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December 28, 2009
Fleischut Comments on North Face v. South Butt - In the December 28, 2009 issue of Missouri Lawyers Weekly, Senniger Powers attorney Paul Fleischut is quoted in the article "Clothing Giant Faces Down South Butt."
December 23, 2009
Crawford to Serve on Chase Advisory Board - Senniger Powers attorney David E. Crawford has been chosen to serve on the Board of Advisors of the Chase Transactional Law Practice Center (TLPC).
December 11, 2009
Federal Circuit Transfers In re Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. - In an ongoing trend, the Federal Circuit has transferred In re Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. out of the Eastern District of Texas, ruling that the plaintiffs had not satisfied the proper test for venue.
December 9, 2009
Patent Office Implements Pilot Program for Green Technologies - The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has launched a twelve-month pilot program to accelerate the processing of certain environmentally friendly patent applications.
December 9, 2009
New IDNs Affect Trademark Protection - On November 16, 2009, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) began offering Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs).
November 30, 2009
Jennifer Hoekel Comments on Pet Patent - In the November 29, 2009 issue of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Senniger Powers attorney Jennifer Hoekel is quoted in the article "Cat Litter Box Leads to Court Battle for St. Louis Pet Company."
November 17, 2009
Federal Circuit Dismisses Tafas Appeal - On November 13, 2009 the Federal Circuit, en banc, ordered the dismissal of the appeal in Tafas v. Kappos (case number 2008-1352).
November 12, 2009
William O'Neill Discusses Social Media - William O'Neill's article "Industry Insight: Social Media Creates Legal Maze for Businesses" appeared in the November 9, 2009 issue of the Springfield Business Journal.
November 11, 2009
Supreme Court Hears Bilski Arguments - On November 9, 2009 the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Bilski v. Kappos.
October 22, 2009
Senniger Powers Attorneys Recognized by Super Lawyers - Robert Evans, Paul Fleischut, and David Harlan were all named Super Lawyers in the 2009 issue of Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers.
October 19, 2009
William O'Neill Discusses Social Media in Business Journal - Attorney William O'Neill discusses trademark and copyright infringement as it relates to social media in the article "Social Media's Terms Limit IP Liabilities," appearing in the October 16, 2009 issue of the St. Louis Business Journal.
October 12, 2009
USPTO Rescinds Patent Regulations - USPTO Director David Kappos has rescinded controversial patent rules which were intended to reduce the backlog in patent applications, but were seen as unduly restrictive by patent applicants.
October 12, 2009
Federal Trade Commission Updates Rules for Product/Service Reviews and Endorsements - On October 5, 2009, the Federal Trade Commission announced that the FTC had approved final revisions to its guidelines regarding endorsements and product/service reviews.
October 7, 2009
Senniger Powers Co-Hosts Women's Self-Defense Seminar - Senniger Powers recently co-hosted a business women's seminar on "Women's Self-Protection: What You Need to Know."
October 5, 2009
USPTO Deputy Director Appointed - U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke has appointed Sharon Barner as deputy director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
September 29, 2009
Obama Nominates Espinel for IP Czar - President Barack Obama has nominated Victoria A. Espinel to be the first U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator.
September 28, 2009
Hearing on Google Books Deal Postponed - A judge has delayed a scheduled October 7 "fairness hearing" on Google Books, Google's project to create a digital database of freely available books.
September 19, 2009
Federal Circuit Applies Bilski Test in Prometheus Decision - Turnabout is fair play. In Prometheus Laboratories, Inc.v. Mayo Collaborative Services, the Federal Circuit bucked the recent trend of invalidating patents for lacking patent-eligible subject matter.
September 11, 2009
Court Overrules Trademark Office on Fraud Standard - On August 31, 2009, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals overruled the Trademark Trial and Appeals Board's decisions that a finding of fraud on the Trademark Office could be based on a false declaration of trademark use if the person signing the declaration "should have known" that the mark was not, in fact, being used on or in connection with the goods or services stated in the declaration.
September 11, 2009
Supreme Court to Hear Bilski Case - The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments on November 9, 2009 in the case of Bilski v. Kappos (previously Bilski v. Doll).
