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Click any of the news tabs above to display news for that category Intellectual Property News Visualant’s New Patent Creates Opportunity for ’’Invisible Bar Codes’’ LifeNet Health Successfully Defends Patent, Wins $34.7M Verdict New Basic Patent Training Course For Patent Paralegals and Patent Administrators Thomson Reuters Names the 2014 Top 100 Global Innovators Latham Litigators Successful in Ultramercial v. Hulu Much Shelist Principal Evan Brown Named to World Intellectual Property Organization Panel The International Trademark Association’s 2015 Leadership Meeting in Panama to be its First Major Event in Latin America PICA Wins Misappropriation of Trade Secrets and Defamation Case Against Hewlett Packard Law Firm WilmerHale Reaches Milestone 100th Inter Partes Review Filing Efficiency Under Threat for IP Teams as Workload Pressures Continue to Increase, Reveals CPA Global IP Industry Survey GW Law School to Host 2014 Design Law Symposium InterDigital Prevails Over ZTE in Delaware District Court Patent Quality Initiative Challenges the Validity of Five Patents by Filing Nine IPRs O’Melveny Secures Victory for Mentor Graphics in Patent Infringement Case CPA Global and Silicon Valley IP Law Association Join Forces to Present High-Level IP Forum ITUS Subsidiary Receives Favorable Ruling in Microsoft Patent Dispute ResMed Wins Initial Decision in ITC Patent Infringement Action Apple Entitled to $400M in Samsung Profits, Say Intellectual Property Law Professors in Amicus Brief Noted IP Attorney James Sze Joins Ballard Spahr in San Diego David Newman Joins Loeb & Loeb’s Patent Litigation and Counseling Practice in Chicago Lex Machina Releases First-Ever Patent Litigation Damages Report ipPerformance Group Initiates Inventor Rewards and Recognitions Study IP Professionals to Converge in Copenhagen for CPA Global Conference June 15-18 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Announces Settlement in Patent Malpractice Case Against Ropes & Gray CopyTele Subsidiary Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against AT&T Arlington Industries, Inc. v. Bridgeport Fittings, Inc. -- Significant Decision in Ongoing Battle Rothwell Figg Secures Victory for K-Swiss Inc. in Federal Circuit Leading French Airplane Parts Manufacturer Ateliers de la Haute-Garonne Wins $15 Million Verdict For Willful Patent and Trade Dress Infringement, Unfair Competition and Intentional Interference Box Defeats Preliminary Injunction Browne George Ross LLP Wins $30 Million Verdict In Trademark Dispute Against Medical Device Manufacturer NuVasive, Inc. (NUVA) Fish & Richardson Obtains Federal Circuit Affirmance of Patent Infringement Win for the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated Proskauer to Argue High-Impact Patent Case Before U.S. Supreme Court on April 28 American Inventors Warn Congress of Potential Negative Impacts of Pending Patent Reform Legislation McAndrews, Held & Malloy Patent Litigation Victory Recognized Nationally As The 25th Largest Verdict in 2013 First Book Analyzing Plant-Specific Intellectual Property Strategies Special Feature: Aerospace Industry is Working to Improve Flight Tracking Rightscorp Expands Global Reach with Patent Filings in Europe, China, Israel, Japan, Brazil and India Special Feature -- Copyright Co-Authorship: Be Prepared to Weather the Storms Einstein Bros. Bagels Being Sued Over Honey Smoked Salmon Trademark Fish & Richardson Achieves Three Inter Partes Review Victories for Micron Technology Against the University of Illinois’ Semiconductor Patents Knobbe Martens Successfully Concludes Litigation Case with Tough Injunctions Against National Retailer Bed, Bath & Beyond on Behalf of Client, Treasure Garden, Inc. Rightscorp Sees Continued Growth Through Monetization of Film and Video Copyrights ThyssenKrupp Elevator Wins Patent Infringement Case Christie, Parker & Hale Client Vederi Wins Appeal Against Google Infojustice Roundup - March 17, 2014 Quarles & Brady Intellectual Property & Entrepreneurship Clinic Launched Idenix Pharmaceuticals Files Patent Infringement Lawsuits Against Gilead Sciences in Europe Rightscorp Closes More Than 60,000 Cases of Copyright Infringement to Date Four Printer Companies Accused of Patent Infringement By Marathon Patent Group, Inc.’s CyberFone Systems Reed Smith Prevails for Realtek in First-of-its-Kind Patent Licensing Trial Software Patentability is ’’Critically Important to the US Economy’’ and Must Be Preserved, BSA Argues in Amicus Brief to Supreme Court Allcare Media Statement – Oral Argument at the Supreme Court Rightscorp Monitoring Songs on the Billboard Hot 100 for Infringement Fox Team Prevails in ITC Matter Involving Major Television Network Origination of Google Earth Focus of Patent Infringement Lawsuit by ART+COM Innovationpool SIIA Applauds the Obama Administration’s Focus on Improving the Patent System Special Feature -- Clash Of Titans over Biosimilars at FTC Workshop Special Feature -- #Olympics and #SuperBowl – Are They Free for the Taking? SIIA Announces Major New Enforcement Effort -- Will Now Target Wide Range of Intellectual Property Violations Beyond Piracy Christopher Potts Joins Cantor Colburn LLP in its Atlanta Office CrestaTech Files Patent Infringement Complaint With U.S. International Trade