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Headquartered within steps of the USPTO with an affiliate office in Tokyo, Oblon is one of the largest law firms in the United States focused exclusively on intellectual property law.
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1968
Norman Oblon with Stanley Fisher and Marvin Spivak launched what was to become Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, LLP, one of the nation's leading full-service intellectual property law firms.
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Outside the US, we service companies based in Japan, France, Germany, Italy, Saudi Arabia, and farther corners of the world. Our culturally aware attorneys speak many languages, including Japanese, French, German, Mandarin, Korean, Russian, Arabic, Farsi, Chinese.
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Oblon's professionals provide industry-leading IP legal services to many of the world's most admired innovators and brands.
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Oblon, Spivak's Eric Schweibenz is quoted in the Dallas Business Journal about the ongoing ITC Investigation involving Spansion and Samsung
Oblon, Spivak's Eric Schweibenz is quoted in a news story about the ongoing International Trade Commission Investigation No. 337-TA-664 involving, among others, Spansion and Samsung. Mr. Schweibenz commented on the effect of ITC rulings in district court cases and the automatic stay provision set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 1659.
Dallas Business Journal, Thursday, November 4, 2010
Oblon, Spivak's Eric Schweibenz is quoted in The Wall Street Journal on ITC Pending Decision about Nokia Corp. and Apple Inc. Patents
Oblon, Spivak's Eric Schweibenz is quoted in a news story about the patent infringement trial between Apple Inc and Nokia Corp. Mr. Schweibenz commented on the International Trade Commission investigative staff's recommendation and statement that the judge should find Nokia did not infringe Apple's patents.
Wall Street Journal, 3 November 2010
Five Oblon, Spivak Attorneys Named To Washington, DC's Best Lawyers 2011
Alexandria, Va. (October 29, 2010) – Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P. is pleased to announce that seven partners have been named to Washington, DC's Best Lawyers in America® 2011 guide.
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Oblon Spivak Continues to Earn High Ratings from Ocean Tomo PatentRatings
Oblon, Spivak continues to earn high ratings from Ocean Tomo PatentRatings. Ocean Tomo rates patents, companies, and law firms for IAM Magazine'sweekly e-mails, rotating between eight different categories of patented technologies each week.
Federal Circuit Rules for Solvay Against Honeywell in Patent Infringement Lawsuit
Precedential decision clarifies area of law involving §102(g)(2) Alexandria, Va. (October 13, 2010) – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision on October 13, 2010 in Solvay S.A. v. Honeywell International, Inc. (2009-1161). In an unanimous opinion, the court reversed the ruling by the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware that claims 1, 5, 7, 10, and 11 of Solvay's U.S. Patent No. 6,730,817 (the ‘817 patent) were invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 102(g)(2), and affirmed the district court's decision that those claims were infringed by Honeywell. The Federal Circuit remanded the case to the district court for further proceedings.
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Oblon, Spivak Recognized as a Recommended Litigation Firm in Virginia by Benchmark Litigation
Alexandria, Va. (October 1, 2010) – The intellectual property law firm Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P. is pleased to announce that the firm will be recognized in the 2011 edition of "Benchmark Litigation: A Definitive Guide to America's Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys" as a recommended litigation firm in Virginia.
Oblon, Spivak Ranked a Best Law Firm for Intellectual Property Law by U.S. News & World Report
Alexandria, Va. – The intellectual property law firm Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P. is pleased to announce that the firm is ranked nationally for Intellectual Property Law in the Best Law Firms list, published by U.S. News & World Report in tandem with Best Lawyers. Additionally, the firm is ranked highly at the metropolitan level in Washington, D.C.
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Oblon, Spivak's Comments Submitted to USPTO Regarding Proposed Multi-Track Examination System
Dear Commissioner Stoll: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, LLP (Oblon Spivak) is an Intellectual Property specialty firm, which last year obtained over 4,000 U.S. patents for its clients. We are the U.S. I.P. firm for many U.S. and foreign-based companies, a number of which being transnational corporations that use U.S. Patents to protect their R&D investments in the U.S. market.
Oblon, Spivak's Chico Gholz quoted in Law360 – Fed. Circ. Won't Halt Interference Over Allvoice Patent
Charles "Chico" Gholz of Oblon, Spivak is quoted in the above article, regarding his client Advanced Voice Recognition Systems, Inc. (AVRS).
Law360, New York (August 04, 2010)
