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					Articles & Presentations An Overview on Protecting Trade Secrets Q&A With RP Litigator - Robert A. McKinley Jacques Etkowicz, Shareholder at RatnerPrestia, Selected to Chair AIPLA’s Professional Programs Committee Promoting Automotive Repair, Trade, and Sales Act of 2013 (“PARTS ACT”) – How this Bill Differs from its Earlier Versions in the 111th and 112th Congresses RatnerPrestia Sponsors Delaware BioScience Association’s Annual Awards Gala Brian O’Shaughnessy, Shareholder at RatnerPrestia, Elected to D.C. Bar’s IP Section Steering Committee RatnerPrestia Counsel, Derek Richmond - Treasurer and Co-Founder of The Museum for Black Innovation & Entrepreneurship (MBIE) International News from Jonathan H. Spadt - RatnerPrestia President & CEO Kenneth N. Nigon, Shareholder at RatnerPrestia, Co-Chairs PLI’s Advanced Patent Prosecution Workshop 2013: Claim Drafting & Amendment Writing Brian P. O’Shaughnessy – Chair of the 2013 LES Annual Meeting Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Monsanto RatnerPrestia Shareholder, Brian P. O’Shaughnessy, Selected as the RIT 2013 Outstanding Alumnus RatnerPrestia President and CEO, Jonathan H. Spadt, Convenes on Panel at AIPLA 2013 Spring Meeting Determining Jurisdiction for Patent Law Malpractice Cases RatnerPrestia Shareholder, Christopher R. Lewis, Delivers Patent Presentation to Students at AIM Academy RatnerPrestia CEO, Jonathan H. Spadt, Attends Porsche Design Filing Policy Conference RatnerPrestia Shareholder Rex Donnelly Highlights the Importance of IP to a Group of Entrepreneurs Supreme Court Holds Copyright "First Sale" Rules Cover Sales Made in Foreign Countries RatnerPrestia Submits Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Myriad Genetics Trademark Clearinghouse Open For Business Shareholder and LES U.S.A Regional Vice President to Take Part in the U.S. Department of Commerce’s SABIT A Little-Publicized Change in U.S. Patent Law on Secret Prior Art RP Shareholder Stephen J. Weed Served as an IP Panelist at the Wharton Business Law Conference RatnerPrestia Shareholder Kenneth N. Nigon Will Represent AIPLA at the NYC Software Partnership Roundtable RP Shareholder Brian P. O’Shaughnessy Will be a Panelist at the Upcoming ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit RP Shareholder Rex A. Donnelly Presents to Delaware State University Faculty RatnerPrestia Welcomes Prominent IP Lawyer, Keith E. George, as their Newest Shareholder RatnerPrestia Welcomes IP Litigator, Robert A. McKinley Van H. Leichliter, Former Head of Global Trademarks for DuPont, Joins RatnerPrestia How the New Patent Fees Will Affect Your Patent Strategy Playing With Fire: Bad Things Happen When Patent Applications Are Not Filed Correctly Corrections to America Invents Act Signed Into Law RatnerPrestia Shareholer Kenneth Nigon Represents AIPLA at USPTO Roundtable How to Out-Nuisance a Bank Patent Troll Research Use of Patented Invention: Infringement or Boon to Innovation? Shareholder Brian P. O’Shaughnessy Presented at the USPTO GIPA Intellectual Property Management Training Program RP Attends the 2012 IPO Education Foundation Awards Dinner PATENTS: Impediments To Innovation? Supreme Court Set to Tackle Patent Exhaustion in Case Involving Self-Replicating Technologies Shareholder Joshua Cohen Delivers a Series of Guest Lectures at Nearby Universities RatnerPrestia Shareholder Stephen Weed Speaks at the Annual AIPLA Meeting RP Shareholder Kenneth Nigon Receives the 2012 AIPLA Project Award Shareholder Thomas Southard and Counsel Brian Seal To Moderate