Insights
May 2017 “Through the Looking Glass” (featured quotes) Chicago Lawyer Magazine Jeremy R. Kriegel
March 28, 2017 “Apart at the Seams – Copyright Protection for Apparel: Star Athletica, LLC v. Varsity Brands, Inc.” Marshall Gerstein Alert Gregory Chinlund and Michelle Bolos
March 28, 2017 “Impression v. Lexmark Arguments Analysis: When Are Patent Rights Exhausted?” (featured quotes) Managing Intellectual Property Robert Gerstein
March 24, 2017 “SCOTUS Reviews ‘Long and Tortured’ Patent Exhaustion Doctrine” (featured quotes) Intellectual Property Magazine Robert Gerstein
March 24, 2017 “Forum Shopping Case to be Heard Next Week” (featured quotes) IPPro Patents Benjamin T. Horton
March 23, 2017 “Reaction: SCOTUS’ Varsity Ruling Will ‘Haunt the Courts’” (featured quotes) Intellectual Property Magazine Julianne M. Hartzell
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 15, 2017 – Presentation “Patent Cases to Watch in 2017” Intellectual Property Law Symposium Tiffany D. Gehrke
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
March 2, 2017 – Presentation “Patent Owners and Petitioners Weigh In” PTAB Bar Association Inaugural Conference Sandip H. Patel
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 13, 2017 “What You Should Know Before Requesting A PTAB Rehearing” (featured quotes) Law360 Julianne M. Hartzell
January 26, 2017 “AIA Estoppel Provision Not As Restricted As Many Expected” (featured quotes) Law360 Sandip H. Patel
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
January 5, 2017 "En Banc Federal Circuit Time-Bar Case May Increase AIA Appeals" (featured quotes) Law360 Ryan Phelan
November 18, 2016 “Neutralizing ‘Patent Trolls’ for His Clients” Emerging Lawyers Magazine Benjamin Horton
August 13, 2015 “En Banc Federal Circuit Extends Law on Divided Infringement” Marshall Gerstein Alert Michael Weiner
May 27, 2015 “Supreme Court Holds that an Accused Infringer’s Belief Regarding Patent Validity is Not a Defense to Induced Infringement” Marshall Gerstein Alert Sandip H. Patel
May 2011 “Patents Foster Innovation” Medical Design Magazine Richard M. LaBarge
March 2015 “Encouraging Growth and Advancement of Women in Intellectual Property Professions” ManagingIP.com Lilian Y. Ficht
June 2, 2014 “Supreme Court Clarifies Requirements for Proving Inducement of Infringement” Marshall Gerstein Alert Michael Weiner
September 2012 – Presentation "Ethics Issues in Parallel International IP Litigation" The Richard Linn American Inn of Court Tiffany D. Gehrke
Summer 2012 "To Declare or Not to Declare (Judgement): That is the Question" The Illinois Manufacturer Tiffany D. Gehrke
February 2012 – Presentation "Ethics: Difficult Depositions" The Richard Linn American Inn of Court Tiffany D. Gehrke
November 2, 2011 – Presentation “Protecting your Intellectual Property Globally” Hosted collaboratively among the International Trade Association of Greater Chicago (ITA), the Alliance for Illinois Manufacturing/NORBIC, and the Chicago Intellectual Property Alliance (CIPA) Meggan Duffy
September 9, 2011 "Traditional Trademark Enforcement Options" ICANN's New Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Program, Live Presentation Tiffany D. Gehrke
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 30, 2011 Tom Ross Interviewed By Crain's Chicago Business on IP Enforcement in China Crain's Chicago Business Thomas I. Ross
August 24, 2011 "Not All Endorsements Are Alike" Medical Device + Diagnostic Industry Tiffany D. Gehrke
August 24, 2011 "Not All Endorsements Are Alike" Medical Device + Diagnostic Industry Maureen Beacom Gorman
August 3, 2011 “Financial Independence For The Patent Office” IPLaw360 Robert Gerstein
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
December 3, 2010 “The Growing Problem of Trademark Registration and Domain Name Scams” IPToday Gregory Chinlund
October 2010 – Presentation "A Night at the Design Patent Museum" The Richard Linn American Inn of Court Tiffany D. Gehrke
May 2010 “IP Pitfalls in Talking with Others—Part Two” Biomass Magazine Richard B. Hoffman
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
April 2010 “IP Pitfalls in Talking with Others—Part One” Biomass Magazine Richard B. Hoffman
February 2010 – Presentation "Constitutional Convention" The Richard Linn American Inn of Court Tiffany D. Gehrke
April 2009 – Presentation "ITC Practice" 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
August 2008 "The Impact of KSR on the Obviousness Inquiry" Tiffany D. Gehrke