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 […]
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 […]
Klarquist was named to the 2019 “Top 150 Under 150”, Vault’s list of leading midsize law firms. Vault created the 150 list to recognize outstanding law firms with fewer attorneys, but no less expertise, than the global megafirms that often otherwise dominate rankings and headlines. View the complete list here. To determine the Top 150 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Klarquist received top tier ranking from Chambers USA 2018. Klarquist is recognized as one of two top tier intellectual property law firms in Oregon. Based on Chambers research, the team is known for as frontrunners in the IP legal market undertaking an array of sophisticated matters, including complex prosecution and litigation cases involving trademarks, patents and […]
We are pleased to announce that our patent research tool, Patent Defenses, is now available in a searchable online and mobile-friendly format at www.patentdefenses.com. Below is a short video (starring children of Klarquist attorneys) introducing the Patent Defenses website. About Patent Defenses Patent Defenses summarizes substantive defenses to assertions of infringement of U.S. utility patents, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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