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Klarquist Attorneys Receive 2012 AV® Preeminent Rating

Klarquist is pleased to announce that five of our attorneys received the AV® Preeminent Rating from Martindale-Hubble. Recipients include, Ramon A. Klitzke II, Jeffrey S. Love, David P. Petersen, Richard J. Polley, and John D. Vandenberg. The AV® Preeminent Rating can be found online at www.martindale.com.  

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AMI Successfully Enforces its Trademark in Court

Klarquist’s client Associated Master Inspectors, LLC, dba AMI, prevailed this week in a two-day trial in the Oregon Circuit Court for the County of Yamhill in McMinnville, Oregon on its state and federal trademark infringement claims against another company using “AMI” in a related service area. AMI was formed in 2000 and since then has […]

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Klarquist Attorneys Included in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012 List

Klarquist is proud to have two of our attorneys recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012 list. Ramon A. Klitzke II was selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012 list in the area of patent law. Mr. Klitzke has previously received recognition in The Best Lawyers in America® 2011 list for Intellectual […]

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Klarquist Receives Top Tier Rankings from Chambers USA

Klarquist has again received a top tier ranking from Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2011, recognizing our firm as one of two leading intellectual property law firms in Oregon. In addition, three Klarquist attorneys, William D. Noonan, M.D., John D. Vandenberg, and Scott E. Davis, received individual recognition for intellectual property; Noonan and […]

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Federal Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment on Non-Infringement in Reiffin v. Microsoft

Klarquist successfully obtained summary judgment of patent invalidity as to one of Plaintiff’s patents on preemptive multithreading software. The invalidity ruling also eliminated Plaintiff’s claimed patent priority date on a second asserted patent—resulting in the Patent Office granting a reexamination request regarding the validity of the second patent. All claims of the second patent were […]

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Klarquist Listed in Best Law Firms 2010 List by U.S. News and Best Lawyers

U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers have listed Klarquist in their Best Law Firms 2010 list. The firm received a first tier ranking in Oregon for Intellectual Property and a third tier ranking nationally for Intellectual Property. Approximately 105 law firms were ranked for Intellectual Property across the U.S. and 11 firms for Oregon. […]

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Klarquist Wins Motion to Vacate Judgment and Injunction in Trademark Dispute

Klarquist attorneys retained at the last minute successfully defended against contempt allegations at an evidentiary hearing on an order to show cause, convincing the Court to vacate its default judgment and injunction entered against Renaissance Malibu Foundation and dismiss the case for lack of personal jurisdiction. The case was filed in the District of Oregon […]

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International Game Technology Wins Summary Judgment of Non-Infringement

On May 13, 2010, the Honorable Ronald M. Whyte of the Northern District of California granted IGT’s motion for summary judgment of non-infringement of Aristrocrat’s Patent Nos. 7,056,215 and 7,108,603, which relate to slot machine jackpot methods. The District Court ruled that IGT does not infringe the patents-in-suit because no single actor performs all steps […]

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Klarquist Receives Top Tier Rankings from Chambers USA

Klarquist has again received a top tier ranking from Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2010, recognizing our firm as one of leading intellectual property law firms in Oregon. In addition, three Klarquist attorneys received individual recognition for intellectual property. John D. Vandenberg and William D. Noonan, M.D. both received top tier rankings, while Scott […]

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