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Dority & Manning Welcomes Patent Litigators Nicole Cunningham and Steve Moore

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA (October 24, 2022): Intellectual Property firm Dority & Manning, P.A. has recently expanded its litigation practice with the hiring of two experienced IP litigators, Nicole Cunningham and Steve Moore. Cunningham and Moore join Dority & Manning’s newly opened San Diego office. Cunningham and Moore each have substantial trial experience in patent and complex litigation matters. Both worked…

Feature-Length Documentary INNOVATION RACE to Launch in Select Theaters November 16

Atlanta, GA: Tea Party Patriots Action has announced that the feature-length documentary INNOVATION RACE will be coming to select theaters on November 16, 2022. INNOVATION RACE boldly explores the imminent threat of China exploiting weaknesses in U.S. patent protection and presents solutions for restoring our dominance in innovation, technology, and invention. View the trailer here: InnovationRaceMovie.com “We are thrilled to…

Hanley Flight & Zimmerman Celebrates 20th Anniversary

Chicago, October 21, 2022: Throughout the month of October, Hanley Flight & Zimmerman, an intellectual property firm that focuses on patent prosecution and counseling for Fortune 500 companies and global technology leaders, recognizes its founding two decades ago. HFZ now represents seven of the top 25 U.S. patenting entities, including Ford, General Electric and Texas Instruments. In addition to an…

Spolin Law P.C. Seeks Compassionate Release for Clients After California AB 960 Becomes Law

Recently passed California AB 960 gives inmates with serious illnesses and other medical conditions new opportunities for resentencing and compassionate release. AB 960 attorney Aaron Spolin and his award-winning legal team are ready to file applications to seek compassionate release for clients. We know that you want to be home with your family, and our goal is to help you…

Corporate IP Strategy Conference Speakers Announced

Join us on November 9, 2022 for a half-day conference, co-hosted by Unified Patents and Santa Clara University High Tech Law Journal, with a keynote given by USPTO Deputy Chief Administrative Patent Judge Jackie Wright Bonilla. IP leaders from Microsoft, Intel, Google, Twitter, Meta, Cisco, NetApp, Samsung, among others will speak on the latest strategy concepts in patent litigation funding,…

Call for Applications for 2023-2024: Thomas Edison Innovation Law and Policy Fellowships

The Center for Intellectual Property x Innovation Policy (C-IP2) at George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School invites applications for a non-resident fellowship program. The program is designed to develop rigorous scholarship on intellectual property (IP), creativity, and innovation law and policy. Submission Deadline: Wednesday, November 23, 2022 (5:00 PM EST) Submit Applications to: [email protected] Submit Questions to: [email protected] The…

IPlytics – Bridging the gap between patents and standards data – Webinar Series

The wide use of connectivity technologies makes owning as well as licensing-in Standards Essential Patents (SEPs) crucial across industries. Consequently, an IP strategy for connectivity is much more than just about prosecution and enforcement. An organization’s patenting activities must consider standards-development activities as well as the use of third-party IP. However, it is highly challenging to align patent portfolio development…

UNH Franklin Pierce hosts the US Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board

CONCORD, NH: University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law will host the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for their Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) on Thursday, October 13, 2022, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:10 p.m. This is the first time PTAB has held their in-person college tour since the pandemic, and the second school they have…

Vectis IP Announces Call for Patents Essential to Opus Codec

London, UK, September 15, 2022: UK-based IP and technology licensing company Vectis IP today announced a call for patents essential to the Opus codec. The upcoming patent pool license will cover the Opus interactive speech and audio codec, as defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force. Initial participants in Vectis IP’s prospective pool include Fraunhofer and Dolby. The planned Opus…

Scalia Law’s Intellectual Property Center Hosts 2022 Annual Fall Conference

9.5 hours of VA CLE approved WHAT: George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School’s Center for Intellectual Property x Innovation Policy (C-IP2) is hosting its Annual Fall Conference—entitled IP on the Wane: Examining the Impacts as IP Rights Are Reduced—on September 22-23, 2023. The conference will be co-hosted with the Global Antitrust Institute and the National Security Institute at Mason.…

Jump starter Brand GOOLOO WINS Biggest Ever Patent Infringement Litigation

On August 29, the ITC (U.S. International Trade Commission) ruled in favor of GOOLOO Technology Co., Ltd (hereinafter referred to as “GOOLOO”) in a patent infringement case involving the jump starter power industry (ITC-337-TA-1256). The ITC dismissed the plaintiff, The NOCO Company (hereinafter referred to as NOCO) and dismissed all claims against GOOLOO, including a request for GOOLOO’s withdrawal from…

Analysis of Cellular V2X’s Share of the LTE and 5G Standards

London, August 25th, 2022: The modern era is the age of advancement, change, innovation, and technology. In such an era of technological advancement, V2X or Vehicle-to-Everything is a next-generation innovation in the automotive industry that endeavours to integrate ease, efficiency, mobility, and technology. Throughout this report, we will look at the timeline of releases, a patent contribution analysis, an understanding…

Jeffer Ali, Daidre Burgess Named Principals at Patterson Thuente IP

Boutique IP law firm strengthens management team, positions for future growth. MINNEAPOLIS, August 9, 2022: The law behind those game-changing new inventions we crave may not always seem exciting, but intellectual property (IP) law practice is busier than ever, and client needs are evolving in interesting ways. IP-intensive industries account for around 40% of U.S. GDP and 33% of the…

UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law Appoints Thirteen New Faculty Members to Its Ranks

New faculty members excel in the practice and teaching of law. CONCORD, NH, August 9, 2022: UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law welcomes thirteen new highly accomplished faculty members, strengthening its mission to provide students with the best legal education possible.  These faculty members represent a broad range of skills, experiences, and aptitudes, have tremendous lived experience of the law,…

ktMINE now offers the largest full-text patent repository available

Chicago, IL – 07/27/2022 – ktMINE, a global transactions research database and analytics platform specializing in the collection and organization of intellectual property (IP) information announced today the official launch of ktMINE Gold, a Search App subscription option that offers users direct access to the most extensive worldwide coverage of full-text patent data on today’s market. “We are incredibly excited…