ICBA Webinar on Mobile Banking and Patent Infringement Freight Carriers Targeted in Recent Wave of Patent Litigation RP Shareholder Christopher Lewis Presents to Several European Organizations while in London Attorney Brett J. Rosen Presented at the Automotive Chapter of the LES in Germany RatnerPrestia Welcomes New Shareholder Brian P. O’Shaughnessy to its Washington, D.C. Office Economics and Logic of Patent Litigation Versus Post Grant/Inter Partes Patent Review Direct Infringement of Method Claims by Single Entity No Longer Necessary for Inducement Liability RatnerPrestia Welcomes Brian S. Seal to its Washington, D.C. Office Statute of Limitations Provisions for Office Disciplinary Proceedings Using Third Party Prior Art Submissions to Help Reduce Future Possible Freedom to Operate Issues U.S.P.T.O. Issues Final Rules on AIA Supplemental Examination "PARTS" BILL COULD STRIP DESIGN PATENT OWNERS OF RIGHTS IN VEHICLE REPAIR PARTS Final AIA Rules on Oaths and Declarations Final AIA Rules for Post Grant Review, Inter Partes Review and Transitional Program for Covered Business Method Patents Deliberate Product Differentiation: Creating Unique Products and Valuable Intellectual Property RatnerPrestia Welcomes New Associate, Brian L. Mutschler to its Valley Forge, PA Office Judge Posner’s Non-judicial Take On The Patent System Computer-implemented Business Method Found Patentable By Federal Circuit Lewis Speaks at the LES Maryland Chapter Meeting ICANN Releases gTLD Applications List Nigon to Speak at 2012 PLI’s Advanced Patent Prosecution Workshop RatnerPrestia Shareholders Speak During PIPLA’s 27th Annual Review RatnerPrestia Co-Founder Selected for The PIPLA Distinguished IP Practitioner Award RatnerPrestia Welcomes Michael P.F. Phelps to its Washington D.C. Office RatnerPrestia Leaders Travel Overseas to Build on International Partnerships Board Rules in favor of API Cryptek, Inc. vs. Rubicon Communications How to Protect Your Trade Secrets RatnerPrestia Named Advisor To China Enterprise Confederation’s Certified IP Manager Training Program RatnerPrestia Shareholder and Associate Take Part in Patent Law Panel Discussion at Drexel University RatnerPrestia Shareholder, Rex Donnelly, Presents at Philly Ad Club Workshop Jonathan H. Spadt, President and CEO of RatnerPrestia, to Speak During Conference in Shanghai Mayo, Laws of Nature and Another Obscenity Decision Jonathan H. Spadt, CEO of RatnerPrestia, to speak during April 3 Patentability Subcommittee Teleconference The MAYO Test: Impact on Diagnosis, Personalized Medicine and Beyond Paul F. Prestia Selected for this Year’s Distinguished Service Medal by the Linn Inn Alliance Understanding America’s Patent Reform Design Patent Litigation: Advocacy Through Visual Communication The “Prior Commercial Use” Defense to Patent Infringement NEW TOP-LEVEL DOMAINS: What Brand Owners Need to Know RatnerPrestia Welcomes New Associate, Richard A. Howe II to its Valley Forge, PA Office Supreme Court Upholds “Restored” Copyrights for Non-U.S.-Originated Works RatnerPrestia Welcomes New Associate, Antranig Baronian to its Valley Forge, PA Office New Jersey Enacts Trade Secret Act RatnerPrestia Welcomes New Lawyer, Derek Richmond, to its Washington, D.C. Office Patentability of Therapeutic, Diagnostic and Screening Methods – the Supreme Court Takes Another Look RatnerPrestia Counsel, Ling Zhong, Ph.D., Presents at AIPLA’s Online Seminar Ling Zhong, Ph.D. Presents AIPLA’s Biotech Committee Meeting Jonathan Spadt Presents at AIPLA’s Annual Meeting Jonathan H. Spadt Participates at Penn State University Seminar RatnerPrestia