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Click any of the news tabs above to display news for that category Intellectual Property News 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 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 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 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

May 2013 Features

Top Trademark Firms
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A Possible Solution to the Interregnum Problem
By Charles L. Gholz and Lisa M. Mandrusiak
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PTAB Guidance on the Statutory Time Bar to an Inter Partes Review
By Richard Neifeld of Neifeld IP Law, PC
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Automatic Renewal Provisions in Subscription Agreements for Software Services
By Jane Song and Ryan Enchelmayer of Paul Hastings LLP
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Background of Secondary Trademark Liability on the Internet
By Darin M. Klemchuk
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''We Can Pick The Game, But We Cannot Change The Rules''
By Spencer C. Martinez
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The March Hare and Horton's Credo -- Why ''To Copyright Or Not To Copyright'' Is A Stupid Question
By Gary R. Maze of Berenbaum Weinshienk PC
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A Strategy Primer for the New Post-Issuance Patent Office Proceedings
By Jonathan R. Sick of McAndrews, Held & Malloy
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If I Prioritize Examination of My Application, Should the Patent Office?
By Justin M. Cook and Christian B.E. Hines of McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
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RFC Express: Recently Filed Patent Cases

Intellectual Property Today™, published monthly since 1994, focuses on legal issues in patent, trademark and copyright law. Content is geared to the patent attorneys and agents, professionals and executives in firms and companies that provide products and services to this industry. Features emphasize developments in cutting edge technology and their effect on intellectual property law practice.