Commission Music Label, Publisher and Production Company Lang Van Files Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against VNG Corporation and International Data Group Innovation Alliance Sets the Course to Protect Patent Rights, Inventors and Innovation in 2014 Novak Druce Hosts Group of Chinese IP Ministry Officials Honigman Client’s Patent Term to be Readjusted Per U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Ruling Fish & Richardson Wins Patent Infringement Suit for Allergan Over Generic LUMIGAN® 0.01% Infojustice Roundup - January 13, 2014 The International Trademark Association announces its 2014-2017 Strategic Plan Perkins Coie Announces New Life Sciences Blog: 1600 PTAB Infojustice Roundup - January 6, 2014 McDermott Wins Important Federal Circuit Patent Appeal for Hanmi Quarles & Brady Obtains Litigation Victory for Flambeau, Inc. Infojustice Roundup - December 23, 2013 Special Feature -- Copyright Owners: Keep Your Eye on the Road Regent Baby Wins Summary Judgment in ’’Sippy Cup’’ Trade Dress Case Brought by Luv n’ Care Infojustice Roundup - December 9, 2013 San Diego-Based ShareTV Scores Major Victory in Trademark Infringement Case Finnegan Releases eBook on Patent Activities in the U.S. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries Idenix Pharmaceuticals Files Patent Infringement and Interference Lawsuits Against Gilead Sciences Infojustice Roundup - December 2, 2013 Nichia Expands LED Patent Litigation Against Everlight Amicus Briefs Filed with Supreme Court Support Certiorari in Soverain v. Newegg Tacking It To The Jury—Ninth Circuit Confirms That Trademark Tacking Is An Issue Of Fact, Citing A Split Among Circuits Infojustice Roundup - November 25, 2013 Guide to Intangible Asset Valuation Published by AICPA Infojustice Roundup - November 18, 2013 Merchant & Gould Secures Limited Damages in Appeal for Semiconductor Patent Case Infojustice Roundup - November 11, 2013 Infojustice Roundup - November 4, 2013 AIPLA Installs 2013-2014 Board of Directors AIPLA Applauds Bill to Provide Permanent Funding for USPTO Infojustice Roundup - October 28, 2013 Walker Morris’ Client Wins Major Music Trade Mark Dispute BSA Supports Elements of Goodlatte Bill Targeting Abusive Patent Litigation, Opposes Measures that Risk Disrupting Innovation Infojustice Roundup - October 21, 2013 C. R. Bard Wins Final Chapter of Vascular Graft Patent Case Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp Launches ’’Ooh Law Law’’ Fashion Industry Blog Taobao Marketplace and Louis Vuitton Commit to Combine Efforts in the Fight Against Counterfeiters World Health as it Intersects With IP Law is Symposium Topic at Chicago’s John Marshall Law School Cantor Colburn LLP Wins Summary Judgment for a Host of Nutritional Supplement Defendants Infojustice Roundup - October 14, 2013 Federal Circuit Affirms Inequitable Conduct Determination Under Therasense ’’But For’’ Exception and Reaffirms Significance of Rohm & Haas Volpe and Koenig President and CEO Gerald Halt and Shareholder John Donch Co-Author Intellectual Property Book Infojustice Roundup - October 7, 2013 INTA, Street Law and Constitutional Rights Foundation Renew Partnership to Educate Teens about Intellectual Property Federal Judge Sides With Activision TV, Farney Daniels Law Firm in Ongoing Patent Dispute with Nebraska Attorney General Amazon.com and Amazon Web Services are Sued By Personalized Media Communications For Infringing Nine Patents Goodwin Procter Sheds Light On New Patent Litigation Proceedings Infojustice Roundup - September 30, 2013 INTA Congratulates European Commission, OHIM and EPO on IP Study IPXI® Hosts First Annual Members Meeting Featuring David Kappos as Keynote Speaker Perkins Coie Client Ameritox Beats Millennium Laboratories in Trade Dress Claim AIPLA Comments on Goodlatte Patent Reform Legislation Draft Symposium Challenges Copyright Law Exceptions for Archives 100+ Innovative American Businesses and Organizations Send Letter to Congress Opposing Expansion of America Invents Act’s ’’Covered Business Method Patent’’ Program Infojustice Roundup - September 23, 2013 Special Feature: Peering Into the Future: Google Glass and the Law Special Feature: Court Rules That Patent Infringement Can Violate Antitrust Laws Myers Bigel Launches Informative Blog with Posts on Inter Partes Review Unified Patents Challenges Clouding IP Patent, Seeks to Push Patent Trolls Out of Cloud Storage Infojustice Roundup - September 16, 2013 College of Law Debuts Trademark Services in Small Business Legal Clinic Nomadix and Aruba Networks Settle Internet Gateway Patent Litigation Proskauer Non-Compete & Trade Secrets Group Secures Landmark Victories for Medical Device Manufacturer Sientra, Inc. The Webb Law Firm Slays Another Patent Troll Court Establishes the Limitations of the ’Inevitable Disclosure’ of Trade Secrets Doctrine in Employment Cases in New York Marshall, Gerstein & Borun Obtains Dismissal of MUMBO Trademark Cancellation Proceeding McAndrews, Held & Malloy to Host Fourth Complimentary Symposium on Relevant Developments in Intellectual Property Law Infojustice Roundup - August 26, 2013 Arent Fox Wins Unanimous Decision from WIPO in gTLD Legal Rights Objection McAndrews, Held & Malloy Client Stryker Corporation Awarded Treble Damages on Jury’s $70 Million Verdict Brooks