The Licensing Executives Society (LES) Foundation announced the winners of its 2015-2016 International Business Plan Competition, a program co-sponsored by Knobbe Martens that focuses uniquely on the intellectual property (IP)…

Today, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the judgment of invalidity on two patents in favor of Knobbe Martens client Toshiba Corporation. The ruling came after two…

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP, one of the leading intellectual property law firms in the United States, is pleased to announce that two partners from their Washington D.C. office…

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, LLP is pleased to announce that Partners Jeff Van Hoosear, Joseph Re, and Susan Natland, based in the firm’s Orange County office, have been selected for…

San Diego Partner Boris Zelkind was recently interviewed for an article titled “House Committee Approves Federal Trade Secret Bill” in Bloomberg BNA’s Life Sciences Law & Industry Report. View the full…

Partner Maria Anderson co-authored “Effectively Developing IP Assets” in the Spring 2016 newsletter published by the Business Law Section of the Washington State Bar Association.  Excerpt: Business leaders in various…

Seattle Partner Mauricio Uribe interviewed with Inside Counsel to discuss the best legal strategies to protect video game intellectual property.  Read the full article on InsideCounsel.com >>

Trademark licensors are scrambling to keep up with the evolving use of social media as a tool for business advertising. As technology changes, so must the provisions in a trademark…

This blog post was originally published by Mason Marks, M.D. on the KnobbeMedical.com Blog.  Robotic technology has been used in medicine for over 30 years. In 1985, a robot called the Puma…

On April 1, 2016, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued amended final rules that govern trials under the America Invents Act (AIA), including inter partes review, post-grant review,…