Tucker Law Blog

Since July 20, 2026, foreign-domiciled patent applicants and owners need a USPTO-registered practitioner. The filing-date exception does not protect improperly signed replies, disclosures, or ADS documents.

The Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB in In re Gamble because the applicant failed to preserve substantive indefiniteness challenges. What patent applicants should know before appealing an examiner.

A Florida cyclist struck by a car may have PIP coverage through a personal auto policy, a household policy, or the striking vehicle. Here is how the priority rules work.

A Florida Board of Bar Examiners investigative hearing notice starts a 60-day response period. Learn what the hearing is, what to gather, and what may happen next.

Florida will begin administering the NextGen Bar Exam with a Florida Law Component in July 2028. Here is what future applicants should know now—and what Florida has not yet announced.

Florida peer-to-peer car-sharing crashes do not fit neatly into rental-car or rideshare rules. A recent Turo opinion shows how warning lights, app messages, inspection records, and insurance timing can shape a serious-injury claim.

Learn how the patent doctrine of equivalents reaches insubstantial changes—and how prosecution history, disclosure, and prior art limit its scope.

Florida Bar conditional admission can allow an applicant to practice under a consent agreement with monitoring or treatment-related conditions. Learn how the current FBBE rules address consent agreements, confidentiality, monitoring, and noncompliance.

When several people are injured in one Florida crash, per-person and per-accident limits may create a shared insurance pool. Florida law provides interpleader and agreed-arbitration procedures for competing claims.

Learn how generic, descriptive, suggestive, arbitrary, and fanciful marks differ—and how distinctiveness affects registration, enforcement, and naming strategy.

Florida rideshare insurance changes when a driver is offline, waiting for a request, en route to pickup, or carrying a passenger. The app timeline can determine which policy and limits apply.