Kushman Publishes Sixth Edition of Intellectual Property Primer Covering the Latest Changes in the IP Landscape Registration NOW AVAILABLE for the 2013 NAPP Annual Meeting & Conference! Infojustice Roundup - May 6, 2013 USPTO Commissioner for Patents Names Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal Finalist Infojustuce Roundup - April 29, 2013 Wiley Rein Amicus Brief Urges Supreme Court Review of Federal Circuit Ruling on Patent Litigation Attorney Fees Author of McCarthy on Trademarks and Unfair Competition Celebrates 40 Years with Thomson Reuters Duane Morris Launches ICANN Trademark Clearinghouse Legal Services Eyewear Designer Zenni Optical Prevails in Major Patent Dispute with Aspex Eyewear Cybersquatters Beware -- DomainSkate Makes Disputing Web Trademarks Easy Infojustice Roundup - April 22, 2013 Special Feature: Batting Practice with DNA Patents at the U.S. Supreme Court Infojustice Roundup - April 15, 2013 Sidense Wins -- United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Affirms District Court Decisions Infojustice Roundup - April 8, 2013 Indian Patent Decision on Drug Manufacturing May Have Unintended Consequences Says Professor Lim of The John Marshall Law School Infojustice Roundup - April 1, 2013 Special Feature: Don’t Photograph the Machines! European Commission Publishes Proposals to Modernize EU Trademark Systems McDermott Achieves Sweeping Federal Circuit Victory for Fairchild Semiconductor University of Hawaii Wins 2012-2013 Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition KnobbeMedical.com Launches New Blog to Promote Discussion of Developments in Medical Device Industry Rackspace, Red Hat Win Decisive Patent Victory Judge Declares Overland Patent Invalid in Media Storage Library Matter Liar, Liar Idea on Fire Patent Trends 2012 -- Thomson Reuters Evaluates the State of Global Innovation SynQor Commences New Patent Suit Against Cisco Infojustice Roundup - March 25, 2013 Illumina Announces Favorable Outcome of Its Patent Litigation Against Life Technologies, Inc. Nomadix and AT&T Corp Settle Internet Gateway Patent Litigation SCOTUS Ruling in Kirtsaeng v. Wiley Will Harm U.S. Publishers & Consumers in U.S. and Abroad Bracewell Represents Syntrix in $96 Million DNA Patent Suit Infojustice Roundup - March 18, 2013 Special Feature: Federal Court of Australia Decides in Favour of Myriad Special Feature: Covenant Not to Sue Is Not Discharged in Bankruptcy Special Feature: Supreme Court -- State Court Has Jurisdiction over a Legal Malpractice Claim New IP Lawsuits Filed from RFC Express IFI Provides Insights on Patent Landscape Surrounding ’Wonder Material’ Graphene Special Feature: Possible Far-Reaching Implications of Bowman v. Monsanto Buchanan Team Prevails in Long-Running Infringement Case for Client Deere & Company Special Feature: Final Alert --- The New Patent Era Begins March 16, 2013 Special Feature: Shot Down by the Gunn: The Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Leaving Malpractice Cases Involving Underlying Patent Issues with State Courts House SHIELD Act Provides a Check on Patent Trolls, Says BSA Sughrue Mion Sponsors Symposium at the University of New Hampshire School of Law Special Feature: Who Owns Cute Girls in Pink Coats on Daddy’s Shoulders? Special Feature -- Terrorizing Patent Practitioners: Highlights From Oral Arguments at the Supreme Court for Gunn v. Minton [–] Minimize News More Intellectual Property Articles Business & Finance News CPA Global Joins CNA’s Expanded Allied Vendor Program Global IP Net Changes its Name to Quantify IP RPX Insurance Services Announces Cost-effective Patent Insurance for Small and Emerging Growth Companies TrademarkNow, European Startup Dedicated to Using Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, and Cloud-Computing Power to Tackle Trademark Management Issues, Expands to the United States Patent Quality Initiative Launched to Facilitate Better Patents and Fewer Disputes IFI and ChemAxon Announce Collaboration to Deliver IFI’s Global Patent Data on New ChemCurator Software Platform Salesforce.com Joins BSA Thomson Innovation Ranked Leading Patent Research and Analysis Service Vorys Continues to Strengthen IP Team with Addition of Two Partners Intellectual Property Leaders Use Multiple Patent Intelligence Systems to Identify Patents and Analyze Markets Fish & Richardson Develops Free Mobile App for Post-Grant Proceedings Rightscorp Secures Agreement with Rotten Records to Monitor Copyrights of Song and DVD Assets Major Weight Loss Business and Patented ’R’ELEANA®’’ to be Sold by IP Auctions™ Rightscorp Signs Deal to Represent Bestselling Author Of The Primal Blueprint Leading Korean Life Sciences Company KAEL-GemVax Appoints CPA Global to Manage Renewals of Patents CPA Global Named in Global Outsourcing 100 for Fourth Time Thomson Reuters CompuMark Adds Industrial Designs to SAEGIS Trademark Platform Jacobs Institute at Cornell Tech Launches the Runway Program, a New Model for Postdoctoral Entrepreneurs Evalueserve IP Forms Joint Venture with Sony and Hazuki International CPA Global’s Fourth State of the IP Industry Survey to Capture Key Issues Facing IP Professionals Worldwide Personalized Media Communications Enters Into a Patent Licensing Agreement with Zynga Rightscorp Crosses Threshold of 1 Million Copyrights It’s Go Time -- Thomson Reuters Reveals 2014 Products for Its US Business Global Law Firm Dentons Deploys CPA Global’s Inprotech Software to Deliver Greater Efficiencies CPA Global Acquires Patrafee, Leading Nordic IP Services Provider IP Professionals Double Their Efficiency Using CPA Global’s Discover 2.0 Enhanced Patent Search Platform Patent Increases Advertising by 50%, January Auction by IpAuctions, Inc. Companies with Trade Secret Losses Intensify Corporate Trade Secret & Proprietary Information Management Practices CPA Global Expands Legal Support Services Operations to Meet Growing Client Demand Innography Advances the Power of IP Analytics With Fall 2013 Release Virginia Law Firm - Lowe Hauptman & Ham - Purchases First To File to Improve Workflow Efficiency and Support Expansion of Global Business Strategy Top Speakers Headlining CPA Global IP Software Conference, Starts Oct. 27 in San Diego CPA Global Launches New Company Website Offering Tailored Information for Corporate and Law Firm Clients inovia Acquired by RWS Group Texas Law Firm Booth Albanesi Schroeder Purchases CPA Global’s First To File Technology Silicon Valley IP firm Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld purchases CPA Global’s First To File Patents and Workflow modules CPA Global Takes a Lead in Helping Clients Protect and Develop Their Brands Online as Domain Space Set to Expand PatBase Legal Status Search Enhancements Thomson Reuters Helps Trademarks Professionals Avoid Infringement with Addition of 115 Million Global Company Names to SAEGIS on SERION Marathon Patent Group Secures Revenue-Generating Telecom Patents with CyberFone Systems Acquisition MAKO Surgical Corp. and Stanmore Implants Worldwide Ltd. Announce MAKO’s Purchase of Stanmore Sculptor Robotic Guidance Arm Multi-Party and Cross-Border Patent Issues Affecting Biotech Businesses Thomson Reuters 2012 State of Trademark Report Identifies United Kingdom and Turkey as Biggest Growth Leaders Marathon Patent Group Acquires Important Multi-Casting Patent From MOSAID Technologies Thomson CompuMark Acquires the Trademark Business of Onscope U.S. Cities Benefit Financially from Pay-By-Phone Street Parking Patent Auburn, NY and Latrobe, PA Select Pango Single Touch Announces the Appointment of Peter Holden to Its Board of Directors Thomson Reuters Offers World-Class Trademark Service Around the Clock Pendrell Acquires Foundational Memory Technology Patent Portfolio From Nokia Execs from Adobe, Gates Foundation, Nike, Oracle, Seattle Genetics and Starbucks among Powerhouse Presenter Lineup for LES (USA & Canada) Meeting May 14-16 in Seattle, WA Adobe and BSA Urge Congress to Support Software Innovation by Improving Patent Quality and Curbing Opportunistic Litigation Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index Celebrates 50 Years as the World’s Most Trusted Source of Patent Information Enterprise-Wide Innovation and Asset Management Solution from Thomson Reuters Helps Syngenta Legal and IP Function Drive Integrated Strategies and Global Collaboration CPA Global Expands Into Mainland China Goodyear Implements First To File’s Electronic File Room for Paperless Management of Patent Information [–] Minimize News More Business & Finance Articles Science & Technology News NeoMedia Receives New Patent and Reaches Milestone in Patent Licensing Program Ryogen Awarded Two U.S. Patents Directed to Hepatitis C and Diabetes EquityNet Granted Two More Crowdfunding Patents by U.S. Patent Office iRobot Honored for Strong Patent Portfolio Find Key Patent Data Faster And More Efficiently Than Before With CPA Global’s Discover 2.0 Innography Granted Second U.S. Patent and Awaits Issuance of Third Pending Patent Content from U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Now Searchable via EBSCO Discovery Service™ Thomson Reuters Adds Reverse Whois from MarkMonitor to SAEGIS and SERION Platform Endeavor IP, Inc. Issued a Notice of Allowance From United States Patent and Trademark Office IFI’s U.S. Patent Collection Available on STN in One Database Histogen’s Method of Generating Multipotent Stem Cells Receives US Patent Thomson Reuters Launches New Generation of Comprehensive Intellectual Asset Management Solutions to Promote Efficiencies, Minimize IT Dependence Hunton & Williams LLP Secures Patent for Interactive Media IP U.S. Department of Commerce Announces Patents for Humanity Winners USPTO Updates Professional Conduct Rules and Registration Examination for Patent Attorneys USPTO and Kauffman Foundation to Announce Patents for Humanity Winners USPTO to Hold Kansas Regional Independent Inventors Conference USPTO Announces 2013 National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductees Alchemy Receives U.S. Patent Award for Interactive Training System Thomson Reuters Enables Faster Global Trademark Protection with New SERION Online Collaboration Thomson Reuters Adds Comprehensive Patent Coverage for Southeast Asia to Its Best-in-Class Patent Intelligence and Collaboration Platform Cantor Colburn LLP Ranked #7 in the U.S. for Patents USPTO and AutoHarvest Collaborate to Accelerate Advanced Manufacturing USPTO and NIST Release New Version of IP Awareness Assessment Tool [–] Minimize News More Science & Technology Articles Miscellaneous News Steptoe Bolsters ITC Litigation Practice with Steve Adkins, Matthew