Knobbe Martens is pleased to announce it was named by Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) as the “Top Patent Prosecution” and “Trademark Contentious” Firm in the West at the publication’s 2017…

Federal Circuit Remands IPR Final Decision For Inadequate Obviousness Analysis, Sidesteps Issue of Proper Claim Construction Standard In Personal Web Technologies, LLC v. Apple, Inc., Appeal No. 2016-1174, the Federal…

Knobbe Martens, one of the leading intellectual property law firms in the United States, announced today it will open an office in New York City. The new office is the…

Summary The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, issued their opinion on Star Athletica v. Varsity Brands. The Court affirmed the 6th Circuit, holding that the lines, chevrons,…

Partner Brent Babcock, Chair of the firm’s USPTO Trials & Post-Grant Proceedings group, was quoted in “PTAB Judge ‘Troubled’ By Current State Of Law On Reviews,” an article published in…

Summary The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, March 21, 2017, held in a 7-1 decision that the defense of laches is not available under the Patent Act to bar claims…

Neil Anderson, an associate in Knobbe Martens’ Orange County office, has been named a “JD Supra Top Author” by the prominent legal publisher. Anderson is among just 224 authors selected…

Partner Bruce S. Itchkawitz, Ph.D. authored “3 Approaches to Get Your Patent Application Moving Much Faster” which was published in Entrepreneur. This article discusses three approaches that applicants can take…

Knobbe Martens attorneys Jon Gurka and James Smith discuss the application by district courts and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of scope of estoppel to be applied to prior…

With its chair position in flux, attorneys Susan Natland, Jacob Rosenbaum and Jessica Sganga examine what data privacy and security route the powerful FTC might take in future. Read the…