Mauricio Uribe
Mauricio Uribe

Assignor Estoppel: Protecting Your Patent Rights

The doctrine of assignor estoppel is intended to prevent an inventor who has sold or “assigned” a patent from then challenging the patent’s validity. Mauricio Uribe, a patent lawyer with Knobbe Martens, discusses what medical device inventors and acquiring companies should do to ensure they comply with the Supreme Court and Federal Circuit’s clarification of assignor estoppel. 

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Steve Severaid
Steve Severaid

Disaster Proofing Your Business

By Steve Severaid
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It is more important than ever for medical manufacturers to prepare for business interruption due to unexpected damage or natural disasters. From building a recovery team to securing proper insurance, there are many steps device manufacturers can take to recover quickly and easily following a disaster.

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Dan Golder, Impact Advisors
Dan Golder, Impact Advisors
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Next-Generation Enterprise Asset Management

By Daniel Golder, DDS, MBA
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Standalone best-of-breed Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) systems have historically been leveraged to help solve the transactional needs of clinical engineering, IT and facilities. Yet few organizations are currently capitalizing on the wealth of data generated from these systems. In this article, we’ll examine some of these opportunities and offers suggestions as the industry begins developing our “next generation” of EAM systems.

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