Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP is pleased to announce its expansion of its Intellectual Property practice with the opening of a new Wilmington, Delaware office. To view the article from Delaware Law Weekly, click here.
The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled on a patent case, Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank, regarding whether business-related software inventions are entitled to patent protection under 35 U.S.C. § 101, which defines the statutory categories of inventions entitled to patent protection.…
On May 1, a federal jury in California awarded $17.4 million in punitive damages be paid by Patriot Rail Company LLC to Sierra Railroad Co. less than two months after awarding a $22.3 million verdict for misappropriation of trade secrets.…
On April 3, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a $919.9 million verdict awarded to DuPont in a theft of trade secrets action against Kolon Industries, Inc. The award was the third largest U.S. jury verdict in 2011. A…
On March 21, the Pennsylvania Superior Court vacated a $1.4 million verdict in a trade secret case between Advanced Research System Inc. (ARS) and ColdEdge Technologies Inc., both of which manufacture and sell devices for low temperature scientific research. In…
The biggest news of this year in the patent industry is probably the dramatic increase in patent litigations filed by non-practicing entities (NPEs). A record 60% of all patent litigations in the past year were filed by NPEs. The entire…
PHILADELPHIA (July 11, 2012) – The boutique IP law firm of Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP earned five lawyer rankings for intellectual property lawyers in Pennsylvania in this year’s Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. The five lawyers recognized by…
PHILADELPHIA (April 12, 2012) – Panitch Schwarze partner, Alan Nadel, will be discussing “The Human Blueprint Up For Sale? The Ethics of Patenting the Human Genome and other Materials of Nature under US Law and Jewish Ethics” on April 24 at the firm…
PHILADELPHIA (March 23, 2012) – Panitch Schwarze Belisario and Nadel LLP is pleased to announce that Ronald L. Panitch, William W. Schwarze, Martin G. Belisario and Alan S. Nadel have been selected to the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 4 of the top attorneys in Pennsylvania for 2012. No…
Firm also named #1 Law Firm in Philadelphia for Patent Litigation PHILADELPHIA (November 18, 2011) – Four attorneys were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2012-2013. In addition, the firm was ranked in the Best…
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