On Monday, June 13, 2016, Partners John Carson and Andrew Schwaab conducted a joint U.S.-China Symposium with the leadership of the Chinese State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO), on behalf of…

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP, one of the leading intellectual property law firms in the United States, is pleased to announce that eleven attorneys have been selected for inclusion…

Associate Tom Cowan authored “Collaborative Innovation: Intellectual Property Considerations – June 2016” which was published in International Bar Association: Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Newsletter. Excerpt: Collaboration benefits innovative endeavors in many…

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, LLP has once again been recognized as one of the top ten most diverse law firms in the United States as reported by The American…

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, LLP and its partners have been acknowledged for their expertise in this year’s edition of the IAM 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners 2016….

Seattle Partner Mauricio Uribe was featured in Inside Counsel’s article “How to draft patent claims in the U.S. to maximize their potential to be exploited.” Mauricio was one of a…

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, LLP is pleased to announce it has been highly rated in the annual firm rankings released last week by Chambers USA, which has been ranking…

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, LLP is pleased to announce that partner Paul Stewart has been selected by The National Law Journal as one of just 50 “Intellectual Property Trailblazers”…

The US Supreme Court has denied certiorari for the Ninth Circuit decision in Multi Time Machine Inc (MTM) v Amazon.com Inc on February 29 2016, which held that Amazon did…

Surname Not Registrable Absent Substantially Exclusive Use As a result of various third-party uses of the surname “Ayoub” for similar services, Applicant’s use of AYOUB did not meet the requirement…