August 20, 2010

After assessing the Trademark Consistency Initiative Pilot Program, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has decided to extend and expand the program.  The USPTO is expanding the parameters of the program so that a Request for Consistency Review…

August 19, 2010

Congratulations to Woodard, Emhardt partner Tim Thomas on his 20th anniversary with the firm. Tim started with the firm in 1990, was admitted to the U.S. Patent Bar in 1992, and was elected to the firm partnership in 1996.  He…

July 30, 2010

Congratulations to Woodard, Emhardt managing partner Thomas Henry on his 35th anniversary with the firm. Tom started with the firm on July 25, 1975. He was President of the Indianapolis Bar Association, and has served on the boards of the…

July 27, 2010

Congratulations to Woodard, Emhardt partner John McNett on his 40th anniversary with the firm. John started with the firm on July 20, 1970.  John has been instrumental to and actively involved in the growth of the firm over the course…

July 2, 2010

Ann Johnson is retiring after working approximately 38 years in the Indianapolis legal community.  The firm celebrated Ms. Johnson’s retirement with a reception at The Columbia Club on July 1, 2010.  Ms. Johnson first began as a legal secretary at the Indianapolis law firm of…

June 30, 2010

We are pleased to announce that Woodard, Emhardt partners Thomas Henry, Spiro Bereveskos and Daniel Lueders have been named Super Lawyers for 2010.  Congratulations to all!

June 30, 2010

Woodard, Emhardt partner Chuck Schmal was one of the featured speakers at a recent CLE reviewing interesting case law and other developments in the past year in the areas of patent, trademark, copyright and internet law. Mr. Schmal’s presentation focused…

June 30, 2010

In a recent decision, the Federal Circuit ruled a company’s patent unenforceable due to the inequitable conduct committed by the company’s non-inventor president. As background, Avid’s founder and president, Dr. Hannis Stoddard, hired three engineers to develop a product based…

June 30, 2010

The Ninth Circuit issued an ironic ruling last month regarding levying domain names to satisfy a prior judgment. In Office Depot, Inc. v. Zuccarini (9th Cir., Feb. 2010), the Ninth Circuit ruled that a creditor can levy a domain name…

June 30, 2010

In case you don’t have enough videos to watch, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) launched a portion of its new Trademark Information Network where anyone can view news broadcast-style videos on its website that cover important topics…

June 30, 2010

The Federal Circuit has affirmed an International Trade Commission (ITC) decision finding two asserted patents invalid because they did not satisfy the best mode requirement of 35 U.S.C. §112. The two patents relate to improved methods of producing L-lysine using…

June 30, 2010

A pilot program of the Trilateral Patent Cooperation Treaty (“PCT”)-Patent Prosecution Highway began January 29, 2010, and is planned to run for two years. The program fast-tracks patent examinations in the European Patent Office (“EPO”), the Japan Patent Office (“JPO”)…