August 21, 2009
Senniger Attorneys Author National Law Journal Article on Genetic Patents - Attorneys Vincent Keil, Timothy McBride, and recent summer associate Eric Rakestraw are the authors of the article "Gene Challenge Raises Issues Beyond Patent Law" appearing in the August 17, 2009 issue of the National Law Journal.
August 12, 2009
Clarifying the Muddy Metaphysics of Joint Inventorship: Part II - Earlier this year, in Nartron Corp. v. Schukra U.S.A. Inc., 558 F.3d 1352 (Fed. Cir. 2009), the Federal Circuit clarified the contribution required for a person to be a named as a joint or co-inventor.
August 10, 2009
National Conference of Bar Presidents Elects Senniger's Crawford - Senniger Powers partner, Dave Crawford, was elected on August 1 to serve on the Executive Council of the National Conference of Bar Presidents for the next three years.
July 28, 2009
Senniger's Hoekel Published in ABA Journal - The article "The Woman Advocate Committee's Meeting Mentor Program" by attorney Jennifer Hoekel appears in the Summer 2009 issue of The Woman Advocate, a publication of the American Bar Association Section of Litigation.
July 22, 2009
Google AdWords Lawsuits Continue - Rosetta Stone, the world's leading language-learning software company, has sued search-engine giant Google for trademark infringement over Google's AdWords advertising program.
July 22, 2009
Tim McBride Discusses Gene Patents Lawsuit - The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other organizations have filed suit against the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Myriad Genetics, and the University of Utah over patents on two human genes.
July 13 2009
Appeal Filed in Downloading Case - Jammie Thomas-Rasset, who was ordered to pay $1.92 million for illegally downloading and distributing 24 songs, has filed an appeal, saying the "damages awarded are grossly in excess of any reasonable estimate" and that "even the plaintiffs were shocked by the verdict."
July 8, 2009
Federal Circuit to Rehear Case on PTO Rules Overhaul - On July 6, 2009, the Federal Circuit granted a petition to rehear Tafas v. Doll en banc.
July 1, 2009
Static Control Components v. Lexmark International: Patent Exhaustion Post Quanta - The precedential effects of the Supreme Court's ruling on patent exhaustion in Quanta Computer Inc. v. LG Electronics Inc., __ U.S. __, 128 S.Ct. 2109 (2008) continue to ripple through the Federal Courts.
June 30, 2009
Senniger Powers Sponsors Vegetable Garden at Kingdom House - Senniger Powers has sponsored a vegetable garden at Kingdom House, a social service agency near Downtown St. Louis that serves low-income families.
June 25, 2009
Tim McBride Discusses University of Iowa, Abbott Lawsuit in Biotech Transfer Week - Attorney Tim McBride is extensively quoted in the Biotech Transfer Week article "University of Iowa Sues Abbott Claiming Humira Manufacture Infringes CMV Promoter IP."
June 22, 2009
Jury Rules for RIAA in Downloading Case - A jury has ruled that a Minnesota woman who illegally downloaded and distributed 24 songs must pay $1.92 million in damages.
June 22, 2009
Obama to Nominate Kappos as USPTO Director - President Barack Obama plans to nominate David Kappos as the new Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
June 11, 2009
Facebook Trademark Alert - Facebook has just announced that its users will now be able to create personalized usernames for their Facebook pages that will translate into unique URL addresses (e.g., facebook.com/your_username).
June 10, 2009
Protecting Your IP Against Employee Mobility - As the economy struggles and employee mobility increases, what steps can you take to protect your firm's intellectual property? Senniger Powers attorney Michael Hartley explains here.
June 8, 2009
Federal Circuit KO's Scripps: Resolves Scope of Product-by-Process Claims - In Abbott Laboratories v. Sandoz, Inc., ___F.3d___, 2009 WL 1371410 (Fed. Cir. May 18, 2009), the Federal Circuit resolved a significant decisional conflict regarding the interpretation of product-by-process claims in determining infringement.
June 2, 2009
Tim McBride Quoted in Pharmacogenomics Reporter - Attorney Tim McBride is quoted in the article "Navigenics' Large-Scale Services Model, Not GeneChip Itself, at Issue in MIT/E8 Infringement Suit," in the May 27, 2009 issue of Pharmacogenomics Reporter.
