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Newsletter June/July 2025
The June/July edition of our newsletter is now available.  Here is a brief glance at what you will find in this edition: “Interoperability doesn’t make...
Corey M. Beaubien co-authored an article
Corey M. Beaubien co-authored an article titled “The Supreme Court Continues to Reshape Patent Law” that was published in the January 2025 issue of the...
Corey M. Beaubien and Richard W. Hoffmann obtained a temporary...
Corey M. Beaubien and Richard W. Hoffmann obtained a temporary restraining order (TRO) for asserted patent infringement for a German automotive supplier against a Chinese...
Scott Hogan convinced the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board...
Reising shareholder Scott Hogan convinced the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board to reverse a slew of rejections for long-time client Hitemco in a patent...
Scott Hogan and Jim Stevens attended a bell-ringing ceremony for...
Reising shareholders Scott Hogan and Jim Stevens attended a bell-ringing ceremony for a start-up company launched by a large research university client of theirs.  The...
Newsletter February/March 2025
The February/March edition of our newsletter is now available.  Here is a brief glance at what you will find in this edition: “Don’t copy that”,...
Shannon Smith was a featured speaker on Intellectual Property Law
Shannon Smith was a featured speaker on Intellectual Property Law at the Davidson Fellowship for Entrepreneurs in Digital Health, a program sponsored by Henry Ford...
Colin Cicotte traveled to northern California to visit a client...
Colin Cicotte traveled to northern California to visit a client supplying Ultra Low Energy Exploding Foil Initiators (ULEEFI) to the Department of Defense; ULEEFIs provide...
William Kolakowski recently secured issuance of a U.S. patent
William Kolakowski recently secured issuance of a U.S. patent for client Warner Electric Technology LLC covering several embodiments of a clutch or brake incorporating unique...
Matt Schmidt has obtained patents on behalf of a client...
Matt Schmidt has obtained patents on behalf of a client in the field of wave energy, a promising source of renewable energy.
Year End Newsletter 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...
Alaina Norrito, Shannon Smith, and Yao Yao gave a presentation...
Alaina Norrito, Shannon Smith, and Yao Yao gave a presentation at the October Michigan Intellectual Property Law Association (MIPLA) meeting.  They presented on trademark prosecution...
Jim Stevens is nearing his 20th year of serving as...
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...
Reising is happy to announce that two new associates
Reising is happy to announce that two new associates, Alaina Norrito and Blake Schmidt, have passed the Bar Exam and will be newly admitted to...
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...
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...
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”,...
Richard Hoffmann was voted the 2025 “Lawyer of the Year”...
Richard Hoffmann was voted the 2025 “Lawyer of the Year” for Patent Law in Troy, Michigan.