Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds Trademark Win at the TTAB Iron Balls International Ltd. v. Bull Creek Brewing, LLC
By: John L. DuPré and Daniel A. Fleisher
Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds secured a significant trademark win for client Bull Creek Brewing
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Managing IP 2024 Recommends Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds and Ranks Principal Susan Glovsky as a Patent Star
July 9, 2024
Managing IP released its 2024 IP Stars rankings, ranking Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds as Recommended for Patent Prosecution, both nationally and in Massachusetts. The firm is also...
John DuPré Recognized as a Global Leader by World Trademark Review for 2024
June 12, 2024
John DuPré, Senior Counsel at Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds, has been recognized this year as a “Global Leader in Private Practice” in the sixth edition of World...
New Test for Obviousness of Design Patents Presents Uncertainties and Opportunities
June 10, 2024
By: Darrell L. Wong and Keith J. Wood
Design rights are becoming increasingly valuable for companies in today’s world, covering everything from the shapes of our mobile phones to the designs of consumer products...
Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds Recognized by IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals
June 6, 2024
Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds was recognized by IAM Patent 1000 as a top patent firm both nationally and in Massachusetts for quality patent prosecution services. Principals Susan...
Noncompete Ban Turns Patents, Copyrights Into Corporate Shields
May 29, 2024
By: Brian T. Moriarty, Timothy J. Meagher, and Alice O. Carroll
The new Federal Trade Commission ban on noncompete agreements will unleash two contradictory threads: more innovation and inventions, and more intellectual property theft...
Updated Guidelines for AI Inventions
May 20, 2024
On March 1, 2024, updated Guidelines for examining AI inventions at the European Patent Office (EPO) came into effect. These updated guidelines can be found in the official “...
Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds is a Proud Annual Sponsor of Medical Development Group Boston
May 6, 2024
Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds is a proud, longstanding annual sponsor of the Medical Development Group of Boston (MDG Boston). For years, Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds has played a...
Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds is New Sponsor of the UMass Lowell Innovation Hub
May 2, 2024
Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds is excited to share that we are now an annual sponsor of the UMass Lowell Innovation Hub. The UMass Lowell Innovation Hub (UML iHub) offers premier coworking...
USPTO Guidance on AI-assisted Inventing: A Natural Person Is An Inventor If They Provided A Significant Contribution
February 22, 2024
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently published guidance on whether a natural person may be an inventor of an AI-assisted invention. This guidance from...
9th Circ. Should Overturn The Miles Davis Tattoo Ruling
February 15, 2024
The jury in the recent Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg case decided that a tattoo of jazz trumpeter Miles Davis inked by celebrity artist Kat Von D was not substantially similar to a copyrighted...
United States Patent and Trademark Office Releases New Guidelines for Assessing Enablement in View of Amgen v. Sanofi
February 12, 2024
By: Deirdre E. Sanders and Kelly Brewer, , Ph.D.
Best practices continue to include providing enabling disclosure reasonable for claim scope, including disclosure of structural characteristics common to all claimed embodiments of...