May 28, 2009
Julie Jennings to Speak at McGill University - Attorney Julie Jennings will co-present a session on trademark law at McGill University in Montreal this summer.
May 28, 2009
Decline in Patent Filings Expected - A recent survey by the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) indicates that corporations may be filing fewer patent applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office in 2009 than in 2008.
May 15, 2009
Paul Fleischut Publishes Ethics Article - Attorney Paul Fleischut writes on "Analyzing Conflicts and the 'Hot-Potato' Rule" in the May 2009 issue of St. Louis Lawyer Magazine.
May 13, 2009
Committee Report Filed on Patent Reform Legislation - A report on the Patent Reform Act of 2009 was filed on May 12, 2009 by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.).
May 6, 2009
National Law Journal Reports Midsize, Midwest Law Firms Are a Good Choice in a Bad Economy - As discussed in recent articles in the National Law Journal and IPLaw360, many clients of large, urban firms are opting to transfer their business to smaller Midwest firms.
April 29, 2009
Julie Jennings Serves on "No Artist Left Behind" Committee - Attorney Julie Jennings is serving on the new "No Artist Left Behind" committee as part of her work with St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts (VLAA).
April 27, 2009
IP Handbook on Twitter - The IP Handbook of Best Practices, a publication of the Public Intellectual Property Resources for Agriculture (PIPRA), is now available on Twitter.
April 13, 2009
Use of Special Masters Results in Fewer Appeals in Patent Cases - The Federal Judicial Center has released a study concluding that patent cases using special masters result in fewer appeals and reversals than other patent cases.
April 6, 2009
Patent Reform Bill Amended - On April 2, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved an amended patent reform bill by a 15-4 margin.
April 3, 2009
Senniger Powers Using Twitter - Senniger Powers now has a presence on the networking site Twitter. Twitter is a so-called "micro-blogging" portal that has become an extremely popular and influential networking site for many Internet users.
March 31, 2009
House Passes Bill on Pilot Program for Patent Judges - On March 17, 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill "to establish a pilot program in certain United States district courts to encourage enhancement of expertise in patent cases among district judges."
March 26, 2009
Federal Circuit Hands Down Significant "Inventorship" Decision - Joint inventorship has been described as "one of muddiest concepts in the muddy metaphysics of the patent law."
March 23, 2009
Federal Circuit Sides with PTO on Rule Changes - On March 20, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled in favor of the PTO with respect to three of the four new rules the PTO sought to implement before plaintiffs Tafas, Smithkline Beecham, and others, with strong support from the patent community, obtained a preliminary injunction in spring 2008 blocking the rules.
March 20, 2009
Hearings on Patent Reform Legislation Delayed over Damages Provisions - On March 19, 2009, the U.S. Senate Panel considering the Patent Law Reform legislation introduced this month by Sen. Arlen Specter and others decided to delay further hearings to allow more preliminary consideration of the provisions of the legislation relating to damages which can be awarded for patent infringement.
March 19, 2009
Federal District Court Affirms Decision for Premier Election Solutions - On March 18, 2009, a magistrate judge in U.S. District Court for the Eastern district of Missouri issued an order affirming the jury's determination in favor of Premier Election Solutions, Inc. that all of the asserted claims in Avante International's U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,892,944 and 7,077,313 are invalid.
March 18, 2009
Federal District Court Affirms Decision for Premier Election Solutions - On March 18, 2009, Judge Mummert in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri issued an order affirming the jury's verdict in favor of Premier Election Solutions, Inc. that all of the asserted claims in Avante International's U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,892,944 and 7,077,313 are invalid.
March 16, 2009
Senate Hearing Held on Patent Reform Act of 2009 - The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on March 10, 2009 on the recently introduced Patent Reform Act of 2009, S. 515 . The witness list included Steven R. Appleton, Chairman and CEO of Micron Technology, Inc, Philip S. Johnson, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel of Johnson & Johnson, David J. Kappos, Vice President and Assistant General Counsel of International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation, Taraneh Maghame, Vice President of Tessera, Inc., Herbert C. Wamsley, Executive Director of the Intellectual Property Owners (IPO) Association, and Mark A. Lemley, Professor of Law at Stanford Law School.
