Intellectual Property Law Blog | Michigan IP Attorneys | Foster Swift https://www.fosterswift-ipblog.com/author/alexander-rusek-business-criminal-litigation-civil-attorney Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:21:06 -0400 The Value of Being Understood https://www.fosterswift-ipblog.com/intellectual-property-clarity-patent-value-litigation-licensing-enforcement Alexander S. Rusek intellectual-property-clarity-patent-value-litigation-licensing-enforcement Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:00:01 -0400 As intellectual property lawyers, we spend a lot of time talking about originality, distinctiveness, novelty, non-obviousness, and scope. These are fundamental principles in the IP field. They matter, and they always will. But, in practice, there is another filter that often determines whether intellectual property creates value:

Can someone understand it quickly enough to care?

The audience for your intellectual property is rarely just a patent examiner at the United States Patent and Trademark Office: it is a judge deciding a motion; a jury seeing and learning about the ...

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