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Coronavirus Updates: USPTO Grants Further Relief for Certain Patent-Related Fees and Deadlines

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Oblon Attorneys Recognized by Managing Intellectual Property's IP Stars 2020

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USPTO Announces COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program for Small and Micro Entities

Boloro Tells Federal Circuit Arthrex Applies to Ex Parte Appeals As Well

Toyota, Honda's Motor Protection Patent Win Upheld by Fed. Cir.

MCRO's Pyrrhic Victory

On May 20 the Federal Circuit for the second time found McRO's patent for automatically generating animations to be patentable, this time reversing the district court's finding of invalidity for lack of enablement. In its previous decision, McRO, Inc. v. Bandai Namco Games America Inc., 837 F.3d 1299 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (McRO I), the Federal Circuit reversed the district court's holding that the claims were directed to a judicial exception, an abstract idea. In McRo I the Court had reversed based on its determination that the claims were to a genus limited to rules with certain common characteristics, a genus. Id. at 1313. In particular, the "rules are limiting in that they define morph weight sets as a function of the timing of phoneme sub-sequences." Id.

Northern Virginia Technology Council's Impact AI Summit

2020 PTAB Bar Association Annual Conference

Todd Baker, Lisa Mandrusiak, Chris Riccuiti, and Michael Casey will be attending the 2020 PTAB Bar Association Annual Conference on March 10-12, 2020.

Oblon Named a "Best Law Firm 2020"

Ten Oblon Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers 2020

Eleven Oblon attorneys have been named to the 2020 edition of Best Lawyers in America.

Oblon Ranked Again in IAM Patent 1000

Oblon's Patent Prosecution practice and partners from the firm's Chemical, Electrical & Mechanical and Litigation practices have received top national rankings in the 2019 edition of IAM Patent 1000: The World's Leading Patent Professionals.

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Oblon Named a "Best Law Firm 2020"

November 1, 2019 – Firm News

U.S. News and World Report and Best Lawyers

The U.S. News - Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" rankings released today again list Oblon as a “Best Law Firm.” U.S. News - Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" uses a rigorous evaluation process to develop these rankings.

National rankings: Tier 2
Litigations – Intellectual Property
Litigation – Patent
Patent Law

Regional rankings: Tier 1
Washington, DC
Litigation – Intellectual Property
Litigation – Patent
Patent Law