Bathon Steptoe Continues Expansion of IP Practice in New York with Vishal Gupta Aerospace Engineer and Patent Lawyer, Barry Manna, Joins Hiscock & Barclay in Syracuse Donald P. Dinella Joins Wolff & Samson’s Intellectual Property Group John ’’Jay’’ N. Coulby III Joins Quarles & Brady’s Intellectual Property Practice Group Dunlap Codding Adds Intellectual Property Litigation Attorney Jordan A. Sigale Goodwin Expands IP Litigation Practice in San Francisco Mark Feldman of DLA Piper LLP Wins Trademark Industry Award Perkins Coie Welcomes Sean Grygiel as Partner in IP Practice in New York BakerHostetler Continues Expansion of Intellectual Property Group Sidley Austin LLP Grows in Palo Alto With New Partner in Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Duane Morris Chicago Office Adds Intellectual Property Partner Andrea M. Augustine Lawrence E. Ashery Joins Caesar Rivise Law Firm as a Partner Hinckley Allen Expands IP and Litigation Practices with the Addition of Scott & Bush Norton Rose Fulbright Adds Two Accomplished US Partners to Global Data Protection and Privacy Team Parks IP Law Celebrates Decade Milestone, New Washington, DC Office, New Partners and New Name Bone McAllester Norton Adds Attorney Trey Frazer Mayer Brown Partner Sharon Israel Named President of the American Intellectual Property Law Association Michael Best’s Intellectual Property Practice Grows in D.C. Lisa K. Jorgenson named Executive Director of the American Intellectual Property Law Association Blaine Templeman Joins Arnold & Porter LLP Leading Intellectual Property Team Joins Manatt Erik S. Maurer Receives Peer Review Rating™ from LexisNexis® Martindale-Hubbell® Leading Intellectual Property Litigator Brad Newberg Joins McGuireWoods Merchant & Gould Adds Two New Attorneys to New York Office Much Shelist Elevates Adam Sacharoff to Chair of Intellectual Property & Technology Practice Group, Welcomes Evan Brown as Principal in Group RFG Attorney Vincent C. Ilagan Named Rising Star Brown Rudnick Continues the Expansion of IP Litigation With Two More Additions to the New York Office Atlanta Firm Joins Lee & Hayes Zachary Block Joins Armstrong Teasdale’s Intellectual Property Practice Paul Hastings Adds Technology Focused Intellectual Property Partner in Los Angeles as Firm Continues to Build on Strength of Practice INTA Member Daniel H. Marti Appointed as White House IP Enforcement Coordinator Merchant & Gould Adds Attorney William Fortunato to Knoxville Office Kilpatrick Townsend Expands Health & Life Sciences Practice CPA Global Appoints Toni Nijm as Chief Technology Officer Kilpatrick Townsend Continues Growth in D.C. With Addition of Patent Partner Merchant & Gould Welcomes Attorney Mary Bram to Washington, D.C. Area Office Steptoe Further Expands Intellectual Property Practice in New York Merchant & Gould’s Atlanta Office Adds Associate Clark Wilson Former Senior IP Counsel for Energizer Joins West Michigan Intellectual Property Law Firm Ropes & Gray Bolsters Copyright, Trademark and False Advertising Practice Leading IP Attorney Anna M. Budde Joins Honigman Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg Expands with Philadelphia Office IP Attorney Miriam Claire Beezy Joins BakerHostetler in LA Bingham Enhances Life Sciences Patent Prosecution Capabilities With 3-Lawyer Team Dentons Expands Houston With Intellectual Property Team Fish & Richardson to Open Administrative Hub in Twin Cities Office Merchant & Gould’s Madison Office Adds Associate Stephen R. Howe to Team of Pharmaceutical Experts Oblon Spivak Leading Post-Grant Patent Practice Expands Life Sciences Depth O’Melveny Welcomes Intellectual Property Transactions Partner Heather Meeker EIP Adds Two Attorneys to San Diego Team Latham & Watkins Adds Skilled IP Litigator in Chicago Lynn Levine, Long-Time ITC OUII Director, Joins MoFo’s IP Practice in Washington, D.C. Yaping Zhang Receives McAndrews, Held & Malloy’s 2014 Diversity in Patent Law Fellowship Michael Song Joins Dechert as Partner in Silicon Valley Quarles & Brady Opens Indianapolis Office Taylor English Duma Adds Patent Litigation and Ethics Attorney David Hricik Intellectual Property Team Joins BakerHostetler in Atlanta Venable Adds Veteran IP Litigator Ralph Dengler as Partner in New York Office Proskauer Expands Life Sciences Practice with Noted Patent Litigator Siegmund Gutman in Los Angeles Merchant & Gould’s Atlanta Office Adds Wm. ’’Brook’’ Lafferty to Team of Leading Intellectual Property Experts Vedder Price Strengthens IP Practice with Addition of New Patent Agent & Scientific Advisor Thomas E. Donohue Joins Rader, Fishman & Grauer as Of Counsel Attorney K&L Gates Adds Palo Alto IP Litigation Partner Fish & Richardson Attorney Christian Chu Named Law360 2014 International Trade ’’Rising Star’’ Latham & Watkins Adds Prominent IP Litigator in Chicago McAndrews, Held & Malloy Shareholder Nabeela Rasheed, Ph.D., Honored as 2014 Distinguished Intellectual Property Alumna by Chicago-Kent Intellectual Property Law Society Terrence Truax To Lead Jenner & Block as Managing Partner Katherine Bandy Weber Joins Wilson Elser’s Dallas Office Next-Generation Gene Synthesis Company Gen9 Appoints Jennifer A. Camacho as Chief Legal and Business Counsel Fish & Richardson Announces 2014 1L Diversity Fellows Patrick S. Griffin Joins Cantor Colburn’s