CEO Focuses on International Partnerships Patent Reform Measures, Job Creation and the Hangover Federal Circuit: A Patent License is Presumed to Include Continuations of the Licensed Patent RatnerPrestia CEO Moderates PIPLA Meeting Brand Owner Alert! Only a Limited Time Remains to Prevent Others from Registering [Your-Brand].xxx Major Patent Reform is Enacted Enactment of America Invents Act Results in Significant Changes to Post-Grant Patent Reconsideration Options RatnerPrestia Shareholder Lectures at Patent “Boot Camp” International Trade Commission Clarifies Section 337's Domestic Industry Requirement for Patent Licensing Activities. China’s Intellectual Property Regime Comes of Age Isolated DNA Remains Patentable Subject Matter (For Now) Ling Zhong, Ph.D. Presents at the 2011 PKU Bio-Net Annual Conference More Predictable Patent Claim Construction? - Maybe What’s Next in the End Game for Patent Reform? Supreme Court to Review Prometheus’s Diagnostic Method Patent MICROSOFT CORP. v. I4I LIMITED PARTNERSHIP Patent Research Review Names RatnerPrestia Lawyers to Top Prosecutors List Patent Reform is About Innovation - Jobs Are Guaranteed to Follow Has the Federal Circuit Ended the Inequitable Conduct Plague? PLI's Advanced Patent Prosecution Workshop 2011 GLOBAL-TECH APPLIANCES, INC. v. SEB S.A. THERASENSE v. BECTON RatnerPrestia Shareholder Benjamin E. Leace Becomes PIPLA President The Federal Anti-Kickback Statute Will the Players’ Lawsuit Affect NFL Trademark Licensing? White House Recommends Performers Share in Copyright Royalties Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Expands Attorney-Client Privilege to Protect both Client-to-Attorney Communications and Attorney-to-Client Communications RatnerPrestia Team Ventures to Europe and Japan U.S. Courts Can Provide Discovery To Foreign Proceedings, The Supreme Court Shows More Interest In IP Cases Reexamination Today and Tomorrow: American Intellectual Property Law Association, Mid-Winter Meeting Paper, 2011 Proving Fraud Becomes Increasingly Difficult Protecting Trade Secrets in an Era of High Employee Mobility RatnerPrestia Associate, Ling Zhong, Ph.D., Becomes Counsel Federal Circuit Props Open Door for Computer Related Inventions and Business Methods in Wake of Supreme Court Bilski Decision United States Supreme Court may make it easier to invalid patents. Gene Patents: Is the Sky Falling? Rex Donnelly Presents at Delaware State University RatnerPrestia Shareholder Presents at Medical Device Materials Voice-of-Market™ Glenn Murphy Presents in German at Foreign Language CLE Webinar RatnerPrestia Shareholder Presents at 2010 Invention to Venture Conference RatnerPrestia Publishes Intellectual Property Survival Guide and Launches New Website RatnerPrestia Sponsors Ben Franklin Idol 2010 RatnerPrestia Shareholder Joshua Cohen is Guest Lecturer at Lehigh University RatnerPrestia Participates at Penn State University Seminar RatnerPrestia Shareholder Joshua L. Cohen Co-Chairs Global Product Innovation Conference RatnerPrestia Hosts Intellectual Property in China Conference The Impact of Intervening Rights on Strategies for Reissue and Reexamination The Inequitable Conduct Defense To Claims of Patent Infringement: Will it Be Reformed? RatnerPrestia Shareholder Joshua L. Cohen is Guest Lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania RatnerPrestia Welcomes New Associate Christopher H. Blaszkowski RatnerPrestia Shareholder Presents at AIPLA Live Online Seminar RatnerPrestia Shareholders Present at In-House Counsel CLE Seminar RatnerPrestia Associates Present at CCBA Young Lawyer’s