Erise IP is pleased to announce Mark Lang has joined the ranks of shareholder. With his promotion, the intellectual property law boutique grows its number of partners to 11 between its Overland Park, Kansas, headquarters and Denver office.

Lang is based in Erise’s Overland Park office and focuses his practice on litigation of complex intellectual property cases. He has played a key role in the firm’s victories on behalf of video game clients Electronic Arts and Ubisoft, and network monitoring clients Netscout and Sandvine.

Erise IP shareholders Eric Buresh and Megan Redmond successfully defended a challenge at the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on behalf of FanDuel and DraftKings where the plaintiff alleged the Patent Trial and Appeal Board incorrectly invalidated claims.

Law360 reported on the outcome noting, “The three-judge panel called the claim construction flaw a ‘harmless error’ because substantial evidence still supports the board’s finding that the claims in [the plaintiff’s] patent were obvious over prior art.”

A year ago, Erise went 4-for-4 in IPRs on behalf of FanDuel and DraftKings, and the decision by the Federal Circuit focused on one of the IPRs dealing with authorizing play based on a users age.

Erise IP is pleased to announce that Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers has recognized seven of its shareholders in its latest annual guide.

The guide, which is published by Thomson Reuters, named Adam Seitz, Eric Buresh, Jennifer Bailey, Michelle Marriott, Jason Mudd and Marshall Honeyman as Super Lawyers and recognized Carrie Bader among the Rising Stars.

Bailey is listed by Super Lawyers for the first time after being recognized on the Rising Stars list from 2010 to 2016. She was recognized for Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Litigation.

Buresh and Seitz were honored for the seventh consecutive year in Intellectual Property, while it’s the second consecutive for Honeyman.

In Intellectual Property Litigation, it marks the ninth straight year for Mudd and the third consecutive for Marriott that they were included on the Super Lawyers list while Bader was selected to the Rising Stars list for the third year in a row.

Up to 5 percent of attorneys in each state are named as Super Lawyers, and up to 2.5 percent are named Rising Stars. The selection process includes peer nominations, third-party research and an evaluation by a panel of attorneys.

The lists, which are published nationwide in Super Lawyers magazines and in leading city and regional magazines and newspapers across the country, serve as a resource for attorneys and consumers seeking legal counsel.

Super Lawyers 

Eric Buresh, 2013 – 2019, Rising Stars 2009
Intellectual Property

Jennifer Bailey, 2019, Rising Stars 2010 – 2016
Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Litigation

Marshall Honeyman, 2005, 2018-2019
Intellectual Property

Michelle Marriott, 2017 – 2019
Intellectual Property Litigation

Jason Mudd, 2011 – 2019, Rising Stars 2014 – 2015
Intellectual Property Litigation

Adam  Seitz, 2013 – 2019, Rising Stars 2010 – 2012
Intellectual Property

Rising Stars

Carrie Bader, 2017 – 2019
Intellectual Property Litigation

Erise IP shareholders Eric Buresh and Jason Mudd and associate Hunter Horton secured a victory on behalf of Unified Patents after the Patent Trial and Appeal Board issued a final written decision that numerous claims of a non-practicing entity’s patent are invalid.

The patent at the center of the IPR relates to a “system, apparatus, and methods for proactive allocation of wireless communication resources.” It has also been asserted in the Eastern District of Texas against two large telecommunications companies.

Buresh, Mudd, and Horton were able to successfully demonstrate that the claims would have been obvious over the prior art at the time the alleged invention was made.

Erise IP is pleased to announce the addition of Jocelyn Ram as senior counsel, where she focuses her practice on electromechanical, mechanical, and software technologies, with particular expertise in medical technologies.

Before joining Erise, Ram spent a combined 12 years at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and 6 years in private practice at a mid-sized intellectual property law firm in Washington, D.C. Upon her departure from the USPTO, Ram most recently held the position of speechwriter for USPTO Director Andrei Iancu and Deputy Director Laura Peter, where she drafted remarks for more than 60 events, including 18 keynotes for external legal conferences. In addition, Ram worked closely with top executives and senior staff from across the USPTO in preparing for these events.

