Headquartered within steps of the USPTO with an affiliate office in Tokyo, Oblon is one of the largest law firms in the United States focused exclusively on intellectual property law.
1968
Norman Oblon with Stanley Fisher and Marvin Spivak launched what was to become Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, LLP, one of the nation's leading full-service intellectual property law firms.
Outside the US, we service companies based in Japan, France, Germany, Italy, Saudi Arabia, and farther corners of the world. Our culturally aware attorneys speak many languages, including Japanese, French, German, Mandarin, Korean, Russian, Arabic, Farsi, Chinese.
Oblon's professionals provide industry-leading IP legal services to many of the world's most admired innovators and brands.
From the minute you walk through our doors, you'll become a valuable part of a team that fosters a culture of innovation, client service and collegiality.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued final rules implementing the inventor's oath or declaration provisions of the America Invents Act (AIA) on August 14, 2012.
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Time & Changes, Except for the Washington Football Team Name
In 1992, the following article appeared in the USTA Remarks® Publication about the REDSKIN name and issues. The issues regarding the REDSKIN name have not changed much over time.
Over the course of more than 20 years, there have been lots of changes in other trademark areas. For example, the USTA Remarks® Publication also included an article about the U.S. PTO beginning to issue trademark registrations for “phone marks” such as 800-THE-B-OF-A for the Bank of America. Since that time, domain names have taken center stage.
Also, subsequent to this 1992 article, the USTA changed its name to INTA to reflect changing times. Moving in the direction of less is more, our firm has changed its name to the Oblon firm.
However, the Washington Football team has not been willing to change its name despite recent rulings by the TTAB and courts.
Perhaps the football team name controversy will be resolved before another decade or two or three.
See the links below for the current status.