Division RatnerPrestia Welcomes Kevin W. Buckley as Counsel RatnerPrestia Attorneys Selected As “The Best Lawyers in America” Kenneth Nigon Presents at AIPLA’s Online Seminar RatnerPrestia Attorneys Lecture at Patent “Boot Camp” RatnerPrestia Presented On IP Fundamentals For Start-Ups At GoodCompany Ventures' Inaugural Incubator Kenneth Nigon Presents at PLI’s Advanced Patent Prosecution Workshop Managing Your Portfolio Of Foreign Patents – How To Obtain Value In A Cost-Effective Manner Federal Circuit Allows Website Print-out Without Image To Qualify As A Trademark’s Commercial Use Specimen Inequitable Conduct: Will the Federal Circuit Get It Right This Time? Case Study: SEB V. Montgomery Ward Kenneth Nigon Presents at CLE Program Sponsored by the Federal Bar Association & U.S. District Court Joshua Cohen Publishes in AVA Academia Series RatnerPrestia Shareholders Present at University City Science Center RatnerPrestia Sponsors DELVACCA’s 2010 In-House Counsel Conference RatnerPrestia Hosts PDMA’s Spring Meeting Lawrence Ashery Presents at American Intellectual Property Law Association’s 2010 Spring Meeting Using Inter Partes Proceedings To Resolve Trademark Infringement Disputes Prestia and Samaras Publish Enhanced Decision Tree Methodology Beyond Decision Trees: Determining Aggregate Probabilities of Time, Cost, and Outcomes Dr. Robert Esposito Presents Encore Presentation at Temple University's College of Engineering RatnerPrestia Shareholder Presents at PBI's Fourth Annual IP Law Institute RatnerPrestia Shareholder Partners with the BNA RatnerPrestia Shareholders Lecture at the CCBA's Annual Spring Bench Bar Conference RatnerPrestia Shareholder Presents at PBI's Fourth Annual IP Law Institute Dr. Robert Esposito of RatnerPrestia Presents at Temple University's College of Engineering RatnerPrestia Shareholder is Guest Lecturer at Philadelphia University’s 2010 Spring Lecture Series RatnerPrestia Shareholder is Guest Lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania RatnerPrestia Speaker at the Basel Intellectual Property Lecture Series Dr. Ling Zhong, New Biotech Attorney At RatnerPrestia Trademark Lessons From USC V. USC Stephen Weed Presents at the Association of University Technology Managers 2010 Annual Meeting RatnerPrestia Shareholder Serves as Judge at Penn State’s 2010 Idea Pitch Competition RatnerPrestia Shareholder Presents to Pennsylvania State University's Chemical Engineering Students RatnerPrestia Shareholder Earns Lehigh University’s Farrington Award RatnerPrestia Shareholder Presents at Chester County Bar Association Intellectual Property Meeting Educating Businesspeople About the Importance of Trademark Rights RatnerPrestia Elects John W. McGlynn as Shareholder Jonathan Spadt named President of the Lower Pottsgrove Township Board of Commissioners RatnerPrestia Partners with the University of Delaware for IP Commercialization Bilski with a Side of Mayo Deciding Between Patent Protection and Trade Secret Protection Pennsylvania’s Trademark Counterfeiting Statute Found Unconstitutional How Reexamination Proceedings at the USPTO Impact the Strategy and Conduct of Patent Litigation RatnerPrestia University and Research Institute Regional Technology Transfer Meeting Patent Infringement Indemnification For Enhanced Damages: An Open Question? 