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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, Spivak's Richard Kelly Quoted in Business on Main Regarding the Impact of the New Patent Reform Bill
Oblon, Spivak's Richard Kelly is quoted in a recent news article regarding the impact of the new patent reform bill. Mr. Kelly commented that most large corporations and entrepreneurial high-tech organizations are already wired to file patents as quickly as possible. "Fundamentally, the U.S. is just one slice of major world markets. Active patent filers in the U.S. know not to risk the loss of patent rights in other countries or diminish the value of their patents by delaying U.S. filings. Further, in cases involving a dispute between two parties regarding who was first to invent, the party who was first to file usually wins anyway."
Business on Main, September 27, 2011
President Obama signed H.R. 1249 on Friday, September 16th
President Obama signed into law the "America Invents Act" on Friday, September 16, 2011 at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia. The America Invents Act as passed by the House of Representatives was approved by the U.S. Senate last week. This means that all statutory US PTO fees will be subject to a 15% surcharge beginning on September 26, 2011.
PTO Fee Increases Effective 9/26/2011
A Listing of PTO Fee Increases Effective 9/26/2011 can be found at the following link:
Five Oblon Spivak Attorneys Named To Best Lawyers 2012
For Immediate Release September 15, 2011 Alexandria, Va –Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P. is pleased to announce that five partners have been named to the 2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Charles L. Gholz, Gregory J. Maier, Gerald J. Mossinghoff, Arthur I. Neustadt and Norman F. Oblon are all recognized as among the best in Intellectual Property Law. Best Lawyers is widely regarded as the preeminent referral source to the legal profession in the United States.
Senate passes the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
It was announced yesterday evening that the "Leahy-Smith America Invents Act" (H.R. 1249) has been passed by both houses of congress and sent to President Obama for signature. The President has stated that he will sign the bill into law which we expect to occur in the next few days.
