Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

Founded in 1968, Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P. has grown to become one of the largest full-service firms in the United States specializing exclusively in intellectual property law. The success of the Firm's rapid expansion can be attributed to the founders' passion for quality service. The Firm's staff includes internationally known experts in every field of intellectual property law. Its practice includes federal court litigation, representation at federal agencies, the domestic and international prosecution of patent and trademark applications, copyright registrations, and maskwork applications, as well as necessary support services, including an extensive client education program. The Firm's clientele includes numerous multinational corporations that are among the most active in the intellectual property field, foreign and U.S. government agencies, numerous universities, and businesses of all sizes. Specialties of the firm include, but are not limited to, interference law, chemical/biotech patent law, electrical/mechanical patent law, software patent law, copyright law, and trademark law. Litigation teams work closely with clients to accomplish objectives with dispatch through negotiation, litigation, or alternative dispute resolution. The Firm has conducted and successfully concluded numerous significant re-examinations and reissue procedures, as well as a large number of appeals to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Board of Appeals and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

ALJ Charneski Issues Public Version of Recommended Determination on Remedy and Bonding in Certain Variable Speed Wind Turbines (337-TA-641)
Eric W. Schweibenz, November 2, 2009
On October 21, 2009, ALJ Carl C. Charneski issued the public version (dated August 21, 2009) of the Recommended Determination on Remedy and Bonding ("RD") in Certain Variable Speed Wind Turbines and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-641). In the RD, ALJ Charneski recommended (1) that a...

ALJ Gildea Grants In Part Motion for Summary Determination of Importation in Certain Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp ("CCFL") Inverter Circuits (337-TA-666)
Alex Englehart, Eric W. Schweibenz, November 2, 2009
On October 21, 2009, ALJ E. James Gildea issued the public version of Order No. 31 (dated September 24, 2009) in Certain Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp ("CCFL") Inverter Circuits and Products Containing the Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-666). In the Order, ALJ Gildea granted in part Complainants...

Did You Know...The Prevailing Party In A Section 337 Investigation Is Not Automatically A Party On Appeal At The Federal Circuit?
Alex Englehart, Thomas J. Fisher, November 2, 2009
In Section 337 investigations, the party that prevails before the Commission is not entitled to appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit the Commission's final determination, and is not automatically a party to an appeal brought by the party that lost before the Commission. ...