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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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Clarification of the Proper Use of Extrinsic Evidence in Claim Interpretation: Vitronics Revisited
In the recent case of Pitney Bowes, Inc. v. Hewlett-Packard Co., 51 U.S.P.Q.2d 1161 (Fed. Cir. 1999), the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit clarified when courts may properly consult extrinsic evidence when interpreting patent claim language.
Statement of Gregory J. Maier Presented For The American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law
Re: PTO Notice of Public Hearing and Request for Comments on Issues Related To The Identification of Prior Art During the Examination of a Patent Application, (Federal Register, May 27, 1999, Vol. 64, No. 102)
Statement of the Honorable Gerald J. Mossinghoff to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: Notice of Public Hearing and Request for Comments – Issues Related to the Identification of Prior Art During t
Statement of the Honorable Gerald J. Mossinghoff to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Regarding the PTO Notice of Public Hearing and Request for Comments on Issues Related to the Identification of Prior Art During the Examination of a Patent Application (Federal Register, May 27, 1999, Vol. 64, No. 102)
The Potential Effect of Dickinson v. Zurko on Appeals from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
The Potential Effect of Dickinson v. Zurko on Appeals from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board by David J. Kera On June 10, 1999, the Supreme Court held, in a 6-3 decision, that the proper standard for review by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit of decisions of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences was the standard set forth in the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. §706.
REDSKINS Decision Issued By The U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
The full opinion of the PTO's Trademark Trial and Appeal Board in Harjo v. Pro Football Inc. is available by clicking on the PDF link above.
REDSKINS Decision Commentary: The Redskins Case: Trademark Law & Post Modernism
The Trademark Trial & Appeal Board ["TTAB"] issued its decision in Harjo v. Pro Football Inc. on April 2, 1999 culminating some six years of contentiousness between the parties over several trademarks of the Washington Redskins football organization consisting of or including the word REDSKINS.
Oblon, Spivak's Trademark Practice Group Responds To World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) Request For Comments On Internet Domain Names
The Trademark Practice Group of Oblon, Spivak has filed a detailed response to the World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) Request for Comments (RFC-3) relating to the Internet Domain Name Process.
AFG Industries, Inc. and Asahi Glass Company, Ltd., v. Cardinal IG Company, Inc., and Andersen Windows, Inc., 98-1375
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT NOTICE OF ENTRY OF JUDGMENT ACCOMPANIED BY OPINION OPINION FILED AND JUDGMENT ENTERED: 01/05/99 The attached opinion announcing the judgment of the court in your case was filed and judgment was entered on the date indicated above. The mandate will be issued in due course.
First Interference Involving 11 Patents–Such Interferences Offer Economic Benefits To Patent Owners
The intellectual property law firm Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C., announced today that it is handling an interference that involves 11 patents. Never before has there been an interference involving this many patents, and the economic implications will be of interest to all patent owners.
Patent And Trademark Office's Campaign To Relax Judicial Review Of Its Decisions Soundly Rejected By The Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit
In a major decision on May 4, 1998 -- In re Zurko, No. 96-1258 (Fed. Cir. 1998) -- a unanimous twelve-judge Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit soundly rejected the Patent and Trademark Office's concerted efforts to lower the Court's standard of review of findings of fact by the Patent and Trademark Office ("PTO") Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences ("BPAI").
