Press Releases

Vienna, April 2023: Already during the Sunrise Practice Period of the Unified Patent Court, the Vienna based provider managed to position itself as a frontrunner throughout Europe and beyond. The Austrian signature provider GLOBALTRUST is one of only a few in Europe to provide suitable certificates for the mandatory “Strong Authentication” of the new Unified Patent Court (UPC). The Viennese…

Boston, March 27, 2023: Lathrop GPM LLP is pleased to share that Lisa Hillman, Ph.D., has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group as a partner. Hillman, former patent law counsel at an Am Law 10 firm, brings over 20 years of IP experience to the firm’s Boston office. “Lisa is an exceptional addition to our team, and we are…

Raleigh, N.C., March 8, 2023: KDW Firm PLLC (formerly KDB Firm PLLC) is proud to announce that four highly experienced and respected patent attorneys have joined the firm. Jeff Wilson, Leon Legleiter, Ben Aitken, and Whit Scott are joining the Firm as a Senior Principal, Principal, and Counsels. They bring a very deep level of experience in patent law to the…

London, March 2023: In the pharmaceutical field, SPCs, supplementary protection certificates, are extremely valuable intellectual property rights. An SPC extends the duration of the exclusive rights conferred by a patent and usually covers the period during which the medicinal product reaches peak sales and profitability. SPCs were introduced as compensation for the loss of effective patent term due to the…

BALTIMORE & COLORADO, March 14, 2023: Gene Pool Technologies, a leader in Cannabis and Hemp patent licensing, is proud to announce the addition of a substantial patent portfolio from Insectergy’s Cannabis portfolio. Gene Pool endeavors to create a one-stop-shop for Cannabis and Hemp producers and manufacturers, easing the effort to secure the necessary patent protections and enjoy broad freedom-to-operate. “I…

High-growth technology business (HTB) forums feature leaders from deep-tech businesses who present their live case studies and discuss them with an international panel of experts. The HTB forums focus on the needs of business decision-makers of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Since 2021, the eleven previous online forums attracted over 5,000 people from more than 50 countries. The dedicated one-hour…

Virtual Conference Hosted Live via Zoom Webinar Thursday, April 27 (3:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT) & Friday, April 28 (8:55 AM – 12:45 PM EDT) (Convert time zones here) View the Event Website & Register Today Cultures influence the development of Intellectual Property systems, and Intellectual Property systems influence how cultures develop. Hosted by George Mason University Antonin Scalia…

The Center for Intellectual Property x Innovation Policy (C-IP2) at George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School is partnering with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to host this sixth iteration of the WIPO-U.S. Summer School on Intellectual Property. This exclusive, two-week summer course will be held online only from Arlington, Virginia. June 5 – 16, 2023 (Weekdays Only) Hosted Online Via Zoom LEARN…

February 10, 2023, Falls Church, VA: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP (BSKB) is pleased to announce the return of their annual Seminar Series. After a short pandemic-hiatus, BSKB will bring back all 3 seminars to their Falls Church location. The Seminar Series includes the U.S. Brand Protection & Trademark Seminar, April 11-14, 2023; the Summer Patent Seminar, June 12-30,…

Flaster Greenberg PC, a full-service commercial business law firm, is pleased to announce the promotion of Ryan Peddle to shareholder effective January 1, 2023. “Ryan is a key player in our Intellectual Property Department and committed to providing outstanding client service,” said Jordan A. LaVine, Co-Managing Shareholder at Flaster Greenberg. “He is a skilled patent attorney and is tremendously valuable…

New York, Jan. 31, 2023: LexisNexis® Legal & Professional, the leading provider of science-backed patent workflow and analytics technology, released its “Innovation Momentum 2023: The Top Global 100 report.” Now in its second edition, the annual report analyzes the change over two years of patent data to distinguish leading patent owners and chart the pace of change in intellectual property…

London, UK, January 16, 2023: Today, UK-based IP and technology licensing company Vectis IP announced the launch of a patent pool for patents essential to the Opus codec. The patent pool license covers the Opus interactive speech and audio codec, as defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force. This announcement follows an earlier call for patents on September 15, 2022,…

WASHINGTON (January 3, 2023) – Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli is pleased to welcome seven highly skilled international trade attorneys to its Washington, D.C., office. Their addition further expands Polsinelli’s substantial intellectual property (IP) capabilities by officially launching its International Trade Commission (ITC) Section 337 Litigation and Trade Remedies Practice. Several of the new attorneys greatly expand the firm’s international…

Upcoming Webinar on “Challenges & Opportunities with Intellectual Property & Technology Innovation in Muslim-Majority Countries” Live event hosted virtually via Zoom Webinar Thursday, January 12, 2023, 11 AM – 1 PM EST (convert time zones here)  Registration will close at 5:00 PM EST on Tuesday, January 10, 2023. Join experts and leaders involved with intellectual property (IP) and technology innovation in Muslim-majority…

The McCarthy Institute at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law and the United States Patent and Trademark Office are co-hosting a special evening of IP lectures beginning at 4 p.m. on December 9, 2022, at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Washington, D.C.  Two lectures will be presented on the Future of Trade Secret Law in the United…