Erise IP is pleased to announce partner Marshall Honeyman will once again speak at FABTECH on patent rights in metal forming on November 13, in Chicago.

Patents are becoming a bigger part in the metal processing world. Honeyman’s presentation will focus on how metal manufacturers can benefit by establishing internal practices, which help companies identify patentable systems and processes, as well as avoiding infringement of the patents of others. In addition, he will discuss how to deal with patent issues using industry related hypotheticals as teaching points and how metal manufactures can establish clear ownership of their intellectual property.

Held November 11-14, 2019, FABTECH is North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing event.

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 “directed to a recommendation engine that generates a user profile based on a user’s interests and suggests content based on similar user profiles.”

What’s more is that the PTAB denied institution the day prior of another IPR petition filed against the same patent by a major music business.

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, and the Particularity Requirement for both Self-Termed Definitions and Catch-All grounds, all through the lens of how recent cases have shaped the way IPRs are approached.

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 post-graduate employment.

Each year roughly 1,500 law students register for the program, submit their application materials, and apply for interviews with the law firms that interest them.

As part of the firm’s growth strategy, Hart and Mudd will be interviewing students for summer associate positions for 2020.

Erise IP is pleased to announce shareholder Jennifer Bailey will host a webinar at 11 am on Thursday, July 25, on “Winning at §112: The Language of Patents.”

Bailey, along with her two cohosts, will inform attorneys on what the future may look like in light of possible reforms. In addition, they’ll discuss best practices of tried and true methods and techniques to win, and they’ll provide tools to help attorneys mitigate filing errors before they happen.

Earlier this year, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issue new Section 112 guidance, which underscore several questions relating to § 112 analysis, specifically computer-implemented inventions.

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 patent that is “directed to receiving media content formatted for a mobile device having a small screen and upconverting it for a larger external display.”

The patent has also been asserted in litigation against Best Buy, Kohl’s and Roku.

Erise IP partner Carrie Bader will present on Friday, July 19, at the Kansas Women Attorneys Association 30th Annual Conference held in Lindsborg, Kansas.

Bader’s presentation, “Trademark Basics,” will cover the basics of trademark protection and whether it makes sense for a business to seek trademark protection.

Held on the campus of Bethany College, the Kansas Women Attorneys Association Annual Conference has been held in Lindsborg for more than 25 years and features nationally recognized keynote speakers including Pulitzer Prize winning columnists, a New York Times columnist, and a former Tenth Circuit Chief Judge.

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 $20,000,” the reason is “drafting a comprehensive patent for a tech startup requires at least 40 hours of a highly educated patent attorney.”

She explains, “A patent attorney is the only field of law that requires us to have a science or engineering degree. So for example, one of my associates has a PhD in computer science from a top five school. We’re in a field that requires really smart people, and there aren’t that many of them. And so it’s expensive.”

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 long as the defendant gets organized, and develops a plan of attack, the defendant can successfully leverage its response to not just defeat the motion, but to put itself in a position to get an early victory in the case.”

Erise IP partner Megan Redmond will attend and present at the upcoming Association of Intellectual Property Firms Annual Meeting held September 22-24, in Alexandria, Virginia, where she will present on changing venue requirements for patent litigation.

Where to file a patent litigation lawsuit is an important issue for patent litigators. Venue requirements are strict, especially in view of recent case law, and motions to dismiss the litigation because of improper venue are more common.

Redmond will focus on venue requirements and practical issues that attorneys need to be aware of to avoid dismissal or (as the defendant’s counsel) possibly obtain dismissal.

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