October 23, 2020

This article first appeared in the AIPLA Patent Law Committee October 2020 Newsletter. By Hayley Talbert and Michael M. Morris For the past few years, the USPTO has been quietly testing a way to automatically import prior art references from related…

October 15, 2020

Flavor Burst is a leading manufacturer of flavor and candy delivery equipment for frozen confections. The company designs and manufactures self-serve dispensing systems that increase a restaurant and retail establishments’ menu flavor offerings for soft service ice cream, shakes, slushies,…

September 1, 2020

Electric vehicles are becoming more mainstream, and none are more beloved than Tesla. However, many states require a front license plate, and Tesla owners are left with the difficult decision to drill into the bumper of their new Tesla or…

August 18, 2020

A lot has happened since we shared Rick Goren’s story in 2019. Rick and his product were recently featured on WTHR Channel 13. ROTOSHOVEL® is now available on Amazon  and may soon be on the shelves at Costco stores nationwide. Congratulations,…

March 2, 2020

GS CleanTech Corp. v. Adkins Energy LLC, No. 16-2231 (Fed. Cir. 2020) Woodard Emhardt attorney, Spiro Bereveskos, was on the trial team and cross examined the Cantor Colburn, LLP attorney who admitted “it sent a chill up his spine” to…

October 30, 2019

Bart Waclawik, founder and owner of Innovative Neurological Devices, is working with Woodard attorney, Christopher A. Brown, to protect his innovative medical device, the CERVELLATM Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulator. CERVELLATM is an FDA-cleared medical device for treatment of anxiety, depression, and…

September 24, 2019

Clark Byrum, Jr. President and CEO of Biologics Modular worked with Woodard attorney, Tim Thomas, on obtaining the patent covering preassembled cleanroom modules with air filtration systems. Biologics Modular, LLC designs and manufactures modular cleanroom facilities to serve as bio-manufacturing…

July 22, 2019

On July 16, 2019, Bill McKenna was quoted in a Patent Strategy article,  “Amazon patent enforcement system is useful for simple matters,”  regarding the Utility Patent Neutral Evaluation (UPNE) program developed by Amazon to offer patent owners a faster and…

April 25, 2019

Bill McKenna quoted in The Information, “Amazon Tests Program to Combat Patent Infringement.” Amazon is testing a new program that allows merchants on its marketplace who are victimized by cheap, patent-violating knockoffs to get them removed in a few months…

February 12, 2019

It has become more and more routine in the past few years for a client to call Woodard, Emhardt, Henry, Reeves & Wagner, LLP regarding an infringing item being sold on Amazon.  Often the seller is new and/or located overseas. …

January 25, 2019

Earlier this month, the United State Patent and Trademark Office released new guidance for its Examiners to help them better determine when an invention is too abstract to be patentable. This latest effort by the Patent Office brings more clarity…

June 19, 2018

Beginning in November 2018, Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, McNett & Henry (WEMMH) client FlightAware, along with Aireon, will utilize their revolutionary GlobalBeacon product to test real-time tracking of global aircraft. Airlines and aircraft operators will be expected to track their fleet…