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Patent Attorneys from Marger Johnson to Join Miller Nash Graham & Dunn
Our intellectual property team is pleased to announce that six attorneys from Marger Johnson, a well-respected 32-year-old patent law firm, will be joining our firm’s IP practice on July 1, 2018. We are looking forward to welcoming the following pate...
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Replacement Parts Manufacturer Gets Burned: Music City Metals Co., Inc. v. Jingchang Cai
Music City Metals (MCM) built a thriving business designing and selling replacement parts for name-brand BBQ grills. Too good, it turns out, as a number of foreign competitors also jumped into the game, copying MCM’s own replacement parts and selling...
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Alicia Bell and Carla Quisenberry Published in Oregon Beer Growler: Protecting Your Brewery’s Intellectual Property Can Pay Off in a Big Way
Although brewing is a collegial industry, brewery competition does grow tighter, and there's a growing interesting in protecting brands—and even innovative beer recipes and processes—as intellectual property. In an article for Oregon Beer Growle...
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The Supreme Court Tells PTAB “All or Nothing”: SAS Institute v. Iancu
The Supreme Court recently issued an opinion that will increase the certainty for parties to a patent dispute of whether the validity of challenged claims will be decided in a post-grant review process or federal court. SAS Institute v. Iancu involve...
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The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Effective May 25, 2018, Will Impact Many United States Businesses
Who: United States businesses that process (i.e., collect, store, or transmit) the personal information of EU residents in connection with offering goods or services in the EU (online or otherwise) are subject to the GDPR, regardless of whether the b...
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Copyright and Software: Oracle v. Google
In the blockbuster case of Oracle v. Google, the Federal Circuit has once again questioned the role of juries in deciding technical issues, this time in the context of fair use of copyrighted software. Oracle sued Google in 2010 after acquiring Sun M...
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