Klarquist News & Insights

Today, more than a billion people around the world trust American “cloud” service providers such as Amazon, Google, IBM, and Microsoft to safeguard their private emails and other data in hundreds of high-security datacenters. This new paradigm combines the highest data security with nearly instantaneous data access from anywhere in the world. That worldwide access has […]

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Klarquist Sparkman, LLP is pleased to announce that Susan W. Graf, Ph.D., and Gregory K. Scott, Ph.D., have been named its newest partners effective January 2018. Susan W. Graf, Ph.D., specializes in biotechnical and medical patent applications, with a focus on the preparation and prosecution of U.S., international, and foreign patent applications. Dr. Graf also […]

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Klarquist obtained a permanent injunction and $3.8 million at the U.S. District Court of Oregon for clients OmniGen Research and parent company Prince Agri Products in a suit for trade secret theft and other claims against a former employee and his spouse. After their earlier success on a motion for terminating sanctions due to evidence […]

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Various companies and trade associations joined today as Amici in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the “inter partes review” procedure for reexamining patents and canceling ones that were issued in error, in Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC, No. 16-712 . The software company SAP America, Inc. was joined […]

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Klarquist Sparkman is pleased to announce that attorney Alexa Johnson and patent agent Jie Lian, Ph.D., have joined the firm. Both professionals started their careers at Klarquist as summer associates.   Ms. Johnson’s practice includes all areas of intellectual property law, with a focus on the preparation and prosecution of U.S. and foreign patent applications. Her […]

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Last week, Klarquist hosted 11 examiners from the USPTO’s Art Unit 1600 as they visited innovative companies in the Portland area. The examiners were visiting Portland as part of their Site Experience Education (SEE) program, in which they learned about the various chemical and biotech technologies used by Portland-area companies. The examiners visited AgonOx, Agrinos, […]

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Klarquist attorneys Ramon A. Klitzke II, Gregory L. Maurer, and John D. Vandenberg were recently recognized as IP Stars by Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) magazine. The “IP Stars USA” list highlights the country’s leading intellectual property attorneys who have been highly recommended by their clients. Additionally, Klarquist was one of only three Oregon firms ranked as “highly recommended” by the publication. MIP‘s […]

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