9 out of 10 Attorneys Recommend . . . Examining Intellectual Property in Your Advertising Joshua Cohen, RatnerPrestia Shareholder, Lectures at the 2009 Wood-Plastic and Natural Fiber Composites Conference RatnerPrestia Attorney Set as a Speaker for the 2009 Tri-County Leadership Conference RatnerPrestia Speaker at Penn State University’s “Invention to Venture” Conference RatnerPrestia Attorneys Present to the Intellectual Property Committee of the Aerospace Industries Association Streamlight Inc. vs TerraLUX Inc. Intellectual Property Attorneys Jonathan H. Spadt and Glenn Murphy Complete Two Weeks of Presentations throughout Europe Turning Innovations Into Assets: IP Strategies That Maximize ROI Juries May Have Less Say on Patentability RatnerPrestia Attorney, Joshua L. Cohen, Citation in BusinessWeek Article RatnerPrestia Attorneys Lecture at Patent “Boot Camp” Joshua L. Cohen Speaks at International Design Management Symposium in Beijing Is There Another Chink In Your Patent Armor? Trademark Corner Update RatnerPrestia Participates in the American Bar Association Annual Meeting Drafting the Patent Specification Nigon to Speak at Advanced Patent Prosecution Workshop Trade Dress Likelihood of Confusion Minimized by Prominent Use of Trademarks A New Test for Determining Design Patent Infringement Favors Patent Owners and Informs Design Strategies RatnerPrestia Supports Hagley Museum’s Patent Model Exhibit Could Submission of a Grant Proposal Jeopardize Your Patent Rights? Getting The Most Protection For Your Trademark Budget Abbott Labs. v. Sandoz, Inc. (Also deciding Lupin Ltd. V. Abbott Labs.) A Different View of the Profession: First-Years Offer Perspectives Glenn Murphy presents at Twenty-Fifth Annual JPPCLE Seminar Weinberg of RatnerPrestia Published in IP Law360 What It Is, Not What It Does: The Written Description Requirement and Carnegie Mellon University v. Hoffman-La Roche Managing IP & Commercial Disputes in a Challenging Economy RatnerPrestia Trademark Update In re Kubin The PTO Rules - For Now Nigon Partners with BNA on Two IP Audioconferences 3 RatnerPrestia Attorneys Participate in PBI’s 3rd Annual Intellectual Property Law Institute RatnerPrestia's Upcoming Audioconferences Congress Again Seems Poised to Attempt a Major Revision of U.S. Patent Law Final Judgment of Patent Not Invalid Not Final As to Patent Validity RatnerPrestia Again Selected as Regional Host for AIPLA Women in IP Cross-County Networking Dinner Nigon Presents, "You Can't Patent That, Can you?" at the AUTM 2009 Annual Meeting Cohen Authors Chapter on Strategic Design Protection Understanding Patent Issues: Offensive and Defensive Approaches Nigon Presents AIPLA Webinar on Bilski RatnerPrestia Announces Rate Freeze and Fixed Fee Initiative Deferred Patent Examination: De Facto or De Jure? Patents in Structural Engineering 10th Circuit Applies Medimmune to Trademark Dispute RatnerPrestia Grows Pharma Practice with Senior Attorney from Henkel And Welcomes Two New Attorneys Compulsory Patent Licensing: What's The Royalty? Nigon Offers Strategies to Technology Companies for Avoiding Common and Costly Mistakes Patent Basics for the Innovative Engineer RatnerPrestia Hosts IP Seminar for Corporate Counsel Generic Versions of Biologics: The Problem and a Possible Solution RatnerPrestia Shareholder Speaks at Advanced Seminar on Trademark Law Nigon to Speak at Renowned Advanced Patent Prosecution Workshop Pending Cases May Decide Future of Patent Legislation Etkowicz of RatnerPrestia Elected President of The Benjamin Franklin American Inn of Court RatnerPrestia Ranked as a Leading IP Firm in PA Joshua L. Cohen Speaks at International Education Conference in Paris A Paradigm Shift in Obviousness for Pharma, Biotech Trademark Scams: Be Alert RatnerPrestia Appoints New Shareholders, Dervishian and Rothe IP-Related Disclosure Requirements Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Patent