Six IP New Year’s Resolutions to Adopt in 2022
By Megan Redmond New Year’s resolutions aren’t just for one’s personal growth. In the new year, your company also has an opportunity to become the best version of itself. Here are six straightforward steps you can take to better protect your ideas and innovations…all less arduous than the Whole 30 diet: Train engineers and front-line […]
Adam Sandwell Provides Tips and Tricks for Prior Art Searching at Firm Learning Lunch
Erise IP technical advisor Adam Sandwell recently led a Learning Lunch discussion about the firm’s strategy when searching for prior art. In his role, Sandwell conducts research and analysis for intellectual property cases and assists Erise attorneys when trying to invalidate patents on behalf of clients. During the presentation, Sandwell discussed methods of searching for […]
USPTO Institutes Another Unified Patents IPR
Erise IP partner Eric Buresh continued the firm’s trend of success for Unified Patents with another recent institution of an IPR by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The patent generally relates to techniques for encoding and decoding digital video data using macroblocks. Erise argued the technique for encoding and decoding the patent owner […]
PTAB Institutes Trial on Video Compression IPR
Led by partners Eric Buresh and Jason Mudd and associate Chris Schmidt, Erise IP is pleased to announce the Patent Trial and Appeal Board has instituted a trial for all challenged claims in an inter partes review filed on behalf of Unified Patents against GE Video Compression, LLC (GEVC) – a General Electric company. The patent in […]
Erise IP Secures Successful IPR Institution on Behalf of Unified Patents
Erise IP is pleased to announce the Patent Trial and Appeal Board has instituted a trial for all challenged claims in an inter partes review filed on behalf of Unified Patents against a non-practicing entity. Led by partners Jason Mudd and Eric Buresh and associate Michelle Callaghan, Erise IP filed the IPR on a patent that is […]
Hunter Horton Provides IPR Drafting Tips in Law360 Article
Erise IP associate Hunter Horton recently authored an article for Law360 where he provides four things to consider when drafting a successful inter partes review. Horton writes, “Some well-known and abundantly discussed hurdles derive from Sections 314(a), 315(b) and 325(d) of the Patent Act.” In his article, he discusses the One-Year Time Bar, Discretionary Denial, […]
Erise IP to Participate in the Loyola Patent Law Interview Program
Erise IP is happy to participate again this year in the Loyola Patent Law Interview Program where partners Paul Hart and Jason Mudd will travel to Chicago on July 25-26. The Loyola Patent Law Interview Program brings together patent law employers and law students from across the country to interview for summer associate positions and […]
Erise IP Obtains Another Successful IPR Institution on Behalf of Unified Patents
Erise IP is pleased to announce the Patent Trial and Appeal Board has instituted a trial for all challenged claims in an inter partes review filed on behalf of Unified Patents against a non practicing entity. Led by partners Jason Mudd and Eric Buresh and associate Kelly Hughes, Erise IP filed the IPR on a […]
Jennifer Bailey Discusses Why Obtaining a Patent is Important to a Startup
Erise IP shareholder Jennifer Bailey recently sat down with Startland News to discuss why startups need to invest in patenting their ideas. While the return on investment isn’t immediate, “it’s the only way to save a company’s product from being plagiarized,” she said. Bailey notes that while patent applications can cost “anywhere between $10,000 to […]
Cliff Brazen Provides Tips for Tackling a Preliminary Injunction Proceeding
Erise IP associate Cliff Brazen recently authored an article for Intellectual Property Magazine that examines how a well-defended preliminary injunction motion can tank the plaintiff’s case and put the defendant in the fast lane to resolving a lawsuit in a matter of months rather than years. Brazen writes, “a PI will often throw a patent defendant off guard. So […]
