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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Changes To Implement the Supplemental Examination Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act and To Revise Reexamination Fees (25Jan2012)
1. Proposed Rule/Request for comments "Request for Comments on Eliciting More Complete Patent Assignment Information" (comments due January 23, 2012).
For Immediate Release January 4, 2012 Alexandria, Va. โ Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P. announces Tia Fenton and Kurt Berger have been elected partners. In addition, Soumya Panda has been elevated to senior associate.
Oblon, Spivak's Eric Schweibenz is quoted in The Economist regarding the worldwide patent war between smartphone manufacturers and the increasing use of Section 337 investigations at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) as a preferred forum to resolve intellectual property disputes.
The Economist, Dec 19th 2011