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Rick Hoffmann, Jim Stevens, Scott Hogan, and Mike Druzinski have been recognized by the Super Lawyers rating service for 2015

Rick Hoffmann, Jim Stevens, Scott Hogan, and Mike Druzinski have been recognized by the Super Lawyers rating service for 2015. The annual Super Lawyers selection process involves independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations. Hoffmann has been named a Michigan Super Lawyer for ten consecutive years and Stevens for six of the last ten years. […]

9 years ago

A team including ten Reising attorneys, interns, and staff participated in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in Detroit

A team including ten Reising attorneys, interns, and staff participated in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in Detroit on Saturday May 16th. The team, cleverly dubbed “Reising to the Occasion,” raised over $1,500 in donations for the charity.

9 years ago

Matt Schmidt won an appeal for a client on a patent application that was transferred to Schmidt from another law firm

Matt Schmidt won an appeal for a client on a patent application that was transferred to Schmidt from another law firm. The patent application covered one of the client’s important product lines. The U.S. Patent Office dropped the appeal, and the patent application was allowed before the appeal made its way to the Patent Trial […]

9 years ago

Corey Beaubien and Scott Hogan co-authored an article “Making Sense of Non(ce)sense—Seeking Broad Claim Coverage and Avoiding Unwanted Means-Plus-Function Treatment.”

Corey Beaubien and Scott Hogan co-authored an article “Making Sense of Non(ce)sense—Seeking Broad Claim Coverage and Avoiding Unwanted Means-Plus-Function Treatment.” Bloomberg BNA’s Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal published the article in May. The article looks at two recent Federal Circuit decisions concerning means-plus-function treatment when a claim lacks the traditional means-for phrasing. Shortly after the […]

9 years ago

In April, Reising Ethington sponsored this year’s World Intellectual Property (IP) Day event at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

In April, Reising Ethington sponsored this year’s World Intellectual Property (IP) Day event at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. Dan Hegner, Keyuna Evans, and Anthony Gartrelle participated on the planning committee and officiated at the event. Detroit and other cities around the world offered information about protecting rights in music. Detroit’s […]

9 years ago

Steve Walmsley is now a member of the National Editorial Board (NEB) for the newsletter Ideas on Intellectual Property Law

Steve Walmsley is now a member of the National Editorial Board (NEB) for the newsletter Ideas on Intellectual Property Law. Published by Thomson Reuters, the newsletter covers hot topics in patent, trademark, copyright, and other areas of intellectual property law.

9 years ago

The Oakland Press published a notice about our firm’s 150th anniversary in 2015

The Oakland Press published a notice about our firm’s 150th anniversary in 2015.

9 years ago

Reising sponsored Crain’s General & In-House Counsel Summit in June at the Westin Book Cadillac in Detroit

Reising sponsored Crain’s General & In-House Counsel Summit in June at the Westin Book Cadillac in Detroit. The event honored corporate attorneys from across the state including General Motors, Whirlpool, Yazaki North America, Compuware, and Stryker. An afternoon of educational sessions covered topics important to corporate attorneys such as e-discovery, cyber security, social media, and […]

9 years ago

Shannon Smith passed the patent bar examination

Shannon Smith passed the patent bar examination and is now registered to practice in patent cases before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

9 years ago

Colin Cicotte traveled to San Francisco where he attended an advanced patent law seminar

Colin Cicotte traveled to San Francisco where he attended an advanced patent law seminar hosted by the Patent Resources Group. The seminar provided an up-to-date commentary on the first-inventor-to-file aspects of the America Invents Act.

9 years ago