As attorneys, we took an oath to support the Constitution. We reaffirm that oath now and condemn actions that violate constitutional rights, particularly the use of violence in response to peaceful protests. The First Amendment rights to free speech and to peacefully assemble are fundamental rights in America, as are the Fourth Amendment right to […]
Klarquist joins our colleagues, neighbors and friends in condemning systemic racism and injustice in our neighborhoods, communities and across the country. We, too, are outraged at George Floyd’s death, and at the loss of far too many before and since Mr. Floyd’s death. As a firm, an employer, and member of the community, we support […]
Klarquist is pleased to announce that Chambers USA has again ranked the firm in the top tier for intellectual property law firms based in Oregon. Attorneys William D. Noonan and John D. Vandenberg also received individual recognition as premier intellectual property attorneys in the state. Chambers identified Klarquist as a frontrunner in the intellectual property […]
Klarquist remains fully operational during the COVID19 pandemic situation. We are committed to the health and safety of our employees, clients, and community. To this end, we have taken steps to ensure that that all employees are able to work remotely with secure access to our systems. You can continue to reach us at our general firm number (503.595.5300) or […]
The Federal Circuit on March 6, 2020, affirmed Klarquist’s prior win in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, for client Mentor Graphics Corp. against the plaintiff E-System Design, Inc. The district court had held the asserted patent claims invalid for “indefiniteness” under the Supreme Court’s 2014 Nautilus decision (also argued by […]
Klarquist has been ranked in the ‘gold tier’ of top trademark law firms in Oregon in the 2020 edition of World Trademark Review’s WTR 1000: The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals. Attorneys Kevin Hayes and Ramon Klitzke each received individual recommendations in the Oregon category, and Lisa Caldwell of Klarquist’s Santa Rosa office was honored in […]
The U.S. Supreme Court today denied five petitions for certiorari asking the Court to again revisit the issue of patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101. One petition sought review of the win by Klarquist client, Operation Technology, Inc. dba ETAP, invalidating 138 claims in four patents for invalidity under section 101. See Klarquist News […]
Klarquist is pleased to welcome Johanna Schwartz, Ph.D. and Ethan McGrath to the firm’s partnership effective January 2020. Johanna Schwartz, Ph.D. joined Klarquist as a summer associate and technical consultant in 2010, before becoming a full-time associate in 2012. As a member of the firm’s chemical patent prosecution group, Johanna’s practice focuses on preparing and prosecuting […]
Klarquist filed an Amicus Curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 19, on behalf of the High Tech Inventors Alliance (whose members include Adobe, Amazon.com, Cisco, Dell, Google, Microsoft, Oracle, and Salesforce), supporting Intel’s certiorari petition asking the Court to end a decades-long divide at the Federal Circuit over perhaps the most consequential […]
The Federal Circuit affirmed Klarquist’s prior win in the district court for client LinkedIn in a decision dated November 12, 2019. The district court had held that claims of the asserted patent are ineligible under 35 U.S.C. §101, because the claims are directed to the abstract idea of facilitating a cross-marketing relationship and the claims […]