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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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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued final rules implementing the inventor's oath or declaration provisions of the America Invents Act (AIA) on August 14, 2012.
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"Team Oblon Spivak" participates in the 2011 Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure®
F ifty employees from Oblon, Spivak joined over 40,000 people on Saturday, June 4, 2011 in the 22nd running of the Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure® in Washington, D.C. to help support the fight against breast cancer. Three Oblon, Spivak employees finished in the top 100 of the men's division of the "run" portion of the event, out of several thousand runners!
Oblon, Spivak Launches Protecting Designs Law Blog
Alexandria, Va. (May 26, 2011) – The law firm of Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P. announces the launch of its Protecting Designs Blog (www.protectingdesigns.com), to serve as a forum on matters involving the protection and enforcement of industrial design rights in the U.S. The blog will help users stay current with newly filed litigations involving design patents and trade dress infringements, recent decisions, helpful practice tips, and news. Further, it will serve as a resource for quick access to relevant statutes, rules and procedures, and relevant websites.
IP Today, May 26, 2011
Federal Circuit Changes Standards to Make it More Difficult to Prove Inequitable Conduct
On May 25, 2011, the Federal Circuit released its long-awaited en banc decision in Therasense, Inc. v. Becton Dickinson and Co. (Appeal No. 2008-1511), in which it raised the standard for proving inequitable conduct and rendering a patent unenforceable. The decision makes it more difficult for accused infringers to prove the two elements required for inequitable conduct, namely (i) that the patent applicant withheld "material" information (i.e., important or relevant information) from the patent examiner, or the applicant submitted material information that was false or misleading, and (ii) the applicant intended to deceive the Patent Office by withholding material information or submitting the material information that was false or misleading.
USPTO to Expand the Enhanced First Action Interview Pilot Program
The U.S. PTO recently announced it is expanding the Enhanced First Action Interview Pilot Program to include all utility applications in all technology art areas and all filing dates, and that this program will continue until May 16, 2012.