March 13, 2009
Pure Power® for Senniger Powers Removes 43 Annual Tons of CO2
March 10, 2009
Patent Reform Reintroduced in House and Senate - On March 3, 2009, major patent law reform bills were introduced in both the House and Senate.
March 5, 2009
Jennifer Hoekel Profiled in Midwest CEO Magazine - Attorney Jennifer Hoekel is profiled in the March 2009 issue of Midwest CEO.
March 2, 2009
David Harlan and Paul Fleischut Quoted on St. Louis IP Practice in the St. Louis Business Journal - David Harlan and Paul Fleischut are quoted in the February 27, 2009 issue of the St. Louis Business Journal in the article "IP Practices See Boost from Cost-cutters."
March 1, 2009
Justice O'Connor Underscores Role of Independent Judiciary in St. Louis Bar Address - On February 25, 2009, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor addressed the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL) during the inaugural Danforth - Eagleton lecture to benefit the new Judicial Learning Center.
February 27, 2009
USPTO Considers Deferred Examination Procedure - Faced with a backlog of over 770,000 patent applications, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is considering a deferred examination procedure.
February 20, 2009
Firm Successfully Argues Case for Premier Election Solutions, Inc. - In a February 9, 2009 verdict in Avante International Technology Corporation v. Premier Election Solutions, Inc. et al., argued on behalf of Premier by Senniger Powers' Robert Evans, Jennifer Hoekel, and Sara Gillette, a federal jury in U.S. District Court found all of the asserted patent claims in Avante's U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,892,944 and 7,077,313 to be invalid.
February 18, 2009
Janet Hendrickson Named Top St. Louis Lawyer for Your Small Business - St. Louis Small Business Monthly has named Janet Hendrickson as a Top St. Louis Lawyer for Your Small Business.
February 12, 2009
Olin Cup Winners Announced - The developers of Virtual Nerd, an interactive, multimedia tutoring website, were the winners of Washington University's 2008 Olin Cup competition for entrepreneurs.
February 10, 2009
Legislation relating to generic drugs has recently been introduced into the House and Senate. - S. 369, the Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act, was introduced on February 3, 2009 and would make it illegal for brand-name drug companies to compensate generic drug companies for delaying entry of a generic drug into the market.
February 9, 2009
Missouri Lawyers Weekly Ranks Senniger Powers Trademark Verdict among Top Regional Verdicts from 2008 - The Senniger Powers verdict in Virginia E. Johnson v. UHS of Delaware, Inc ranks #8 among Missouri's biggest business-related cases of 2008 and #11 among the top plaintiffs' verdicts from 2008, according to Missouri Lawyers Weekly.
February 8, 2009
Inventors Bernard Bilski and Rand Warsaw File a Petition for Writ of Certiorari - On January 28, 2009, inventors Bernard Bilski and Rand Warsaw filed a petition for writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court asking for review of the Federal Circuit's recent In re Bilski decision restating the standards which business methods must meet to be patentable.
February 4, 2009
John Roedel and Michael Godar Named Best Lawyers - Senniger Powers attorneys John_Roedel and Michael Godar are among the 18 intellectual property attorneys named in St. Louis Magazine's annual list of Best Lawyers.
January 22, 2009
Legislation to Initiate Patent Pilot Program Introduced in House and Senate - On January 22, 2009, both the House and Senate introduced bills to initiate a pilot program designed to increase the expertise of judges hearing patent cases.
January 20, 2009
Jennifer Hoekel Selected as St. Louis Business Journal "40 Under 40" Award Winner - Senniger Powers attorney Jennifer Hoekel was selected as one of the St. Louis Business Journal's "40 Under 40" award winners for 2009.
January 14, 2009
Julie Jennings Chairs Trademark Disputes Program - On January 14, 2009, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL) and the International Trademark Association (INTA) cosponsored "Effective Mediation Techniques for Trademark Disputes."
January 5, 2009
Senniger Powers mourns Donald Leavitt, attorney for 56 years — Senniger Powers mourns the death of its long-time partner Donald Leavitt , who passed away December 31, 2008.