Klarquist News & Insights

Operation Technology, Inc. (ETAP) achieved a summary affirmance at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit today. The appeals court affirmed an opinion by the Honorable John A. Kronstadt, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, finding invalid all the patent claims asserted by Power Analytics Corp. against ETAP. The patents are […]

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Klarquist Sparkman, LLP is pleased to announce that Derrick W. Toddy has been named its newest partner, effective January 2019. Since joining Klarquist in 2006, Derrick has focused his practice on all aspects of intellectual property law, including patent prosecution, litigation, and “alternatives to litigation” such as PTO Inter Partes Reviews, reexaminations, and other post-grant proceedings, […]

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Klarquist Sparkman, LLP was named to the 2019 “Best Law Firms” list by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers. Klarquist received Tier 1 rankings in the following practice areas for the Portland, Oregon region: Litigation – Intellectual Property Litigation – Patent Patent Law Trademark Law These rankings are based on an evaluation process that involves collecting client […]

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On Friday, Chief Judge Leonard Stark of the District of Delaware granted Klarquist’s motion, filed on behalf of LinkedIn Corp., to dismiss DiStefano Patent Trust III, LLC’s complaint alleging infringement of U.S. Patent No. 8,768,760. The ’760 patent is entitled “Reciprocal Linking Arrangement Between Web Pages.” The motion sought dismissal on the ground that the claims […]

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The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) struck down all claims of a patent related to how web playlists are displayed, ruling that all 33 claims are unpatentable as obvious over prior art web browser technology. Issuing its decision on August 23, the PTAB also denied the patent owner’s motion to amend the claims. Klarquist’s […]

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Klarquist attorneys John Vandenberg and Ramon Klitzke II were honored as Lawyers of the Year for 2019 in Portland, Oregon by Best Lawyers in America®. Vandenberg, recognized for excellence in patent litigation, has won the award six times previously. He was also identified as a leader in intellectual property litigation. Klitzke, esteemed for his work in […]

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Klarquist received top national rankings in the 2018 edition of Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) magazine’s IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners. Klarquist was once again recognized as the sole firm in IAM Patent’s “Gold” top tier in Oregon. Four Klarquist attorneys, Scott E. Davis, Jeffrey S. Love, William D. Noonan, M.D., and John […]

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On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s summary judgment ruling in favor of Klarquist clients SunModo and EcoFasten Solar. Previously, the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado ruled that the asserted claims of the patents-in-suit were invalid because they were not entitled to priority to […]

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