Press Releases

Gene Pool Technologies Signs Insectergy’s Market-Leading Cannabis Patent Portfolio to Its License Pool

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…

Unlocking the potential of IP for SMEs: Discover strategies of live case studies

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 on Culture & IP: Analogs to Intellectual Property in Different Cultures

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…

2023 WIPO-U.S. Summer School on Intellectual Property

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…

Return of BSKB’s Seminar Series 2023

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 Promotes Ryan Peddle to Shareholder

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…

LexisNexis names the global leaders accelerating patent advances in its “Innovation Momentum 2023: The Global Top 100” report

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…

Vectis IP Launches Patent Pool for the Opus Codec

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,…

Polsinelli Launches ITC Section 337 Litigation and Trade Remedies Practice with Group of Seven Attorneys

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 IP & Technology Innovation in Muslim-Majority Countries”

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 Distinguished Lecture Series “The Future of Trade Secret Law”

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…

Questel acquires majority stake in Equinox, extends portfolio of IP management software solutions

Paris, December 1, 2022: Global intellectual property (IP) solutions provider Questel announced today the acquisition of Equinox, a UK-based technology company renowned for its powerful IP management system (IPMS). The Equinox IPMS solution will bolster Questel’s already well-established position in the IPMS market by adding a dedicated solution for law firm clients. Launched in 2006, Equinox IPMS is a comprehensive,…

Female “Indie” Inventor Pens Exposé / Call to Arms Against Legislation Corrupting U.S. Patent System

Chicago, IL: Kip Azzoni Doyle is the inventor of the CardShark, the original and still the best combination smartphone case / credit card wallet ever made. It all started with an idea, and for Kip—like for a lot of independent inventors—that idea was going to be her ticket to the American Dream: self-determination, success, and college tuition payments for her…

Flaster Greenberg’s Intellectual Property Department Grows to more than 20 Attorneys

November 2022, Philadelphia, PA: Patent Attorneys Chad E. Ziegler, Robert E. Gordon, Jianwu Gong, Michael A. LaFlame, Jr., and Joseph T. McGinnis have joined Flaster Greenberg in its Intellectual Property Department and as members of the firm’s Patent Practice Group. Ziegler, Gordon, Gong, LaFlame, and McGuiness will be headquartered in the firm’s Philadelphia office, focusing their practices on all aspects…

IP.com Releases Groundbreaking Update to InnovationQ+

IP.com is proud to announce its latest product release, a game-changing upgrade with substantial improvements to a flagship innovation suite product–InnovationQ+™. With a bevy of new, cutting-edge visualizations and semantic AI tools, the InnovationQ+ product, a long-standing leader in IP search and analytics, has taken a major leap forward for workflow simplification and acceleration. More than ever, businesses need an…