Washington, D.C. Office Notable Patent Litigation Attorney Louis Fogel Joins Jenner & Block Top U.S. Patent Attorney and Strategist, Tom Scott, Joins Personalized Media Communications Management Team Cooley Expands National IP Practice, Adds Leading Life Sciences Patent Group Kilpatrick Townsend’s Charles Pannell Awarded Distinguished Service Medal Burns & Levinson Announces Expansion of Intellectual Property Practice Schiff Hardin Grows Pharmaceuticals and Biologics Patent Litigation Team Honigman’s J. Michael Huget Named ’’IP Litigator of the Year for Michigan’’ Rader, Fishman & Grauer Adds Krista M. Hosmer to its Growing IP Litigation Practice Jessica Mendez Named General Counsel to St. Louis Hispanic Chamber Rothwell Figg Named to BTI Honor Roll Vedder Price Strengthens Intellectual Property Practice with Global IP Pro Daniel Radler Elected to Quarles & Brady’s Executive Committee Akin Gump Continues Growth in Orange County with Addition of IP Partner Christopher Bright Maschoff Brennan Announces Three New Members McDermott Continues to Bolster its Intellectual Property Practice Michael T. Fluhler Joins Rader, Fishman & Grauer as Associate Attorney in Bloomfield Hills Office Heinen Selected as Mentor for the American intellectual Property Law Association Jacob S. Sherkow and Ari Ezra Waldman Appointed to IP Faculty of New York Law School Kilpatrick Townsend Names Audra Dial Managing Partner of Atlanta Office Kilpatrick Townsend Names Mehrnaz Boroumand Smith Managing Partner of San Francisco Office Accomplished IP Litigator Joins WilmerHale as Partner in Washington DC K&L Gates Grows Intellectual Property Practice with Washington, D.C., Partner Addition AIPLA Congratulates Francis Gurry On His Renomination for Director General of WIPO Wiggin and Dana Expands Intellectual Property Practice IP Litigator John Hintz Joins Rimon’s New York Office Stradling Deepens Intellectual Property Litigation Bench with Addition of Allan Litovsky Rader, Fishman & Grauer Names Wisconsin Native Paul M. Ratzmann as Partner at its Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Office BakerHostetler Expands Chicago Market with Strategic IP & Litigation Hires Paul Hastings Adds Leading Technology and Commercial Transactions Partner in San Diego TechLaw Group, Inc. Announces New Executive Board Janelle Bailey Joins Armstrong Teasdale Intellectual Property Practice Arent Fox Adds Skilled IP Litigator to Growing San Francisco Office Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Adds Six to Expanding IP Group Intellectual Property Litigator, Lara Moffatt, Joins Crowell & Moring’s New York Office Rader, Fishman & Grauer Continues to Expand its IP Litigation Team with the Addition of Lisa Rycus Mikalonis as Partner Nixon Peabody Adds 2 New IP Litigation Partners in Palo Alto, CA Office McAndrews, Held & Malloy Appoints Three Attorneys to Partner and Two to Board of Directors Rader, Fishman & Grauer Continues to Expand its Intellectual Property Litigation Team with the Addition of Lisa Rycus Mikalonis as Partner Trademark, Copyright Attorney Donoian Joins McCarter & English Lauletta Birnbaum Welcomes New Attorney Jori B. Krischke Joins Quarles & Brady’s Intellectual Property Practice Group Foley & Lardner Adds IP Partner in Chicago Perkins Coie Bolsters Trademark Practice in Seattle Twelve McAndrews, Held & Malloy Attorneys Honored as Illinois Super Lawyers and Rising Stars BakerHostetler Adds to Privacy and Data Protection Team McDermott Names New Head of Trademark Practice Banner & Witcoff Elects Six Shareholders Four Highly Experienced Attorneys Join Honigman as Partners McDermott Adds Leading Intellectual Property Team in Chicago Venable Adds to Intellectual Property Litigation Practice with Addition of ITC Practitioner Andrew Pratt to DC Office Akerman LLP Opens Chicago Office with Eight Lawyers, Expands National Presence Perkins Coie Welcomes Two Patent Litigation Partners to San Diego Office Perkins Coie’s Chicago IP Practice Continues to Grow Wesley T. McMichael Elected Shareholder at Volpe and Koenig, P.C. Wiley Rein Bolsters Its Intellectual Property Practice with the Addition of Biotech Patent Group Baker Donelson Adds Tony Alexander to Intellectual Property Group Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC Names Kameron F. Bonner Associate Attorney in Bloomfield Hills Office Dykema Adds Leading Intellectual Property Trial Lawyer in Chicago Marshall, Gerstein & Borun Welcomes Two New Partners Three Associates Join Armstrong Teasdale’s Missouri Offices Tarter Krinsky & Drogin Expands Intellectual Property Group with Addition of Nels T. Lippert Steptoe to Open in Palo Alto, Expand IP Group with Trio of Partners Henry Gibson, Former Senior IP Counsel at SABIC Innovative Plastics, Joins Cantor Colburn LLP David E. Wang Joins Winston & Strawn in Silicon Valley Grand Rapids Law Firm Price Heneveld LLP Grows By Adding Two Experienced Patent Attorneys Intellectual Property Attorney Roberta Young Joins Ballard Spahr Alston & Bird Boosts Los Angeles Intellectual Property Practice Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP Adds Comprehensive Patent Prosecution and Intellectual Property Practice from Ryndak & Suri LLP Novak Druce Hires Two Attorneys in West Palm Beach Office SGR Continues to Bolster IP Practice Ulmer & Berne Adds Accomplished