Broadening Your (Patent) Protection
A column authored by Jason Balich titled “Broadening Your (Patent) Protection” was published in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ Chemical Engineering Progress (CEP) Magazine. In this arti...
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Spring Cleaning and Tune-up for Your Trade Secret Portfolio: Eight Steps
Spring has arrived, and in addition to cleaning, it’s a good time to reassess how your company is handling its trade secrets. Far from being static, trade secret innovations, processes, and data evolv...
Diversity & Inclusion Employee Spotlight: Elizabeth Mulski
We are pleased to spotlight Associate Elizabeth Simonik Mulski this month! Liz works in the Biotechnology group in our Boston office.
United States Annual Review: The Seventy-Seventh Year of Administration of the Lanham Act of 1946
John Welch co-authored the January-February 2025 edition of The Trademark Reporter, The Law Journal of The International Trademark Association (INTA). Titled “United States Annual Review: The Seventy-...
Diversity & Inclusion Employee Spotlight: Nyasha Mombeshora
We are pleased to spotlight Patent Paralegal Nyasha Mombeshora this month! Nyasha works in the Biotechnology Practice in our Boston office.
Fair Use in AI Copyright Litigation: A Surprising Turn in Thomson Reuters v. Ross
From the pages of The New York Times to the…general counsel’s office of The New York Times, AI copyright litigation is all the rage. Possible questions include the philosophical—e.g. “Could an AI agen...
Published Application Art at the PTAB: Lynk Labs v. Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd.
In Lynk Labs, Inc., v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the Federal Circuit reinforced that patent applications may serve as prior art in IPR proceedings as of their filing date—even where those applica...
Protecting Trade Secrets
A column authored by Jason Balich titled “Protecting Trade Secrets” was published in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ Chemical Engineering Progress (CEP) Magazine. In this article, Jason ...
A Look Ahead: Key Intellectual Property Legal Developments in 2024 - and What to Expect in 2025
From potential legal challenges to Chinese biopharma supply chains, Europe’s new Unified Patent Court (UPC), landmark decisions in life sciences, pharma’s Orange Book listings, design patent rejection...
The Biggest US Trademark Cases of 2024
An article authored by John Strand titled “The Biggest US trademark Cases of 2024” was published in World Trademark Review (WTR). From a Supreme Court decision assessing the use of President-Elect Don...
Director Review Clarified Co-Defendant IPR Challenge Rights in 2024
An article authored by Scott McKeown titled “Director Review Clarified Co-Defendant IPR Challenge Rights in 2024” was published in IPWatchdog. In 2024, two US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Direc...
Inventorship for AI-Assisted or AI-Generated Inventions in Europe and the US
An article co-authored by Amanda Varrichione titled “Inventorship for AI-Assisted or AI-Generated Inventions in Europe and the US” was published in the Hoffmann Eitle Quarterly. By now, it is impossib...