Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property

Paul W. Garrity, Amanda Zablocki | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

False patent marking claims under 35 U.S.C. § 292, claims that unpatented products or services have been mislabeled, have been the scourge of corporate counsel for the past two years. Recent rulings from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (the federal appeals court with...

Intellectual Property

Robert S. Berezin, Lucy E. Muzzy | Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

When a former employee/inventor of one company joins the competition to launch a new product line, patent litigation typically ensues. The plaintiff often alleges that its former employee turned competitor has infringed the same patents that name him or her as an inventor. In the usual patent...

Intellectual Property

John P. Barry | Proskauer

Editor: Please tell us about your background. Barry: I am a graduate of Harvard University and Boston University School of Law. I have been practicing law for 17 years and joined Proskauer's Newark office six years ago. Over the last decade, I have worked on restrictive covenant matters,...