Patent Litigator John F. Bennett to Cincinnati Office Freeborn Expands IP Litigation Practice with Two Lateral Hires Occhiuti & Rohlicek LLP Promotes John Powell to Partner Fish & Richardson Elevates 19 Attorneys to Principal Duane Morris Names Three Intellectual Property Attorneys to Partnership Longtime FTC Veteran Richard Dagen Joins Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP Paul Ney Named Shareholder at Waddey Patterson Edward Glynn Joins Washington, DC office of Edwards Wildman as an IP Partner Edwards Wildman Welcomes Intellectual Property Partner Bryan Zerhusen in Hartford Osterberg LLC Expands its Territory by Opening Office in New York City Price Heneveld Names New Partner BakerHostetler and Woodcock Washburn Complete Strategic Combination IP Partner Carina Tan Joins Sheppard Mullin Palo Alto Merchant & Gould Announces Two New Partners in Minneapolis Office CPA Global Appoints Alasdair Marnoch as Chief Financial Officer Honigman Partner Noel E. Day, Ph.D. Honored by Michigan Lawyers Weekly as ’’Up and Coming’’ Lawyer Merchant & Gould Named Leading Intellectual Property Law Firm in Minneapolis Leading Washington State IP Firm Lee & Hayes Opens Office in D.C. Area Finnegan Announces New Partners for 2014 Kaufman & Company Adds Member Jeffrey L. Loop to New York Office Kilpatrick Townsend Names Partner Larry McFarland Chair of Diversity Council Loeb & Loeb Names Douglas Masters Chicago Office Head Experienced IP Litigator Dina Hayes Joins Kaye Scholer in Chicago Novak Druce Welcomes Back Patent Litigation Attorney to Delaware Office USPTO Acting Director Teresa Rea Returns to Crowell & Moring James M. Amend, Esq. Joins JAMS in Chicago Honigman’s Growing IP Litigation Practice Group Expands With the Addition of Partner Leigh C. Taggart Rader, Fishman & Grauer is Pleased to Announce That Barbara Mandell has Joined its Bloomfield Hills, MI Office as a Partner Scottsdale Attorney Barbara Luther Pays Tribute to Entrepreneurs BakerHostetler and Woodcock Washburn Announce Strategic Combination IP Litigator Delphine Knight Brown Joins Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP Quentin Palfrey Joins WilmerHale’s IP Litigation Practice in Boston Team of 3 Prominent Weil Patent Litigation Partners Announce Departure; Will Join Greenberg Traurig in Washington, D.C. Patent and IP Litigator Jeremy Elman Joins DLA Piper in Miami BSKB’s Susan Brady Blasco Elected to INTA Board of Directors Honigman’s IP Litigation Practice Group Expands With the Addition of Partner Jamal M. Edwards Merchant & Gould Adds Eight Attorneys to Its Nationwide Intellectual Property Law Practice Senate Judiciary Committee’s Chief IP Counsel Joins Covington Jason Kipnis Joins WilmerHale’s Intellectual Property Department in Palo Alto Goodwin Procter Expands Patent Prosecution & Counseling Practice With Addition of Daniel J. Burns in Silicon Valley Ballard Spahr’s Intellectual Property Department Welcomes New Partners Wendy Choi and John Cuddihy Patent Litigator Andrew Thomases Joins Ropes & Gray’s Silicon Valley Office Reising Ethington Law Firm Expands Medical Device Industry Team James F. Kamp Joins Honigman’s Intellectual Property Department Patent Law Committee Taps Nixon Peabody’s Paul Kitch as Vice-Chair Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. Adds Paul C. Gibbons to IP Litigation Group The Webb Law Firm Adds Two New Patent Attorneys, Brian J. Gallagher and Kevin P. Hershey Mark Malbon Named Executive Vice President and CFO of MPLC Pirkey Barber Announces New Additions Arent Fox Adds Skilled Patent Litigation Partner to Growing San Francisco Office Bracewell & Giuliani Adds Cornerstone IP Partner to New York Office Cooley Law School Students Win Honors In Intellectual Property Legal Writing Competition Brooks Kushman Announces Four New Attorneys Retired Chief Judge Paul R. Michel Joins Board of Intellectual Property Exchange International (IPXI®) Trevor Cook, the UK’s Leading IP Litigator, Joins WilmerHale Duane Morris Boston Office Expands Life Sciences Team with the Addition of Patent Agent Cristin Berkey Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione’s Past President and Partner, Roy Hofer, Opens New Firm John C. Thomure Jr. Joins Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C. Three McAndrews, Held & Malloy Attorneys Appointed as Associates Barnes & Thornburg Expands Wilmington Office by Adding IP Litigator Chad Stover Duane Morris Philadelphia Office Adds Intellectual Property Litigation Partners David J. Wolfsohn and Aleksander J. Goranin Eric Krischke Joins Quarles & Brady’s Intellectual Property Practice Group Roche’s Chief Patent Counsel Joins Gibbons Intellectual Property Department Michael Best Welcomes Two Patent Scientists Covington Promotes Two Intellectual Property Lawyers to Partnership RatnerPrestia Welcomes Parithosh K. Tungaturthi to its Washington D.C. Office David DuMont Joins The Webb Law Firm as an Intellectual Property Litigator Kenneth D’Alessandro, Electrical and Computer Science Expert, Joins The Webb Law Firm Arent Fox Continues to Build its Complex Litigation and Intellectual Property Practices in San Francisco With Addition of Partner Dana Finberg DLA Piper Appoints Horace Lam to Head China IP Practice IP Lawyer Joins Norton Rose Fulbright’s Los Angeles Office Kelley Drye Expands With Experienced