Reform Still a Hot Topic RatnerPrestia Selected as Regional Host for AIPLA Women in IP Dinner Practical Strategies for Proactive Risk Management: Patent Oppositions in Europe and Elsewhere Jonathan H. Spadt of RatnerPrestia Elected Commissioner of Lower Pottsgrove Township One for the Patent Owner: District of Columbia Drug Pricing Law Preempted by Federal Patent Laws RatnerPrestia Protects One of The World’s Most Innovative Companies Joshua L. Cohen Elected President of PDMA Philadelphia Chapter Samuel Morse Could Patent Signals, But You Can’t Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Enjoining Implementation of New Patent Rules New Professionals in RatnerPrestia's Biotech Practice RatnerPrestia Shareholder Elected Treasurer of National IP Law Association RatnerPrestia Raises Money for MS in 2007 City to Shore Bike Race RatnerPrestia Again Ranked as a Leading IP Firm in PA RatnerPrestia Welcomes Senior Patent Attorney from The Henkel Group Jacques L. Etkowicz of RatnerPrestia Honored as a Fellow of The American Bar Foundation Liability for Foreign Manufacturing, and We Are Not Talking About Lead Paint RatnerPrestia Invites Stephen J. Weed to Become a Shareholder Seitter Speaks on Complex Licensing Transactions RatnerPrestia Super Lawyers Stephen Weed Presents at the Twenty-Third Annual Joint Patent Practice Seminar Jonathan H. Spadt Discusses Patent Reform Act of 2007 with Congressmen Dr. Mulholland Participates in Widener's RatnerPrestia Shareholder Published In "The Computer & Internet Lawyer" Proposed Patent-Reform Bills Don't Address Elephant In the Room Bipartisan Patent Reform Bill Introduced Registration of Domain Name Marks Patent Law Reform, the End May Be Near Federal Discovery Rules Amended - No “Disk” Left Unturned RatnerPrestia Shareholders Speak on the Effects of MedImmune v. Genentech Federal Circuit To Revisit EchoStar and Underwater Devices Trademark Trial & Appeal Board Rule Changes The Supreme Court Puts Patent Royalties in Play Shareholder Joshua L. Cohen Speaks on Design Ownership RatnerPrestia to Host January PDMA Program on Integrated Product Development Protecting Your Intellectual Property with U.S. Customs Supreme Court Hearing Suggests Federal Circuit's Obviousness Test In Jeopardy RatnerPrestia Welcomes New Associate John McGlynn to its Trademark Center RatnerPrestia Welcomes Two New Associates in Valley Forge Reform the U.S. patent system? Congress, the PTO and the Supreme Court are all trying Patentability: The Supreme Court May Be Taking Us Back To the Future Spadt of RatnerPrestia Elected as Executive Director of the PA State Association of First Class Township Commissioners Using Patents to Advance the Civil Engineering Profession RatnerPrestia Shareholder Promotes a Greener Montgomery County Steady Growth Leads RatnerPrestia to Develop Trademark Center Using Patents to Advance the Civil Engineering Profession RatnerPrestia Again Ranked as a Leading IP Firm in PA RatnerPrestia Ranked No. 1 in U.S. Patents Issued Among Area IP Law Firms Human Protein Improperly Included in Interference Count According to PTO Ruling Jonathan Spadt of RatnerPrestia Named in Jacques L. Etkowicz Speaks on What its Really Like to Work in IP Risk Management in New Product Development RatnerPrestia Provides IP Support for Merck KGaA's Strategic Acquisition of Crop Bioscience Technology Company RatnerPrestia Shareholders, Andersen and Monroe, Move to Of Counsel IPXL Holdings LLC v. Amazon.com Inc. Paul Prestia Elected one of "The Best Lawyers in America" RatnerPrestia Named "Go-To" IP Law Firm By