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Matt Schmidt successfully cancelled a trademark registration in China

Matt Schmidt successfully cancelled a trademark registration in China, paving the way for the client’s application to register in China. Mr. Schmidt has succeeded in cancellation proceedings in many countries around world.

10 years ago

We are pleased to announce that Shelly Hokenstad has joined the firm as Of Counsel

We are pleased to announce that Shelly Hokenstad has joined the firm as Of Counsel. Hokenstad’s expertise includes helping clients obtain, protect, and litigate all aspects of their intellectual property across a wide range of technologies including medical devices, cellular, fuel cell systems, collision preparation systems, autonomous driving systems, adaptive cruise control systems, lane-keeping systems, […]

10 years ago

This year marks the 150th anniversary of Reising Ethington

No Michigan Firm Has Done It Longer Than Reising Ethington! This year marks the 150th anniversary of the firm solely practicing intellectual property law. Throughout its history, the firm has helped some of the most recognizable names in invention, people whose creativity has changed the world — Henry Ford, Ranson Olds, David Buick, and Mike […]

10 years ago

Steve Walmsley was elected to the Advisory Board for St. Fabian School in Farmington Hills, MI

Steve Walmsley was elected to the Advisory Board for St. Fabian School in Farmington Hills, MI.

10 years ago

Michael C. Adams, Scott Hogan and Shannon Murphy met with 11 USPTO Examiners

Michael C. Adams, Scott Hogan and Shannon Murphy met with 11 USPTO Examiners, presenting the Examiners with in-person arguments for patentability on behalf of seven different clients, and successfully advancing prosecution in all cases. Reising attorneys frequently use in-person oral arguments to enhance and strengthen their corresponding written arguments.

10 years ago

Jim Stevens was invited to become a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation

Jim Stevens was invited to become a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, an honorary organization of lawyers, judges, and legal scholars whose public and private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the welfare of their communities and to the highest principles of the legal profession. The Fellows support the research of the ABF and […]

10 years ago

Shannon Murphy attended AIPLA’s “2014 Cross-Country Women in IP Networking Event”

Shannon Murphy attended AIPLA’s “2014 Cross-Country Women in IP Networking Event,” an event held simultaneously in 31 cities to support and foster the growth of women in the intellectual property field. Shannon was also admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

10 years ago

Corey Beaubien and Shannon Murphy co-authored an article titled Patent Eligibility and Medical Diagnostic and Treatment Methods: Principles to Apply. BNA’s Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal®

Corey Beaubien and Shannon Murphy co-authored an article titled Patent Eligibility and Medical Diagnostic and Treatment Methods: Principles to Apply. BNA’s Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal® published the article in September 2014. Beaubien and Smith look at recent views of the Supreme Court, Federal Circuit, and USPTO on patent eligibility and medical diagnostic and treatment […]

10 years ago

Several Reising Attorney’s were named to the 2014 Superlawyers® and Rising Stars lists

Hoffmann and Stevens were named to Superlawyers® 2014 list of Top Lawyers. Hogan and Druzinski were named to their 2014 Rising Stars list.

10 years ago

Jim Stevens recently traveled to Sydney, Australia where he met with colleagues in the IP business and presented on recent changes in US law

Jim Stevens, in his tenth year as an intellectual property adjunct professor at the University of Detroit Mercy Law School, recently traveled to Sydney, Australia where he met with colleagues in the IP business and presented on recent changes in US law including the America’s Invent Act and the Patent Law Treaty Implementation Act.

10 years ago