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Barr, Eric S.
Boland, Mark
Burchfiel, Kenneth J.
Callahan, John T.
Cushing, David J.
Dzwonczyk, Michael R.
Emery, David P.
Gruskin, Steven M.
Hannon, Brian W.
Hyndman, Kelly G.
Iyer, Chid S.
Iyer, Chandran B.
Kiblawi, Fadi N.
Kishimoto, Yoshinari
Kokabi, Azy S.
Kunzendorf, Kevin C.
Lee, S. Stuart
Lindquist, Leigh Ann
Lytle, Jr., J. Warren
Mandir, William H.
Novom, Antony M.
Pan, Susan P.
Park, Peter
Pellegrini, Carl J.
Poormosleh, Shahrzad
Rabena, John F.
Rathinam, Renita S.
Rosner, Abraham J.
Saliba, Raja N.
Scherling, John B.
Shelton, Brian K.
Smith, Kevin G.
Sylvester, Brett S.
Takagi, Keiko K.
Taska, Andrew J.
Weber, Cindy
Webner, W. Mack
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2100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20037-3213
United States of America
Phone: 202.293.7060
Alt: 800.888.4220
Fax: 202.293.7860
Our main office is located in the heart of Washington, DC's business district. From this location, we are only a few blocks or a short cab or Metro ride from all of the major governmental offices impacting our practice. We are also easily accessible from Union Station (trains) and the Reagan National, Dulles and BWI airports.
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Otemachi 1st Square, West Tower 19F
1-5-1, Otemachi
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-0004
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Phone: 011.81.3.5220.0200
Fax: 011.81.3.5220.0222
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4250 Executive Square, Suite 900
La Jolla, CA 92037
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Phone: 858.795.1180
Alt: 866.315.4686
Fax: 858.795.1199
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News
5/17/2013 -
Managing Intellectual Property Ranks Sughrue as a Top-Tier Firm in Patents and Trademarks
5/13/2013 -
In En Banc Decision, Federal Circuit Finds Software-Related Claims Patent-Ineligible
5/28/2013 -
Sughrue Partner Publishes Book on AIA Strategies
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4/22/2013 -
Patents and the US Patent Office – Impact on Nanobusiness (speech).
3/25/2013 -
Summary of Dawson v. Dawson and Bowman, 2012-2014,-2015,-2016,-2017
3/13/2013 -
Summary of Aristocrat Technologies, Inc. v. International Game Technology, 2010-1426
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12/9-10/2013 -
2013 INTA Middle East Conference- Project Team Member
9/6/2013 -
AIPPI Workshop Helsinki Kevin Smith
6/25-26/2013 -
3rd Biosimilars Summit 2013
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In En Banc Decision, Federal Circuit Finds Software-Related Claims Patent-Ineligible
On May 10, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a one-paragraph decision in CLS Bank v. Alice Corporation. The following is a reproduction of the Per Curiam opinion in its entirety:
Sughrue Attorney Sunhee Lee Elected President of KAIPBA
Sughrue Partners with Akron Law School and Peking University on AIA Seminar
Sughrue Mion, PLLC, along with The University of Akron School of Law, Peking University Law School, and the Beijing law firm of Tongshang, is sponsoring a program in Beijing, China May 17-19, 2013 on issues relating to the impact the America Invents Act will have on Chinese Companies. This in depth seminar will discuss the pre-grant provisions and the post grant provisions of the America Invents Act and will provide insight into strategies Chinese companies may wish to pursue in seeking patent protection and enforcing patent rights in the U.S. The program also will include sessions on U.S. trademark law and Section 337 practice.
The sessions will include speakers from both the U.S. and China. Speakers from China include representatives of the judiciary, the Chinese Patent Office, practicing attorneys, and law professors. The U.S. Embassy's Economics Minister Counselor, Hanscom Smith, will deliver a luncheon address. Sughrue speakers will include Alan Kasper, John Callahan, Susan Pan, Jody Drake, Cyril Chan and Hui Wauters.
US Supreme Court Agrobiotech Decision Released; The Court Upholds Biotech Patent Rights, For Now
The US Supreme Court today issued their decision in Bowman v. Monsanto Co., upholding the patent rights of the agrobiotech company Monsanto because, according to Justice Kagan, "By planting and harvesting Monsanto’s patented seeds, Bowman made additional copies of Monsanto’s patented invention, and his conduct thus falls outside the protections of patent exhaustion. Were this otherwise, Monsanto’s patent would provide scant benefit." The technologies at issue are critical to the biotechnology industry - replicative technologies, such as plants and seeds - however, more fundamental molecular biologic inventions were also involved. In this case, the question was whether the Roundup Ready™ seeds purchased by a farmer from a grain elevator shielded him from patent infringement under the first sale doctrine. The Court found that the farmer's first purchase of such seed did not prevent him from infringing. The full opinion is available online
here
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