Insights
September 16, 2019 "How Patent Landscape Studies Can Guide Medical Device Innovation" Medical Design Briefs Daniel T. Chavka
August 2019 "Five Years After Alice: Five Lessons Learned from the Treatment of Software Patents in Litigation" World Intellectual Property Organization Magazine August 2019
June 17, 2019 State University Patents Are Not Immune from Inter Partes Review Marshall Gerstein Alert Julie M. Watson
May 14, 2019 "Three Indicators a Software Patent May Be Unenforceable"
April 26, 2019 "7 Non-Alice Considerations For Software Patents" Law360
April 2, 2019 Japan Patent Office Relaxes Reduced-Fee Requirements Marshall Gerstein Alert Jeremy D. Protas
February 24, 2019 "Return Mail Reaction: Patent Bar Sampling Narrowly Favors Finding for Petitioner" (featured quotes) IPWatchdog Ryan Phelan
February 18, 2019 "SCOTUS to Consider Whether Government is a 'Person' (featured quotes) World IP Review Ryan Phelan
January 18, 2019 "Smells Like Trademark Infringement: Nirvana Sues Over Smiley Face Logo" (featured quotes) IPWatchdog Richard M. LaBarge
January 11, 2019 "Marc Jacobs Accused of Copying Nirvana's Smiley Face" (featured quotes) Intellectual Property Magazine Richard M. LaBarge
January 3, 2019 "Lawyers Cast Doubt on Nirvana Claims Against Marc Jacobs" (featured quotes) World Intellectual Property Review Richard M. LaBarge
January 3, 2019 "Don't Expect Filing Disruptions If USPTO Shuts Down" (featured quotes) Law360 Jeremy R. Kriegel
January 3, 2019 "Hey! Wait! Nirvana's Got a New Copyright Complaint" (featured quotes) Managing Intellectual Property Richard M. LaBarge
November 15, 2018 "EU High Court Rejection of Copyrights for Food Tastes Worries Rights Holders" (featured quotes) Intellectual Property Watch Richard M. LaBarge
September 2018 "Making 3D Printing Eco-Friendly: A Potential Opportunity for Patent Protection" INNOVATE Magazine Meggan Duffy and Daniel Chavka
July/August 2018 Issue "Learning from Apple v Samsung" Intellectual Property Magazine Richard M. LaBarge
June 18, 2018 "Samsung Fights Apple's $539M 'Excessive' Award" (featured quotes) Intellectual Property Magazine Richard M. LaBarge
April 24, 2018 Supreme Court Decides that IPR Final Decisions Must Address All Challenged Claims Marshall Gerstein Alert Sandip Patel and Michael Weiner
April 24, 2018 The Supreme Court Finds IPR Proceedings Constitutional Marshall Gerstein Alert Thomas L. Duston and Julianne M. Hartzell
April 2, 2018 "PTAB Gives Hope For Patent Amendments Amid Reform Talk" (featured quotes) Law360 Kate Nuehring Su
January 1, 2018 "Patent Litigation Trends to Watch in 2018" (featured quotes) Law360 Benjamin T. Horton
Fall 2017 Edition "Making 3D Printing Eco-Friendly: A Potential Opportunity for Patent Protection" Illinois Manufacturers' Association Journal Fall 2017 Edition Meggan Duffy
October 4, 2017 – Presentation "Practical Patent Foreign Filing Tips for Young Attorneys" Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago Ryan Schermerhorn
June 29, 2017 "Major Departure at USPTO" (featured quotes) Intellectual Property Magazine Jeremy R. Kriegel
June 28, 2017 "Lessons From This Year's High Court IP Rulings: Part 2" (featured quotes) Law360 Robert Gerstein
May 31, 2017 “Lexmark: Good for Consumers, Bad for Manufacturers” (featured quotes) Intellectual Property Magazine Robert Gerstein
May 31, 2017 “U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Federal Circuit Patent Exhaustion Stance in Impression v. Lexmark” (featured quotes) Managing Intellectual Property Robert Gerstein
May 30, 2017 “Supreme Court Limits Use of Patents to Enforce Post-Sale Restrictions” Marshall Gerstein Alert Robert Gerstein
May 30, 2017 “Patent Exhaustion at the Supreme Court: Industry Reaction to Impression Products v. Lexmark” (featured quotes) IPWatchdog Robert Gerstein
May 10, 2017 – Presentation “Fee Shifting in Patent Litigation” IP Defense Summit–Boston Benjamin T. Horton
May 2017 “Through the Looking Glass” (featured quotes) Chicago Lawyer Magazine Jeremy R. Kriegel
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 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
December 2, 2016 “New EPO Requirements Regarding Patent Assignments” Marshall Gerstein Alert Slava Elkin and Jeremy R. Kriegel
November 18, 2016 “Neutralizing ‘Patent Trolls’ for His Clients” Emerging Lawyers Magazine Benjamin Horton
February 17, 2016 – Presentation “Breakfast Briefings 2016” Illinois Manufacturers’ Association Daniel Chavka, Meggan Duffy, and Jeremy Kriegel
August 13, 2015 “En Banc Federal Circuit Extends Law on Divided Infringement” Marshall Gerstein Alert Michael Weiner
June 18, 2015 “Federal Circuit Changes Standard For Evaluating Means-Plus-Function Claims” Marshall Gerstein Alert Michael Furmanek and Daniel Chavka
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 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
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
June 2, 2014 “Supreme Court Clarifies Requirements for Proving Inducement of Infringement” Marshall Gerstein Alert Michael Weiner
