Klarquist is proud to celebrate its 75th anniversary today. Our firm was founded by solo practitioner, Elmer A. Buckhorn, who logged the firm’s first patent matter on August 26, 1941. By 1947, business had increased enough that a second partner, Orme Cheatham, joined the firm, and by the end of the 1950s the firm had five partners, […]
Klarquist is proud to have six attorneys named to the 2017 Best Lawyers in America® list: Lisa M. Caldwell in the area of Trademark Law; James E. Geringer in the areas of IP Litigation, Patent Litigation, and Trademark Law; Ramon A. Klitzke II in the areas of Patent Law and Trademark Law; William D. Noonan, M.D. in the area of […]
Below is a link to an article written by Klarquist’s John Vandenberg concerning current issues in patent claim construction. In the article, titled “We Need Another Phillips To Explain ‘Plain Meaning’ Patent Claim Construction,” John covers four questions about “plain meaning” construction on which the Federal Circuit is divided or the Federal Circuit appears to have […]