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Indiana Super Lawyers, Rising Stars 2021 Includes Seven Woodard Attorneys

Woodard, Emhardt, Henry, Reeves & Wagner, LLP congratulates our attorneys who have been selected for inclusion in the 2021 Indiana Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars lists. The Super Lawyers list recognizes outstanding attorneys who are selected using a patented, multiphase…

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Happy National Inventors’ Day!

We would like to wish all inventors Happy National Inventors’ Day today! Thanks to inventors, we have electricity, automobiles, the internet, traffic signals, sticky notes, sports drinks, lifesaving medicines and more. For over 140 years, it has been our honor…

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The firm congratulates Andrew M. Nevill on his promotion to partner

Andrew joined the firm as an associate in August 2013, focusing his practice on patent and trademark prosecution and litigation. Prior to joining the firm, he gained valuable experience as a research assistant focusing on computational fluid dynamics and the…

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The Impact of BREXIT and EU Trademark Registrations

As you likely know, due to the United Kingdom leaving the European Union (Brexit), current European Union (EU) Trademark Registrations will no longer cover the territory of the United Kingdom. However, existing EU Registrations will continue to cover the remaining…

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Don’t let intellectual property be an after-pandemic thought

Whether next month, next year, or even beyond, at some point, the COVID-19 pandemic will begin to end. The world may look and feel a bit different, but the intangible intellectual property system will still be here. Woodard Partner, Blake…

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IP Gotchas: Open Source Software

Many companies use open source software to produce goods and services, and many also actively develop software using open source libraries and modules. Open source software is commonly used for online software services, smart phone apps, downloadable executables, or embedded…

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Firm Named "Best Law Firms" by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers

For the eleventh consecutive year, Woodard, Emhardt, Henry, Reeves & Wagner, LLP has been named U.S. News Media Group (U.S. News) and Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” list. For 2021, Woodard was recognized with top regional rankings in 5 practice…

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New associates: Step one — develop your skills

Many of you recently passed the state bar exam and were sworn in to practice law within the last couple of months. Now it is time to start practicing law, implement what you learned in law school and begin to…

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USPTO Access to Relevant Prior Art Initiative Status Update

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…

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Obtaining and Enforcing Patents and Trademarks for Flavor Burst

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,…

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IP Gotchas: Patenting Neural Networks

The demand for improvements in autonomous technology is accelerating. Memory and processing power has continued to grow exponentially cheaper, but the volume of data to process has exploded making it nearly impossible for traditional data analysis techniques to provide timely…

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The Firm's Key Role with Gatorade®

The Indianapolis Star published an interesting article about the history of Gatorade® thirst quencher: The Fascinating Tale of Gatorade’s Indy Beginning Our law firm has played a key role in this famous product over the decades. We prepared and secured…

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