• Shawn Leppo to co-chair McNees’ Intellectual Property Group

    He practices in the Intellectual Property, Patent Division, and International Law Groups in the Harrisburg, PA office. His practice includes all aspects of intellectual property law, with a focus on patent counseling and litigation. Shawn has been named a Rising Star three times by Pennsylvania Super …

     
  • US Sen. Orrin Hatch announces retirement after 7th term

    … Hatch has helped pass the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. He also played a crucial role establishing the framework for regulations and production of generic drugs with the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act.

     
  • Sweet & Maxwell – Online Bookstore

    Patent Law in Australia Second Edition continues to be an indispensible guide to obtaining, maintaining, enforcing and challenging the validity of patents in Australia. Balancing both the practical nature of Australian Patent Office processes and in-depth analysis of statute and case law, Patent Law in …

     
  • Orrin Hatch, longest-serving Republican senator, won’t seek re-election

    With Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont, he has pushed through key changes to patent law. And in 2013, Hatch was one of 14 Senate Republicans who voted for immigration legislation that would have provided a path to legal permanent residency for some undocumented immigrants.

     
  • Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch announces he will not seek re-election

    With Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont, he’s pushed through key changes to patent law. And in 2013, Mr. Hatch was one of 14 Senate Republicans who voted for immigration legislation that would have provided a path to legal permanent residency for some undocumented immigrants.

     
  • Toronto designer claims Toys”R”Us selling copies of her clothes

    Paul Banwatt, an intellectual property lawyer with Gilbert’s LLP in Toronto, said in general, copyright laws in fashion and design aren’t as clear-cut as other sectors, especially when it comes to the shape of a product. He said while a designers can and should register a copyright on an image,... Continue reading

     
  • Orrin Hatch, Longest-Serving GOP Senator, Won’t Seek Re-Election

    With Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont, he’s pushed through key changes to patent law. And in 2013, Hatch was one of 14 Senate Republicans who voted for immigration legislation that would have provided a path to legal permanent residency for some undocumented immigrants.

     
  • Big Law Harms Society

    Notably missing from this discussion is the idea that working for Big Law harms society. …. As they becomes more powerful, they become capable of undermining the fail-safes set up against these tendencies (e.g. weakening antitrust laws and enforcement, strengthening intellectual property law, etc.).

     
  • Womble Bond Dickinson Lands Patent Pro—and Other ‘On the Move’ News

    Before joining Taylor English in 2015, DeCarlo spent 20 years at Ballard Spahr (formerly local IP boutique Needle & Rosenberg), where he similarly headed the mechanical and medical device practice groups. He is also an adjunct professor of intellectual property and IP licensing law at Georgia State …

     
  • Court of Appeal finds modified mark likely to cause confusion

    Court of Appeal finds modified mark likely to cause confusion  World Trademark Review (blog) Full coverage