7th grade students at AIM Academy (Conshohocken, PA) were given a lesson in patents on April 29 by Christopher R. Lewis, Shareholder at RatnerPrestia. Read more »

RatnerPrestia President & CEO, Jonathan H. Spadt, traveled to Germany last week for the Porsche Design Filing Policy Conference. Spadt provided his expert guidance on design right patents specific to Porsche and was an esteemed contributor during the conference held in Leipzig, Germany on April 24. Read more »

Kenneth N. Nigon and Christopher R. Lewis, Shareholders at RatnerPrestia, moderated a lunch webinar on April 24 at the firm’s Berwyn office. Please click here to view the presentation slides for “The America Invents Act | The Next Round: Implementation of First Inventor to File Rules”.

On April 11, Rex A. Donnelly, Managing Shareholder of RatnerPrestia’s Wilmington office, spoke about the practicalities of Intellectual Property Law to a group of new and existing entrepreneurs as a guest speaker for the FastTrac® New Ventures™ / FastTrac® Growth Ventures™ program.  Read more »

Members of RatnerPrestia’s litigation team were asked to participate in the 7^th Annual Intellectual Property Law Institute on April 24-25, 2013.  The institute will concentrate on present-day intellectual property law issues and will address topics such as copyrights, trade secrets and trademarks. Read more »

Written By: Brett J. Rosen and Andrew J. Koopman

On March 19, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision holding that the “first sale” doctrine applies to copies of a copyrighted work lawfully made abroad. Read more »

RatnerPrestia is proud to announce that Keith E. George has joined its Washington, D.C. office as Shareholder, where he will focus his practice on patent matters, including patent prosecution, client counseling, and due diligence analysis on issues of patentability, validity, and infringement. Read more »

Written By: Robert A. McKinley

On February 27, 2013, new legislation was introduced that proposes shifting attorneys fees to non-practicing entities (NPEs or trolls) if they lose patent infringement cases. The proposed legislation is referred to as the SHIELD Act of 2013, and is a welcomed improvement to targets of NPE litigation. Read more »

RatnerPrestia Shareholder Stephen J. Weed participated in the 1st Annual Wharton Business Law Conference on February 22, 2013, held by the Wharton Business Law Association. Mr. Weed was one of the four speakers that took part of the intellectual property panel. The keynote speaker of the conference was Tim Geishecker, Senior Counsel in the Office of International Affairs at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.