Client, Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. RatnerPrestia's Joshua L. Cohen to Speak at PDMA Meeting Hiroshi Fukuda of Matsushita Corporation Visits RatnerPrestia RatnerPrestia's Etkowicz, Spadt, and Keeling Honored as 2005 PA Rising Stars Jacques L. Etkowicz Speaks at Temple University Law School Jacques L. Etkowicz and Stephen J. Weed of RatnerPrestia Speak at USPTO Lemelson Patents Ruled Unenforceable under Prosecution Laches RatnerPrestia Attorneys Speak at Lehigh University Joshua L. Cohen of RatnerPrestia Speaks at IDSA National Education Conference RatnerPrestia Elects Robert P. Seitter as Shareholder RatnerPrestia Welcomes New Associates, Maenner and Rothe RatnerPrestia Shareholder Speaks at Paralegal Institute RatnerPrestia Again Ranked as a Leading IP Firm in PA RatnerPrestia Shareholder Speaks on Intellectual Property Donnelly of RatnerPrestia Speaks at Delaware State Bar Association Dinner India: Prosecution Procedure and Costs, Compulsory Licensing, Enforcement Options, and Recent Changes RatnerPrestia Welcomes Glenn M. Massina RatnerPrestia Shareholder Speaks At Joint Patent Practice Seminar A Properly Drafted Joint Research Agreement Will KO Secret Prior Art Intangible Assets Create Wealth, But Be Careful RatnerPrestia Shareholder Appears on Award Winning Law Program RatnerPrestia Elects Two New Shareholders Allan Ratner to become Of Counsel RatnerPrestia IP Business Group Represents $725 Million Investment RatnerPrestia Welcomes Brett J. Rosen and Deborah M. Grove, Ph.D. RatnerPrestia's Joshua L. Cohen Speaks at PDMA Meeting RatnerPrestia Welcomes Christopher Dervishian Back to the Firm RatnerPrestia Shareholder Speaks at Prestigious Israel Institute Jacques L. Etkowicz of RatnerPrestia Gives Practice Tips RatnerPrestia Welcomes Joy Mulholland, Ph.D. RatnerPrestia Welcomes Eric Berkowitz Paul Prestia Again Named one of Top IP Lawyers in PA Etkowicz and Spadt of RatnerPrestia Spoke at Annual AIPLA Conference RatnerPrestia's Jacques Etkowicz to Moderate the AIPLA Advanced Computer and Electronic Patent Practice Seminar IP Meets the SEC as the Financial World Changes RatnerPrestia's Jonathan Spadt Appointed to Advisory Council of The Pennsylvania State University College of Engineering RatnerPrestia's Jonathan Spadt Speaks To Penn State's Chemical Engineering Majors What Does Rule 26 Protect When You Retain an Expert? Christopher R. Lewis of RatnerPrestia Has Served as Chair of Licensing Executives Society's Philadelphia Chapter RatnerPrestia's Joshua L. Cohen Speaks At Philadelphia University RatnerPrestia Elects Jonathan H. Spadt as Shareholder Benjamin E. Leace of RatnerPrestia Speaks on Madrid Protocol RatnerPrestia's Kenneth N. Nigon and James C. Simmons Speak at Independent Inventor Conference The Continuing Story of Festo: Festo IX Strategic IP Agreements: A Trap for the Unwary Paul Prestia Named One of Top IP Lawyers in PA RatnerPrestia Participates in Upper Dublin High School Community Study Program RatnerPrestia's Jacques Etkowicz and Jonathan Spadt Scheduled to Speak at AIPLA Annual Conference RatnerPrestia Prominently Represented at IP Law Practice for Paralegals National Conference RatnerPrestia's Bruce Monroe Speaks to Temple's Med School Students RatnerPrestia's Joshua L. Cohen Speaks at Product Designers Conference RatnerPrestia Welcomes Stephen J. Weed RatnerPrestia Names Jacques L. Etkowicz as Shareholder Counsel as Ringmaster: IP Strategies for Protecting Consumer Products Are We Overstating the Federal Circuit's Festo Decision? RatnerPrestia's Benjamin E. Leace Speaks On Trademarks Securing Valuable Design Protection