Presentations & Publications
Defensible Innovation: The Hidden Force Behind Clean Energy Valuations Part 2 of 5
How to Build a Patent Portfolio That Increases Valuation By Joshua Goldberg Filing a patent is not [...]
Defensible Innovation: The Hidden Force Behind Clean Energy Valuations: Part 1 of 5
How Patents Drive Valuation in Clean Energy Startups By Joshua Goldberg Clean energy innovation is accelerating at [...]
Clean Energy Startups: From Innovation to Value: Part 7 of 7
The Role of Patents in Exit Valuation By Joshua Goldberg At exit, everything becomes clear. What matters. [...]
Clean Energy Startups: From Innovation to Value: Part 6 of 7
How Patents Quietly Shape Business Models By Joshua Goldberg Most founders assume growth requires scale. Manufacturing. Infrastructure. [...]
Are Current USPTO Processing Times Discouraging Intent-to-Use Trademark Applications?
By Howard W. Kline Over the past year, the USPTO deserves real credit for significantly reducing the [...]
Clean Energy Startups: From Innovation to Value: Part 5 of 7
Why Patent Strategy Impacts Funding More Than You Think By Joshua Goldberg Two startups. Similar technology. Different [...]
Clean Energy Startups: From Innovation to Value: Part 4 of 7
How Patents Quietly Reduce Investor Risk By Joshua Goldberg Investors rarely say it out loud. But when [...]
Clean Energy Startups: From Innovation to Value: Part 3 of 7
The Hidden Value: Protecting Process Innovation in Clean Energy By Joshua Goldberg What if your most valuable [...]
The Title of Your Book Isn’t Registrable as a Trademark – Now What?
Frequently, prospective clients approach our firm seeking to register a trademark for the title of a single [...]
Clean Energy Startups: From Innovation to Value: Part 2 of 7
How Patents Create Competitive Barriers in Clean Energy By Joshua Goldberg Most founders worry about whether their [...]
Clean Energy Startups: From Innovation to Value Part: 1 of 7
Why Intellectual Property Determines Clean Energy Startup Valuation By Joshua Goldberg Clean energy innovation is everywhere right [...]
Patents vs Trade Secrets in AgTech: What Investors Should Understand: Part 6 of 6
How Investors Evaluate Intellectual Property Strategy in AgTech By Joshua Goldberg In practice, the most effective intellectual [...]
Patents vs Trade Secrets in AgTech: What Investors Should Understand: Part 5 of 6
Trade Secrets in AgTech: Opportunities and Risks By Joshua Goldberg Trade secrets represent a different approach to [...]
Patents vs Trade Secrets in AgTech: What Investors Should Understand: Part 4 of 6
The Risks and Limitations of Patent Strategy in AgTech By Joshua Goldberg While patents can provide powerful [...]
Descriptive Intent-to-Use Trademark Applications – A Filing that Could Strike Out
As Major League Baseball (“MLB”) Opening Day arrives, one MLB club has more than baseball on its [...]
Patents vs Trade Secrets in AgTech: What Investors Should Understand: Part 3 of 6
Why Patents Still Matter to AgTech Investors By Joshua Goldberg Patents remain the most recognized form of [...]
Patents vs Trade Secrets in AgTech: What Investors Should Understand: Part 2 of 6
Why Intellectual Property Strategy Is Uniquely Complex in Agriculture By Joshua Goldberg Intellectual property strategy in agriculture [...]
Patents vs Trade Secrets in AgTech: What Investors Should Understand: Part 1 of 6
Why Intellectual Property Strategy Now Determines AgTech Valuation By Joshua Goldberg Agriculture is entering one of the [...]
Review of the Safe Harbor under 37 U.S.C. §271(e)(1) “Roche-Bolar” Exemption from Infringement in the United States
By Wan Chieh (Jenny) Lee and Joshua Goldberg There is currently no statutory basis in the United [...]
Energy Transition Solutions – OGGN
Joshua Goldberg joined OGGN on their latest podcast to discuss the connection of patents to new energy [...]
EPO to permit color drawings as of October 1st, 2025
The European Patent Office (EPO) announced that they intend to accept patent drawings for publication with color [...]
Federal Circuit Affirms That Composition of Matter Claims are Directed to Patentable Subject Matter
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) reversed the decision of the U.S. International [...]
What the July 2025 Energy Bill Means for Green Tech Innovators—And How to Protect Your IP Before the Landscape Shifts Again
The Policy Shift: What Just Happened? In early July 2025, sweeping new legislation—nicknamed the “Big Beautiful Bill”—was [...]
Federal Circuit Affirms that Medical Devices are Only Listable in the Orange Book if They Claim the Active Drug Ingredient
In the AIPLA Spring 2025 newsletter, Nath, Goldberg & Meyer ‘s Joshua Goldberg and Leia Dingott discuss [...]
Updated United States Patent and Trademark Office Fee Schedule
On November 15, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) announced that effective January 18, [...]
