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Register | Login Home | Issues | News | Classified | Jobs | Reports | Poster | Subscribe | Links | Contact | RFC Express 2015 Top Patent Firms 2014 Top Trademark Firms Advertising Opportunities Click Here Intellectual Property Business & Finance Science & Technology Miscellaneous 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. 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