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| Practice Areas | Patents; Trademarks; Licensing; Copyrights; Litigation | | | Education | Wake Forest University, J.D., 1991, Vanderbilt University, B.E.E.E., 1984; Wake Forest University, M.B.A., with distinction, 1991 | | | Admitted | 1991, North Carolina; 1996, Florida; 2002, Texas; registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office | |
| Memberships | Orange County and North Carolina Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; American Intellectual Property Law Association; National Order of Barristers. | | | Born | Danville, Kentucky, December 4, 1962 | | | Biography | Co-Author: "Use of Rule 30 (b)(6) in Intellectual Property Litigation," 74 Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society 683, September, 1992. Editor, North Carolina Intellectual Property Law Section Newsletter, 1993-1996. | | | ISLN | 901476324 | |
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No Love for Speed Dating or Abstract Business Method Claims
Jonathon K. Hance, Michael R. Samardzija, Jeffrey S. Whittle, Jay Yates, November 18, 2009 Business methods received serious cross fire during today’s Bilski v. Kappos oral arguments. Justices from all sides of the bench peppered both parties regarding the extent to which broad business method claims are patent eligible subject matter. The Supreme Court continues to attack...
Land Rush in Cyberspace Update -- Act NowJonathon K. Hance, Ashley L. Kirk, Jeffrey S. Whittle, Jay Yates, October 26, 2009 The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN") is on track to open cybersquatting floodgates with its release of hundreds of new generic Top-Level Domain Names ("gTLDs") by the first quarter of 2010. On September 23, 2009, ICANN testified before Congress that...
Fresh Look - New Director Likely to Rescind Controversial Patent RulesJeffrey S. Whittle, Michael Hay, Ryan D. Gum, Denver S. Bisignano, August 21, 2009 With controversy still enduring after two years, a District Court opinion, a Federal Circuit opinion, and a new Presidential Administration, it appears that the much-ballyhooed proposed patent rule changes may suffer an unlikely death. With the recent confirmation of David Kappos (Kappos) as the...
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