James Love wrote an article entitled "Patent Strategy and The Internet of Medical Things," featured in Med Device Online.

The PTAB designated two decisions as precedential this week (in addition to several in previous weeks), both relevant to the Board's discretion to deny review. These cases illustrate that the PTO is in the process of designating precedential opinions on a number of issues, in line with revised Standard Operating Procedure 2 for designating precedential and informative decisions. See my previous posts on other recent precedential decisions here and here.

Oblon will be sponsoring the LESI 2019 Annual Conference in Yokohama Japan entitled "Create IP Culture – Open for Business," on May 26-28, 2019.

Rob Tarcu at the USPTO Community Day 2019.

Oblon is proud to announce that three partners have been named "IP Stars" by Managing Intellectual Property's magazine. Partners Philippe Signore, Todd Baker, and Alex Hadjis ranked nationally as "IP Stars" in 2019. Alexander Englehart and Chris Ricciuti have been named "Rising Stars" for 2019.

Philippe Signore is quoted in a Law360 article that highlights Oblon's ranking as the Top Patent Firm of 2018, securing the most Utility Patents in 2018. Oblon is proud that this is the fourth consecutive year the firm achieved this top spot on the Harrity patent analytics list.