patent litigation

Duane Morris LLP is pleased to announce that client Cisco Systems, Inc., a leading global provider of networking products and services, has announced that the firm has been designated the winner of its Litigation Counsel of the Year Award for 2011 as a result of Duane Morris' work for Cisco on patent litigation matters.

October 7, 2011 (Mountain View, CA) – Corporate Counsel, the nation’s leading publication for general counsel and in-house attorneys, recently released the results of its 2011 “Who Represents America’s Biggest Companies” survey of outside counsel.

The national law firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP announces that Patrick L. Patras has joined the firm as a Partner in its Intellectual Property Practice Group. He will practice in Hinshaw’s Chicago office. Previously, Mr. Patras was a Partner with Jenner & Block in Chicago. 

Roetzel is pleased to announce that Evan A. Raynes, Partner, has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Raynes has extensive experience as an intellectual property lawyer, including several years as a partner at a large intellectual property law firm.

The U. S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has again confirmed the validity of an MIT patent, U. S. Patent 4,916,635 (‘635), licensed to Convolve, Inc.

The U. S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has again concluded the validity of a Convolve, Inc. patent in its second reexamination of U. S. patent No. 6,314,473, issuing a reexamination certificate to Convolve of Armonk, NY on July 20.  The reexamination request was the second one filed by Seagate Technologies, LLC and led to the second confirmation of the ‘473 patent claims.