“Jocelyn brings a wealth of knowledge and a unique perspective to Erise and our clients,” said Jennifer Bailey, a shareholder in Erise IP’s Kansas City office. “Her experience as a primary patent examiner provides insights into the examination process that will be instrumental in acquiring valid patents with meaningful claim scope for our clients.”

In addition to her time as a speechwriter and patent examiner, Ram also spent 1½ years as a patent business analyst in the Office of International Patent Cooperation, where she collaborated on work-sharing initiatives with international patent offices. As a lead member of the Global Dossier development team, she helped improved this patent prosecution tool and presented numerous training seminars to internal and external audiences.

Ram was exposed to intellectual property law at a young age by her father, an inventor and patent attorney. She earned her bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering from Cornell University and master’s in communications & technology from Georgetown University, which provide a strong foundation for both understanding the technical and legal aspects of patent law and for expertly communicating this subject matter to diverse audiences. Ram earned her law degree from Boston University School of Law.

Erise IP is proud to sponsor the sixth annual Corporate IP Strategy Conference hosted by Unified Patents on November 6, at Santa Clara University School of Law.

Shareholders Abran Kean and Jason Mudd will hear from intellectual property leaders from the USPTO, Facebook, Google, Sony, Twitter, Mozilla, Ecobee, NetApp and Uber as well as more than 40 in-house attorneys on topics that include IP & Innovation at the USPTO, How to Innovate in Open Source, the Patent Quality Initiative and KPIs for IP in Emerging Companies.

Erise IP shareholder Abran Kean earned a place in the National Law Journal’s third annual Elite Boutique Trailblazers class.

In recognizing Kean, the National Law Journal published a profile on him, highlighting how he and a number of attorneys saw an opportunity to serve clients better and conduct defense work more efficiently, which led them creating Erise IP. The NLJ also highlighted how inter partes review has become a focal point of his practice.

For the honor, the National Law Journal said it selected attorneys considered agents of change, including those who have made significant marks on the practice, policy and technological advancements

Click here to view the National Law Journal’s 2019 Elite Boutique Trailblazers edition, which includes a profile on Kean.

Erise IP is pleased to announce it has once again earned the distinction of U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” for 2020.

The firm earned a Metropolitan Tier 1 ranking in Kansas City-KS for the practice area of Litigation – Intellectual Property.

Earlier this year, partners Adam Seitz and Marshall Honeyman were recognized by The Best Lawyers in America for Litigation – Intellectual Property.  It was the fifth and fourth straight year of individual inclusion for Seitz and Honeyman, respectively.

Erise IP partner Marshall Honeyman recently authored an article for The Fabricator’s October 2019 issue on whether metal manufacturers should pursue a patent or not.

He delves into the complexities of patent rights being lost due to public disclosures, sales, or offers for sale. In addition, he discusses who owns the patent if a product or system is the result of a collaborative effort. Maintaining the invention as a trade secret as an alternative to patenting is also discussed.

Honeyman will be presenting on patent rights in metal forming on November 13, in Chicago at FABTECH.

Erise IP is pleased to announce shareholder Jennifer Bailey was named to the inaugural Top 50 Women in PTAB Trials list by the PTAB Bar Association.

The list recognizes both private-practicing and in-house female practitioners who have appeared in the largest number of PTAB trial proceedings since 2012.

Bailey was chosen by Garmin to be lead counsel on the first inter partes review (IPR) ever filed with the U.S. Patent Office, and in the years since she has represented petitioners and patent owners on numerous IPRs with an almost 100% win rate.

Bailey will be featured in the PTAB Bar Association’s upcoming report on Women at the PTAB, which studies gender diversity at law firms and companies participating in PTAB proceedings. The list was released by the PTAB Bar Association’s Women’s Committee as part of a two-year long focus on women practicing before PTAB.