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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October 27, 2023
Alexandria, Va. – The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Dallas, has dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, a patent infringement suit filed in 2007 against SkyHawke Technologies, LLC by plaintiffs GPS Industries, Inc. and Optimal I.P. Holdings, L.P. The patent at issue, U.S. Patent No. 5,364,093 (“the ‘093 patent”), involved golf GPS devices. SkyHawke was one of eight defendants in this matter; this decision dismisses the patent infringement suit against all defendants.
In its July 27, 2009 decision, the Court agreed with SkyHawke’s assertion that plaintiff GPS Industries was not the patent title owner and that owning a subsidiary which owns a patent does not in and of itself confer ownership of the patent. Without a written assignment of the patent from its wholly owned subsidiary, the District Court held that GPS Industries was not the patent owner and therefore did not have standing to bring an infringement suit.
Arthur I. Neustadt, Thomas J. Fisher (former) and Jordan S. Weinstein (former), partners with Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C., served as counsel for SkyHawke.
Assisting clients for 40 years, Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C. is one of the largest intellectual property specialty firms in the United States. The firm provides a full range of intellectual property services, including litigation matters in all courts, as well as trademark, copyright and patent interference services.