The launch of the .XXX domain names starts September 7, 2011. .XXX is a new top level domain intended for use by the online adult entertainment industry. The online adult…
The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA), which introduces significant changes to the U.S. patent system, was passed by the Senate last night and is now waiting for President Obama’s signature….
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP is pleased to announce that founding partner Don Martens and partners Joseph Cianfrani, Ned Israelsen, Joseph Re, Joseph Reisman, Art Rose, John Sganga and…
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP will host an ‘IP Impact 2011’ seminar in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina on Thursday, September 22. The seminar, which is designed for C-Level…
Ned Israelsen and Gerard von Hoffmann, partners of Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP, have been recognized by the Daily Journal among the 25 leading biotech attorneys in California for…
Orange County litigation partners Joseph Cianfrani, Michael Friedland, Jon Gurka and Darrell Olson, prosecution partners Sabing Lee and Susan Natland, and associates Tirzah Lowe and Nathan Smith of Knobbe Martens…
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP is pleased to announce that its clients, Schindler Elevator Corporation and Inventio AG, obtained a jury verdict that competitor, Otis Elevator Co., infringed numerous…
Ned Israelsen, John Carson and Boris Zelkind, partners in the San Diego office of Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP have been named among the top intellectual property attorneys in…
Dr. Scott Smith has joined Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP as a partner in the firm’s new Silicon Valley office, opening in September 2011. Smith, a patent attorney who…
by Benjamin Katzenellenbogen This article was originally published in Law360. Download PDF I. Introduction Mathematical formulas and other abstract ideas cannot be patented because the Supreme Court has held that they…