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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Oblon Spivak is pleased to announce that its Patent Prosecution practice and individuals from the firm’s ITC and Post-Grant practices have received top national rankings in the 2013 edition of IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners.
In total, three attorneys were selected for inclusion as “top patent practitioners.” The attorneys selected include: Charles L. Gholz, and Vincent K. Shier.
The IAM Patent 1000 is a guide to the top patent practitioners in key jurisdictions around the globe. Based on interviews with almost 1,500 attorneys and in-house counsel, individuals quality for a listing when they receive sufficient positive feedback from peers and clients with knowledge of their practice and the market within which they operate. According to IAM, “only those individuals identified by market sources for their exceptional skill sets and profound insights into patent matters feature in the IAM Patent 1000.”