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Dr. Hugh Herr, of client MIT Media Lab, on CBS’s 60 Minutes Overtime
August 7, 2019
Dr. Hugh Herr, Head of the Biomechatronics group at the MIT Media Lab, is advancing prosthetics technology to improve the quality of life for thousands of people with physical challenges...
Bin Wang, Ph.D. Joins the Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds Life Sciences Team
June 27, 2019
June 27, 2019, Concord and Boston, MA - Leading intellectual property law firm Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds is pleased to announce that Bin Wang, Ph.D. has joined the firm as an Associate...
Does a “Full Moon” Mean Mars too?: Supreme Court Issues a Pair of Copyright Decisions Limiting Litigation Options
March 6, 2019
By: Brian T. Moriarty and Timothy J. Meagher
Supreme Court resolves conflicting decision by lower courts in copyright cases A plaintiff may not file a copyright litigation until the U.S. Copyright Office registers the copyright...
World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000 Recognizes Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds as a “One-Stop Shop that is a Tight-Knit Squad Supporting Clients Worldwide”
February 11, 2019
World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000 - The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals recognized Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds in the Silver category for the ninth consecutive year...
Trademarking Your Brewery
February 4, 2019
By: Patrick A. Quinlan
Massachusetts Brewers Guild: Click here to view the original article from the publication. Listen to Patrick's webcast on Protecting Your Brewery’s Brands...
A Secret Sale Might be Prior Art and Bar Patentability
January 31, 2019
Under 35 U.S.C. § 102, a sale or offer for sale of an invention may bar patentability. Prior to enactment of the AIA in March 2013, § 102 barred patentability of an...
USPTO Updates Guidance on Subject Matter Eligibility - Improving Chances for Grant of Software Related Patent Applications
January 28, 2019
By: Philip T. Mazoki and
The USPTO published revised guidelines enumerating subject matter groupings of abstract ideas and clarifying that a claim reciting a judicial exception is patent eligible if the...
Article on Deirdre Sanders Published in Boston Business Journal
Though she didn’t know it when she started out in patent law for biotechnology, Deirdre Sanders’ great-grandfather had obtained a patent for a railway raising and...
Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C. Elects Alexander Adam, Ph.D. and Christopher Albert as Principals
January 3, 2019
Alex has a Ph.D. from Boston University in biomedical engineering and is an expert on medical device technology. Alex was born in Germany and remains a fluent German speaker.&...
Deirdre Sanders of Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds is the New President of the Boston Patent Law Association
December 6, 2018
CONCORD, MA, December 6, 2018 - Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds is pleased to announce that Principal Deirdre Sanders has been sworn in as the new President of the Boston Patent Law...
Navigating Paris Convention Article 4(C)(4): The International Right of Priority in the United States and Abroad
December 5, 2018
Navigating Paris Convention Article 4(C)(4): The International Right of Priority in the United States and Abroad Click here to read the full article. I. Introduction Imagine...
Trade Dress Revival Could Lead to Exclusion Order Under Section 337
November 6, 2018
By: Susan G. L. Glovsky and Patrick A. Quinlan
Under Section 337 of the Tariff Act, the International Trade Commission (ITC) “shall direct” that articles it determines violate Section 337 be excluded from entry into...