Tag:patent law

2024 Top Litigators: Mindy Sooter

Mindy Sooter has represented clients from household companies to asylees, and has won a number of big victories along the way.

Federal Circuits in Focus

Over the past year, the circuit courts were considering new and emerging issues, questions and fact patterns.

Five Questions with Karam Saab, Kilpatrick Townsend Partner

This week, we heard from Karam Saab, a partner at Kilpatrick Townsend.

Up & Coming Lawyers 2022: Leland Black

2022 Up & Coming Lawyer Leland Black uses her background in science in her work as a patent attorney for Kilpatrick Townsend.

Five Questions with Mike Wagner, Lewis Roca Partner and Patent Lawyer

This week, we heard from Mike Wagner, partner and patent lawyer at Lewis Roca focusing on all areas of intellectual property.

Supreme Court Scales Back Equity Doctrine in Patent Cases

A recent Supreme Court decision reaffirmed a long-standing intellectual property doctrine that bars inventors who turn over their patents to others from later claiming the patent is invalid.

In Separation of Powers Ruling, Supreme Court Rejects PTAB System for Patent Disputes and Orders PTO Panel Decisions to be Reviewed by Agency Director

The Supreme Court, applying a doctrine that urges strict separation of authority among the federal government’s three branches, invalidated June 21 a statutory scheme that excludes politically-appointed functionaries from intellectual property disputes.

Outstanding Legal Professionals: Emily Vanstrom

For Emily Vanstrom, a patent assistant at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, the firm’s inventor clients are priority one.