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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November 15, 2022
Read Frank West’s article entitled “Federal Circuit protects infringement demand letters as free speech)”, as published in the March 17, 2023 edition of IAM. The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects free speech in the context of licensing and other demand letters unless made in bad faith – a high standard that is difficult to meet under federal law. Defendants may have better success using state law abusive patent assertions acts which may place greater disclosure requirements for demand letters and broader definitions of what may constitute bad faith than federal law. Read more here.
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