Insights
March 22, 2017 “US Supreme Court Finds Cheerleading Uniform Designs Copyright Eligible” (featured quotes) Managing Intellectual Property Julianne M. Hartzell
March 22, 2017 “Did SCOTUS Miss Change to Fine-Tune IP Protection for Apparel?” (featured quotes) New York Law Journal Julianne M. Hartzell
March 22, 2017 “Impression v. Lexmark: SCOTUS Questions Patent Exhaustion Rules” (featured quotes) World Intellectual Property Review Robert Gerstein
March 20, 2017 “SCOTUS to Decide Patent Exhaustion Question” (featured quotes) IPPro Patents Robert Gerstein
March 14, 2017 – Presentation “Intellectual Property Dispute Settlement in Life Sciences” AUTM Annual Meeting Pamela Cox
March 14, 2017 – Presentation “The Diminishing Returns of Venture Philanthropy” AUTM Annual Meeting Robert Gerstein
March 13, 2017 – Presentation “Are You Wasting Too Much Time on Non-license Agreements?” AUTM Annual Meeting Julie M. Watson
March 2, 2017 “Lee v. Tam” Intellectual Property Magazine Gregory Chinlund and Michelle Bolos
February 16, 2017 “From forum-shopping to the UPC: 10 IP issues to watch in 2017” (featured quotes) World Intellectual Property Review Gregory Chinlund
February 14, 2017 “10 Years of MedImmune: What Trademark Owners Learned” Law360 Michelle Bolos
February 13, 2017 “What You Should Know Before Requesting A PTAB Rehearing” (featured quotes) Law360 Julianne M. Hartzell
January 23, 2017 “Racial slurs, free speech at issue in ‘Slants’ trademark case (U.S.)” (featured quotes) Westlaw Journal, Intellectual Property Gregory Chinlund
January 20, 2017 “‘The Slants’ SCOTUS trademark battle hearing begins” (featured quotes) Intellectual Property Magazine Gregory Chinlund
January 19, 2017 “Lee v. Tam: SCOTUS Provides ‘Scant’ Insight into View on Case” (featured quotes) World Intellectual Property Review Gregory Chinlund
December 7, 2016 “A Blunted Sword: Supreme Court Reverses $400M Award in Samsung Electronics v. Apple” Marshall Gerstein Alert Richard M. LaBarge
December 7, 2016 “Samsung v. Apple: SCOTUS decision ‘only scratches the surface’” (featured quotes) World Intellectual Property Review Richard LaBarge
December 7, 2016 “Samsung v. Apple: SCOTUS redefines article of manufacture” (featured quotes) Managing Intellectual Property Richard LaBarge
December 7, 2016 “Lawyers weigh in on design patent defeat in Apple/Samsung smartphone case (U.S.)” (featured quotes) Westlaw Journal, Intellectual Property Richard LaBarge
November 11, 2016 “Supreme Court Considers Copyright Protection in Designs on Useful Articles” Marshall Gerstein Alert Michelle Bolos
June 14, 2016 – Presentation “Litigation Alternatives and Hot Topics in the U.S. and Abroad” PLI’s Fundamentals of Trademark Law in the Global Marketplace 2016 – Chicago Julianne M. Hartzell
February 17, 2016 – Presentation “Breakfast Briefings 2016” Illinois Manufacturers’ Association Daniel Chavka, Meggan Duffy, and Jeremy Kriegel
October 15, 2015 – Presentation “Bull or Bully: His Airness and IP Rights and Wrongs” Trademark & Copyright Strategy Summit: Chicago Gregory Chinlund
October 15, 2015 – Presentation “Trademark Enforcement: Policing & Enforcing Your Trademarks” Trademark & Copyright Strategy Summit: Chicago Julianne Hartzell
October 9, 2015 – Presentation “Investing in Support Staff” Association of Legal Administrators IP Conference Karen K. Morfoot
August 13, 2015 “En Banc Federal Circuit Extends Law on Divided Infringement” Marshall Gerstein Alert Michael Weiner
June 5, 2015 – Presentation “Non-Patent IP Protection—There’s More Than One Way to Skin a Cat” University of Michigan Early Tech Development Program – Ann Arbor, Michigan Jeremy R. Kriegel
