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Newsletter Year End 2024

The Year End edition of our newsletter is now available.  Here is a brief glance at what you will find in this edition: “Defend Trade Secrets Act,” “When a “skinny label” results in induced patent infringement” “Back to the drawing board” and “Political ad’s meme isn’t permissible fair use of copyrighted image” Newsletter Year End […]
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Jim Stevens is nearing his 20th year of serving as an adjunct and clinical professor

Jim Stevens is nearing his 20th year of serving as an adjunct and clinical professor at the University of Detroit Mercy, currently helping underserved inventors obtain patent protection through the school’s free clinic.  Rick Hoffmann and Shannon Smith both also continue to serve as adjunct professors at the university, with Rick teaching patent law and […]
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Blake Schmidt recently published an interesting article in IPLS Proceedings

Blake Schmidt recently published an interesting article in IPLS Proceedings published by the State Bar of Michigan.  Blake explained an important rule change proposed by the USPTO that, if implemented, would render patents tied together by a terminal disclaimer unenforceable in some situations.  This publication, Volume 35, Issue 1, may be viewed at the State […]
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Steve Walmsley received a completely favorable decision on appeal

Steve Walmsley received a completely favorable decision on appeal at the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in a patent application with broad claims covering an important water quality sensor invention jointly developed by a major home products company and a leading university in the scientific water quality sensing field.  The examiner had issued […]
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Newsletter October/November 2024

The October/November edition of our newsletter is now available.  Here is a brief glance at what you will find in this edition: “Closing trademark’s borders”, “Are AI systems patent-eligible?”, “Trademark’s fair use defense faces higher bar after Warhol” and “How unclean hands doomed patent infringement claims” Newsletter October/November 2024 PDF
1 month ago

Reising lawyers have been recognized

Shannon Smith has been recognized as a Rising Star, and Corey Beaubien, James Stevens, and Rick Hoffmann have been recognized as Super Lawyers by Thompson Reuters, Super Lawyers for 2024.
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