Insights
March 2015 “Encouraging Growth and Advancement of Women in Intellectual Property Professions” ManagingIP.com Lilian Y. Ficht
February 26, 2015 – Presentation “Strategies for Dealing with NPEs—Fight or Flight” IP Strategy Summit: Seattle Thomas L. Duston
February 9, 2015 “House appears ready to approve patent reform again” (featured quotes) InsideCounsel Benjamin T. Horton
February 6, 2015 “The Innovation Act is Back” (featured quotes) IPPro Benjamin T. Horton
February 5, 2015 “New Troll Bill Could Hobble All Patent Suits, Attys Say” (featured quotes) Law360 Benjamin T. Horton
October 16, 2014 – Presentation “Strategies for dealing with NPEs—Fight or Flight” 2014 IP Defense Summit, Palo Alto, CA Benjamin T. Horton
October 8, 2014 – Presentation “Strategies for dealing with NPEs—Fight or Flight” 2014 IP Defense Summit, Chicago, IL Benjamin T. Horton
June 19, 2014 “Lawyers Weigh In On High Court's Software Patent Ruling” (featured quotes) Law360 Thomas L. Duston
June 2, 2014 “Supreme Court Clarifies Requirements for Proving Inducement of Infringement” Marshall Gerstein Alert Michael Weiner
May 13, 2014 – Presentation “Show Me the Money… To Sell, To License, To Hit Quota?” IP Strategy Summit: Chicago Thomas L. Duston
March 1, 2014 “Burden of Proof: U.S. Supreme Court Backs Licensees” Life Sciences Intellectual Property Review Quarterly Matthew C. Nielsen
October 10, 2013 Rupert Co-authors ACC Docket Article: "No More Freebies: A common sense approach to owning your innovations" ACC Docket Donald W. Rupert
October 2013 – Presentation “PTAB Zone” The Richard Linn American Inn of Court Tiffany D. Gehrke
March 18, 2013 "Subduing the Troll" Intellectual Property Magazine Matthew C. Nielsen
February 5, 2013 Donald W. Rupert Authors Articles for InsideCounsel Magazine InsideCounsel Donald W. Rupert
December 19, 2012 “2012: A Year of Patents, Mobile Fights, and One Big IPO” (featured quotes) CNET News Thomas L. Duston
December 2012 – Presentation “Incivility in the Legal Profession” Loyola University Chicago School of Law at Middle Temple, London, England Tiffany D. Gehrke
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
March 27, 2012 “Shifts in the e-commerce patent battle” Internet Retailer Thomas L. Duston
February 2012 – Presentation "Ethics: Difficult Depositions" The Richard Linn American Inn of Court Tiffany D. Gehrke
October 19, 2011 “Newegg and Overstock win a patent-infringement case in federal court” Internet Retailer Thomas L. Duston
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
February 2011 “Chicago Patent Litigator Offers Advice on How E-Tailers Can Stave Off Costly Infringement Suits” Intellectual Property Lawcast Thomas L. Duston
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 “Defusing the Patent Bomb” (featured quotes) Internet Retailer Thomas L. Duston
October 25, 2010 “Covenants Not to Sue In Light of Federal Circuit Decisions” Intellectual Property Litigation Donald W. Rupert
October 1, 2010 “Therasense v. Becton, Dickinson: An Opportunity for the Federal Circuit to Mend Its Fractured Inequitable Conduct Rulings” Co-author, Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal Donald W. Rupert
October 2010 – Presentation "A Night at the Design Patent Museum" The Richard Linn American Inn of Court Tiffany D. Gehrke
July 28, 2010 “HSN Receives Two E-Commerce Patents” (featured quotes) Internet Retailer Thomas L. Duston
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
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
Spring 2009 “Time Limits in Confidentiality Agreements” Intellectual Property Litigation
August 2008 "The Impact of KSR on the Obviousness Inquiry" Tiffany D. Gehrke
July 14, 2008 "Trademarks for Entrepreneurs" Dominican University - Guest Speaker Maureen Beacom Gorman
January 1, 2005 “Intellectual Property Protection for Trade Secrets and Know-How” IPO Law Journal Thomas L. Duston and Thomas I. Ross