It’s Olympics time!  And while most of the news has been about Zika and the conditions on the ground in Rio, brand owners know this as a time when the…

Attorneys Michael Friedland and Samantha Hsu co-authored “The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 – New Federal Protection for Trade Secrets” for the Orange County Business Journal Intellectual Property Law…

Patentees suing alleged infringers have learned from a long history of federal district court and Federal Circuit rulings that (paraphrasing the Miranda warning given to criminal suspects) “anything you say…

In an en banc decision on July 12, 2016 in The Medicines Co. v. Hospira, Inc., the Federal Circuit established the circumstances under which a product manufactured according to product-by-process…

The medical device industry has been struck by a wave of uncertainty in the wake of the United Kingdom’s (UK) historic vote to leave the European Union (EU).  Until the…

The Defend Trade Secrets Act signed into law in May filled a gap in existing law and allows companies to protect their trade secrets across state lines and outside of…

Partner Cheryl Burgess was published in Electronic Engineering Times (EE Times) with an article titled “Patent Infringement Cases Just Got Easier.” In a decision with significant impact for engineers, the…

The value of a company’s patent portfolio can be increased significantly if the portfolio strategically uses continuing applications (i.e., continuation, divisional, and continuation-in-part applications) to extract valuable protection from disclosures…

Maintaining a healthy balance between work and personal life can be challenging in any career. With the demanding workflow that comes with being a lawyer finding a balance can often…

Partner Rose Thiessen, Ph.D. and attorney Samantha Markley published an article titled “Intellectual Property Law: What Nutraceutical Companies Should Know” in Nutraceuticals World on June 13, 2016.  In an industry…