May 2011 “Patents Foster Innovation” Medical Design Magazine Richard M. LaBarge
May 2015 “The teachings of Hana and B&B, the U.S. Supreme Court's two new trademark decisions” IPPro The Internet Richard M. LaBarge
May 7, 2015 – Presentation “Design Protection Under the Hague Agreement” Mountain View, California Jeremy R. Kriegel
March 2015 “Encouraging Growth and Advancement of Women in Intellectual Property Professions” ManagingIP.com Lilian Y. Ficht
March 24, 2015 “Supreme Court Decision Will Impact Procurement and Enforcement of US Trademark Rights“Getting From Bench-to-Bedside” Marshall Gerstein Alert Richard M. LaBarge
March 24, 2015 “Attorneys React To Supreme Court's TTAB Preclusion Ruling” (featured quotes) Law360 Richard M. LaBarge
December 12, 2014 “Be careful what you ask for: A cautionary tale for exclusive trademark licensees” InsideCounsel Gregory Chinlund
December 1, 2014 “SCOTUS to decide if lynchpin of trademark infringement cases can be decided by USPTO” InsideCounsel Richard M. LaBarge
June 26, 2014 “Internet Companies Streaming Copyrighted Television Broadcasts to Subscribers Must Pay Retransmission Fees” Marshall Gerstein Alert Richard M. LaBarge
June 2, 2014 “Supreme Court Clarifies Requirements for Proving Inducement of Infringement” Marshall Gerstein Alert Michael Weiner
October 10, 2013 – Presentation What Pet Product Companies Must Know About Intellectual Property: Protecting Your Competitive Advantage American Pet Products Association (APPA)'s Global Opportunities Education Series Webinar Gregory Smith
May 1, 2013 “Protecting copyrighted works in the mobile app space” Intellectual Property Magazine
September 9, 2011 – Presentation "E-commerce and Social Media: Defensive Strategies and Enforcement Options" ICANN's New Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Program Maureen Beacom Gorman
August 24, 2011 "Not All Endorsements Are Alike" Medical Device + Diagnostic Industry Maureen Beacom Gorman
February 8, 2011 “Consumer Confusion or Profitable Promotion?” Served as panel speaker and discussed current copyright/trademark trends at the Law Bulletin Corporate IP Conference Gregory Chinlund
February 8, 2011 "Consumer Confusion or Profitable Promotion?” Law Bulletin Corporate IP Conference Maureen Beacom Gorman
February 3, 2011 – Presentation "The Future’s So Green, I Gotta Wear Shades: 'Greening' Your Brand Without 'Greenwashing' It" American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) Mid-Winter Meeting Plenary Session Maureen Beacom Gorman
January 2011 “Helping Clients Stay a Few Steps Ahead in the Electronic World” Inside the Minds - Recent Trends in Trademark Protection: Leading Lawyers on Advising Clients, Reviewing Trademark Strategies, and Responding to Recent Fraud, Aspatore Books Gregory Chinlund
December 3, 2010 “The Growing Problem of Trademark Registration and Domain Name Scams” IPToday Gregory Chinlund
April 9, 2010 – Presentation "What Does It Mean to Be Green: A Short Analysis of Emerging IP Issues in 'Green' Marketing" John Marshall Law School's Green Issue Symposium + John Marshall Review of Intellectual Property Law Maureen Beacom Gorman
February 2010 – Presentation "Constitutional Convention" The Richard Linn American Inn of Court Tiffany D. Gehrke
February 27, 2009 – Presentation "It Isn't Easy Being Green - 'Green' Trademark Issues" John Marshall Law School’s 53rd Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference Developments in Patent, Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets Law Maureen Beacom Gorman