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Throughout the phases of product or brand development, we form a critical part of our clients’ development teams to provide preparation, prosecution and clearance services to maximize protection while navigating through freedom-to-operate challenges. We also provide extensive IP due diligence services and IP asset assimilation to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

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Feb
26 – 26
2019
APEC IPEG Roundtable on Patent Grace Period Attending
Raymond Farrell, Partner was designated as the official AIPLA representative to be a speaker at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Intellectual Property...

CAFC Update

CENTRAK, INC. v. SONITOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. February 14, 2019

CenTrak sued Sonitor Technologies for alleged infringement of U.S. Patent No. 8,604,909, which claims systems for locating and identifying portable devices using ultrasonic base stations. The district court granted Sonitor’s motions for summary judgment that certain claims are invalid for lack of written description and not infringed. The CAFC concludes that the district court erred...

CenTrak sued Sonitor Technologies for alleged infringement of U.S. Patent No. 8,604,909, which claims systems for locating and identifying portable devices...

CONTINENTAL CIRCUITS LLC v. INTEL CORPORATION February 8, 2019

Continental Circuits appeals from the judgment of the District Court of non-infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patents 7,501,582; 8,278,560; 8,581,105; and 9,374,912 directed to multilayer electrical devices having a tooth structure and methods for making them. The parties stipulated to a judgment of non-infringement based on the district court’s claim construction of certain claim...

Continental Circuits appeals from the judgment of the District Court of non-infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patents 7,501,582; 8,278,560; 8,581,105;...

ATHENA DIAGNOSTICS, INC. v. MAYO COLLABORATIVE SERVICES February 6, 2019

Athena Diagnostics, Inc. and others appeal from an order of the District Court holding that certain claims of U.S. Patent 7,267,820 (covering methods for diagnosing neurological disorders by detecting antibodies to a protein called muscle specific tyrosine kinase or “MuSK”) are invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101 and dismissing Athena’s complaint. In conducting the first step of...

Athena Diagnostics, Inc. and others appeal from an order of the District Court holding that certain claims of U.S. Patent 7,267,820 (covering methods...