Klarquist is pleased to announce that Roy Chamcharas has become a partner of the firm. Roy moved from Chicago to Portland to join Klarquist’s litigation group in 2019. He earned his J.D., with honors, from the Chicago-Kent College of Law at the Illinois Institute of Technology and his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University […]
Klarquist represented the prevailing party, Nautilus, in the only U.S. Supreme Court decision interpreting Section 112 of the Patent Act. Today, Klarquist filed an Amici brief on behalf of two high technology industry associations in a second Supreme Court case involving Section 112, which likely will be argued this spring, Amgen v. Sanofi, No. 21-757. […]
Klarquist helped client Amazon.com win a mandamus order from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit directing the district court to sever and transfer the case filed by Flygrip Inc. against Amazon.com from the Western District of Texas (Waco) to the District of Colorado. Plaintiff Flygrip sued Amazon.com in Waco, alleging patent infringement […]
Today, the Federal Circuit affirmed Klarquist’s prior CBM win at the PTAB for client American Express Company. There, the PTAB found all challenged claims of the asserted patent ineligible under 35 U.S.C. §101, because the claims are directed to the abstract idea of transferring and exchanging reward points data while using only generic, conventional technology. […]
Klarquist scored a win at the Federal Circuit for client Microsoft, obtaining vacatur and remand of a PTAB final written decision in an IPR against adversary Uniloc. In that IPR, the PTAB had upheld all challenged claims upon finding that the cited prior art grounds failed to satisfy a comparison step recited in all challenged […]
Klarquist is pleased to announce that James Geringer and John Vandenberg have been named ‘Lawyer of the Year’ among Portland, OR intellectual property attorneys for their work in patent litigation and intellectual property litigation, respectively. Mr. Geringer and Mr. Vandenberg are among five Klarquist attorneys honored in Best Lawyers for their expertise in the legal […]
Intellectual Asset Management magazine awarded Klarquist top rankings in the 2022 edition of IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals. The magazine distinguishes firms from other ranked peers by classifying them into gold, silver, and bronze bands. Klarquist is once again recognized as the sole occupant of the ‘Gold’ band, making it the leading […]
Klarquist is proud to announce that Chambers and Partners has once again ranked Klarquist in the top tier for intellectual property law firms based in Oregon. Partners Lisa Caldwell, Scott Davis, and John Vandenberg have also been individually recognized for their outstanding performance as intellectual property attorneys in the state. As a frontrunner in the […]
Klarquist is pleased to welcome Brandon Johnson to the firm’s partnership effective January 2022. Brandon joined the firm in 2014 after completing a summer associateship with Klarquist the year prior, and is a member of the firm’s mechanical and post-grant practice groups. Brandon earned his J.D. from the University of Oregon and his B.S. from […]
Klarquist’s post-grant team notched wins on both sides of the v. for client SAP, against its rival Teradata. Defending a patent owned by SAP, Klarquist secured a final written decision upholding all challenged claims of USP 7,617,179. Klarquist had previously secured victories on three other SAP patents, when the Board denied institution of IPRs sought […]