for Consumer Products RatnerPrestia's Benjamin E. Leace Speaks To Temple Law School Students On Intellectual Property Law RatnerPrestia's Cohen and Nigon Speak at Inn of Court Meeting Jacques L. Etkowicz RatnerPrestia Gives Practice Tips RatnerPrestia's Christopher R. Lewis Is Elected Chair Of Licensing Executives Society's Philadelphia Chapter RatnerPrestia Execs Speak at ALA's Intellectual Property Retreat Barbara A. Foley Of RatnerPrestia To Speak On the Role Of Today's Legal Secretary Maintaining Your Competitive Advantage: A Periodic Intellectual Property Audit Take Your Great Idea to The Next Level Supreme Court Overturns? Festo Ben Leace of RatnerPrestia Moderates at INTA Meeting Trademark Applications Are Now as Easy as 1-2-3 RatnerPrestia's Joshua Cohen Scheduled To Speak at AIPLA Annual Conference RatnerPrestia's Andrew L. Ney Speaks at Patent Practice Update Seminar RatnerPrestia Moves Downtown Jacques Etkowicz of RatnerPrestia Speaks on Prior Art Searching at Recent AIPLA Seminar Robert P. Seitter Joins RatnerPrestia RatnerPrestia Welcomes Summer Associates RatnerPrestia's Ken Nigon Speaks at AIPLA Spring Meeting RatnerPrestia's John Spadt Speaks to Penn State's Chemical Engineering Majors RatnerPrestia's Ken Nigon Speaks on Prior Art Searching Ratner & Prestia's Andrew L. Ney Speaks at Local LES Meeting Is Litigation Manageable? The New Written Description Requirement Frank P. Tise, Ph.D. Joins Ratner & Prestia as a Patent Agent Ratner & Prestia Expands Electronics & Computer Group: Stanley Weinberg Joins Firm Ken Nigon Speaks at Seminar on Business Method Patents Ken Nigon Participates at AIPLA Seminar on Partnering in Patents Paul F. Prestia Named As Chair Of AIPLA Fellows Ratner & Prestia's Jonathan H. Spadt Lectures On Patent & E-Commerce Issues at Pennsylvania Bar Institute CLE Course Andrew L. Ney of Ratner & Prestia Organizes and Participates in Second NATO Science For Peace Programme Workshop Ratner & Prestia's Terry B. Morris & Jacques L. Etkowicz Speak at Mississippi Bar's Annual Meeting Trademarks in the .COM Millennium Ratner & Prestia's Nigon and Cohen Scheduled to Speak at AIPLA Annual Conference Paul F. Prestia Of Ratner & Prestia Speaks At Association Of Bioscience Financial Officers Conference Ratner & Prestia Takes Proactive Measures to Retain Experienced Staffers Ratner & Prestia Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary Andrew L. Ney of Ratner & Prestia Participates at NATO Science for Peace Programme Ratner & Prestia Attended Renssalaer's First Annual Intellectual Property Career Forum Ratner & Prestia Is Ranked #1 Among Area's Law Firms for Number of Patents Issued in 2000 Ratner & Prestia Participates in Villanova's Patent Clearance for e-Commerce: Preemptive Patent Clearance or Wait Until Your Client Receives a Notice Letter A New Defense For First Inventors Local Conference Schedules Shareholder From Largest Suburban IP Law Firm to Speak on Panel Ratner & Prestia Shareholders Speak at AIPLA Annual Seminar Help Is Here In The World Of Patents KTV in the Clear - You Can Now Get What You See Ratner & Prestia Announces Robert L. Andersen As Shareholder Kenneth N. Nigon of Ratner & Prestia Elected President of PIPLA Ratner & Prestia Announces Joshua L. Cohen As Shareholder Ratner & Prestia Announces Bruce M. Monroe As Shareholder Compensation of Employee Inventions in Japan Ratner & Prestia Obtains Favorable Ruling on First Disputed Domain Name Arbitration, on Behalf of Byers' Choice Attorney Brett Rosen presents at a meeting of the Automotive Chapter of the LES in Germany This is my test news article