On Behalf of Coats & Bennett, PLLC | Oct 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
When creating logos for business, color selection is an important consideration. As a result, certain colors are inexorably linked to certain businesses and products, which causes concern when other companies attempt to use the same colors in their design. These...
On Behalf of Coats & Bennett, PLLC | Oct 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
You put in a lot of late nights and personal time to create, cultivate and perfect your North Carolina company’s intellectual property. Of course, you want to do everything you can to protect it from those who would take advantage of it. To help you in that...
by kristasaumby | Sep 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
The latest episode of Patent News Podcast is up. On July 10, 2019, the Federal Circuit issued two precedential opinions appealing decisions from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board addressing the Administrative Procedure Act, claim construction, and obviousness. Patent...
| Sep 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
Coats and Bennett, PLLC is proud to be an inaugural sponsor of the SAS Patent Diversity Scholarship Gala.
On Behalf of Coats & Bennett, PLLC | Jul 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
Will Pagán was already an award-winning software developer, patent engineer and inventor when he joined Coats & Bennett as a Patent Agent. Now he adds to his resume, “Valedictorian of the 2014 graduating class from NC Central University School of Law’s evening...
On Behalf of Coats & Bennett, PLLC | Feb 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
It should come as no surprise that Raleigh was recognized again as a top city in the entrepreneurial world. The Washington-based National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) ranked Raleigh as the no. 2 place in the United States to start a business. North...
On Behalf of Coats & Bennett, PLLC | Aug 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
Coats & Bennett, Campbell University Law School, and Business Forward recently hosted a program featuring Dr. Stuart Graham and Janet Gongola from the US Patent and Trademark Office. The program featured presentations from both regarding the patent system...
On Behalf of Coats & Bennett, PLLC | Oct 10, 2011 | Trademarks, Uncategorized
Boise State understandably values its role as an innovator in the use of bright blue turf for its football stadium. In fact, the university reckons that its blue turf is such an integral part of its identify that it applied for and received a federal trademark...
