Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property

Eric Grondahl | McCarter & English, LLP

Editor: Please describe your practice area. Is there a concentration of McCarter’s IP practice in the Hartford office? Grondahl: My own practice is a nearly even split of prosecution and patent litigation. The firm as a whole has over 70 IP attorneys, and in Hartford we have eight IP/IT...

Intellectual Property

John DiMatteo, Amir R. Ghavi | Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

On September 16, 2011, President Obama signed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (H.R. 1249) (the “America Invents Act” or the “Act”), enacting the most significant update to U.S. patent law in over 50 years. In its own words, Congress passed the legislation to...

Intellectual Property

Randy Lipsitz, Richard Moss, Aaron Frankel | Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

While there have been various changes to U.S. patent law in the years since the last significant revamping of the U.S. patent system in 1952, not any have been as sweeping in scope as the changes that recently became law through the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (H.R. 1249). With campaign-style...