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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.
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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.
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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.
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Oblon's professionals provide industry-leading IP legal services to many of the world's most admired innovators and brands.
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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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The Oblon, Spivak Firm extends most sincere congratulations to Professor Kimberly A. Moore on her nomination as a Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
The Oblon, Spivak Firm extends most sincere congratulations to Professor Kimberly A. Moore of George Mason University School of Law on her nomination as a Circuit Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Oblon, Spivak Continues to Obtain Most U.S. Utility Patents in 2005
For Immediate Release (April 11, 2006) Alexandria, Va. -- The intellectual property law firm Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C., is pleased to announce that the Firm continues to obtain more U.S. utility patents than any other law firm, with a total of 3,001 U.S. utility patents issued in 2005.
Oblon, Spivak Comments on Proposed Rules: Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Rules
Oblon, Spivak appreciates the opportunity to comment on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's ("PTO") proposal to Amend the Rules of Practice before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, which were published in the Federal Register on January 17, 2006 [71 F.R. No. 10, at 2498]. The comments are provided based on our review and understanding of the proposed rules. The proposed rules raise numerous significant issues, which would benefit from additional discussion between the PTO and the attorneys and parties that will be affected.
Oblon, Spivak's Arthur Neustadt Named to "The Best Lawyers in America" for 2006
Alexandria, Va. – Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C. is pleased to announce that Arthur I. Neustadt, head of the firm's Litigation Department and a member of its Board of Directors, has been named to the 2006 list of "The Best Lawyers in America" by Best Lawyers. Published biennially since 1983, "The Best Lawyers in America" is widely regarded as the preeminent referral guide to the legal profession in the United States.
Oblon, Spivak Announces Two New Partners and Elevates One Attorney to Senior Associate
Alexandria, Va. – Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C. is pleased to announce that Frank J. West and Akihiro Yamazaki have been elected as partners to the Firm. Additionally, the firm elevated four associates to senior associate level.
Oblon, Spivak Wins Second Jury Trial in Six Weeks; Jury Finds Patent Infringement
For Immediate Release September 22, 2005 Alexandria, Va. – A jury in U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina in Greenville has awarded $90,000 in damages to DyStar Textilfarben GmbH & Co. Deutschland KG, a German dyestuff and chemical manufacturer due to patent infringement by C.H. Patrick Co., Inc. and Bann Quimica LTDA. DyStar is a client of Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C. This is the second jury trial won by the Oblon, Spivak firm this year.
Gerald J. Mossinghoff of Oblon, Spivak Named to Patent Public Advisory Committee
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 22, 2005 Alexandria, Va. – Gerald J. Mossinghoff, senior counsel to Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C., has been named again to the Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC) by U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez. Mossinghoff will serve an additional three-year term on the Statutory Advisory Committee, which was created by the 1999 American Inventors Protection Act to advise the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on the agency's operations, including its goals, performance, budget and user fees.
Ricoh Prevails in Patent Infringement Case; Richard Kelly of Oblon, Spivak Obtains Summary Judgment
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 17, 2005 Ricoh Prevails in Patent Infringement Case Richard Kelly of Oblon, Spivak Obtains Summary Judgment for Ricoh Alexandria, Va. – A district judge in the U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, has issued a partial summary judgment ruling that patents held by photocopying machine manufacturer Ricoh Corp. are infringed and not invalid. The ruling held that defendants General Plastics Industrial Co., Ltd., Katun Corporation and Nashua Corporation are liable for infringement of six Ricoh patents based upon their manufacture and sale of toner bottles for use in Ricoh photocopiers.
Medtronic, Inc. v. Guidant Corporation
In a closely watched case in the heart pacemaker industry involving an important treatment for congestive heart failure, Chief Judge Sue L. Robinson of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware upheld a Mirowski Family Ventures ("MFV") patent licensed to Guidant Corporation and challenged by Medtronic, Inc. Trial counsel for MFA was Arthur Neustadt of the Oblon, Spivak firm.
Hon. General J. Mossinghoff Speaks Before The Subcommittee on Intellectual Property – Committee on the Judiciary – United States Senate
The July 26, 2005 Statement of Hon. General J. Mossinghoff, Senior Counsel, Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C. before the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property - Committee on the Judiciary - United States Senate
