RatnerPrestia is pleased to announce that Michael P.F. Phelps has joined the Washington, D.C. office as Counsel practicing in both intellectual property litigation and patent prosecution.

RatnerPrestia attorneys led by shareholder Benjamin Leace successfully defended API Cryptek and it’s NETGARD trademark in an Opposition proceeding brought by Rubicon Communications. The Trademark Trial and Appeals Board issued a decision in favor of API Cryptek, finding no likelihood of confusion between the parties NETGARD and NETGATE trademarks.

The Enterprise Management Certification & Training Office of China Enterprise Confederation (CEC) has named RatnerPrestia’s Co-founder and Senior Counselor Mr. Paul Prestia to the Advisory Committee of its new Certified Intellectual Property Manager training program.

RatnerPrestia Shareholder Kenneth Nigon, was a panelist, and RatnerPrestia Associate, Christopher Blaszkowski, moderated a recent panel discussion held at the Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law on April 2.

Rex Donnelly, Managing Shareholder of RatnerPrestia’s Wilmington, Delaware office, presented at the Philly Ad Club Workshop held in Delaware on March 28, 2012.

Jonathan H. Spadt, President and CEO of RatnerPrestia, will be speaking during the Overseas Intellectual Property Enforcement Conference in Shanghai on April 17. Mr. Spadt will be covering intellectual property enforcement in both the executive and judicial forums, with an emphasis on U.S. Federal District Court and International Trade Commission remedies.

Jonathan H. Spadt, CEO of RatnerPrestia, and member of the Patentability Subcommittee of AIPLA will be discussing the reasoning of Justice Breyer’s opinion in Prometheus during the teleconference on April 3. This is the second teleconference on the patent eligibility of medical method patent claims involving a law of nature, specifically focusing on Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. of March 20, 2012.

RatnerPrestia co-founder, Paul F. Prestia, was one of six recipients selected for this year’s Distinguished Service Medal by the prestigious Linn Inn Alliance. Prestia was presented the Medal at the NYIPLA Judges’ Dinner on March 23 at the Herbert Hoover Suite of the Waldorf Astoria. The Medal recognizes Prestia for his contributions to the continuing success of the Linn Inn Alliance.

RatnerPrestia is pleased to announce the addition of Richard A. Howe II to its Valley Forge, PA office. Mr. Howe recently completed his clerkship in the Civil Division of the Delaware Department of Justice (DOJ). While at the DOJ, he wrote Summary Judgment motions submitted in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware and deposed witnesses for District Court cases. Prior to his time at the DOJ, Mr. Howe clerked for The Honorable Michael J. Kassel, J.S.C. of New Jersey.