Patent Litigator David Long Leading IP Litigator Nicolas Barzoukas Joins Baker Botts in Houston Myers Bigel Strengthens Litigation Department with Attorney Anthony DeRosa Technology and Communications Partner Joins Edwards Wildman’s IP Team in London Kilpatrick Townsend Announces New Leadership Team Former Volpe and Koenig. P.C. Technical Advisor Becomes Patent Agent RatnerPrestia Welcomes Martin E. Miller to its Washington D.C. Office Bracewell & Giuliani’s Seattle’s Office Expands IP Litigation Practice Cantor Colburn LLP Announces Hiring of Experienced Patent Associates in Detroit, Hartford Brian Murphy Appointed Administrative Patent Judge on the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board Fulwider Patton Welcomes Trademark Attorney Helen E. Omapas IP Partner Joins Pillsbury’s Northern Virginia Office Cantor Colburn Adds Veteran Ph.D. Biochemist to Partnership Ulmer & Berne Adds Depth to its Intellectual Property Practice with Addition of Michael P. Sherban BTI Survey Lists Novak Druce as an IP Litigation ’Standout’ Firm Fish & Richardson Principal José P. Sierra Elected Regional President of Hispanic National Bar Association Patent Agent Kelly McGlashen Joins Miller Canfield’s Expanding Intellectual Property Practice Four New Intellectual Property Associates Join Armstrong Teasdale Jones Walker Expands with IP Litigator Jeff Phillips in Houston Min Lee, Seasoned Privacy and Intellectual Property Lawyer, Rejoins Debevoise King & Spalding Adds Mike Heafey in Silicon Valley, Further Strengthening Its California IP Practice One Of The Country’s Leading Patent Attorneys -- S. Craig Hemenway -- Joins Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Studebaker & Brackett PC Welcomes Jonathan Scherer Miles & Stockbridge P.C. Expands Intellectual Property Practice With Addition of Seven Lawyers Intellectual Property Attorney Chris Dawson Joins Firm Duane Morris Boston Office Adds Trial Partner Steven M. Cowley EIP Expands San Diego Team With Attorney Hire Clark G. Sullivan Joins Troutman Sanders’ New York Office Cooley Strengthens National IP Practice and Boston Office Reed Smith Adds Top-Tier Trademark Partners in New York Four Patent Litigators Join Latham & Watkins in California and New York Intellectual Property Partner Jean-Paul (J.P.) Lavalleye Joins Dickstein Shapiro Kilpatrick Townsend Adds Partner Nena Bains to Silicon Valley Office Richard Wallace Joins Aronberg Goldghen Accomplished Trademark Attorney Thomas Williams Joins Ulmer & Berne in Chicago Patent and IP litigators Paul Steadman and Matthew Satchwell join DLA Piper in Chicago Group of IP Attorneys Leave Finnegan to Launch Innovative Boutique Kelly IP, LLP McAndrews, Held & Malloy Shareholder Deborah A. Laughton Honored with the 2013 University of Illinois Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering Advocate Award Holland & Knight Welcomes Patent Litigator John Gutkoski Rimon, P.C. Adds Leading Intellectual Property and Biotechnology Partner Holly Logue Sherry L. Murphy Named Partner at Myers Bigel Dr. Atulya R. Agarwal, Elan’s Former Chief IP Officer, Joins Dickstein’s IP Practice Perkins Coie’s Denver Office Adds Second IP Partner in Less Than a Month Perkins Coie’s Chicago Office Adds Three More IP Attorneys Former Cargill IP Lawyer and Current Hispanic National Bar Association President Peter Reyes Joins Barnes & Thornburg in Minneapolis Michael Best Welcomes Rachel N. Farrington Tarter, Krinsky & Drogin’s Intellectual Property Group Continues Rapid Expansion Maschoff Gilmore & Israelsen (MGI) Expands, Renames Itself Maschoff Brennan (MB) Valorem Law Group Acquires Confluence Law Partners Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Expands Patent Litigation Practice Sidley Austin LLP Partner Patricia Thayer Appointed Head of West Coast Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Novak Druce Welcomes Pamela K. Fulmer to the Firm Kilpatrick Townsend Names Danny Marti Managing Partner of Washington, D.C. Office Perkins Coie Bolsters Intellectual Property Practice Stoel Rives Post-Grant Patent Specialist Joins Oblon Spivak Post Grant Patent Team Christopher Banys Launches Banys, P.C. Novak Druce Promotes Seven Attorneys to Partner Mayer Brown Strengthens IP Practice With Addition of Stephen Baskin as Partner in Washington, DC Perkins Coie’s Chicago Office Adds Patent Prosecution Capabilities Global Patent Lawyer Paul Li Joins DLA Piper in San Francisco Novak Druce Merges Washington, D.C., Offices Sughrue Mion Adds Two To Trademark Group Fish & Richardson Adds Robert M. O’Connell, Jr. as Of Counsel in Trademark and Copyright Group Litigator Gregory Williams Joins Wiley Rein, Bringing Deep International Experience RatnerPrestia Welcomes Prominent IP Lawyer, Keith E. George, as their Newest Shareholder Kilpatrick Townsend Adds Counsel to Walnut Creek Office Oblon Spivak Partner Selected for Pasquale J. Federico Memorial Award Buchalter Nemer Welcomes New Corproate and IP Attorneys Knobbe Martens Recognized As Top IP Law Firm in 2013 Managing Intellectual Property Survey Seasoned Intellectual Property Partner Dave Randall Joins Sheppard Mullin’s Los Angeles Office Holland & Knight Expands New York IP Practice with Addition of Eric Yecies [–] Minimize News More Miscellaneous Articles

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