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Mary Lou Wakimura has been selected as a Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly 2023 Intellectual Property “Go To Lawyer” Honoree
August 2, 2023
Boston, MA - Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly has selected Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds Principal Mary Lou Wakimura as a 2023 Intellectual Property “Go To Lawyer” honoree....
Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C. Elects Ronald Demsher and Philip Mazoki as Principals
Ron Demsher has an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and has substantial experience in all phases of patent prosecution, as well as experience...
Managing IP 2023 Recommends Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds and Ranks Principal Susan Glovsky as a Patent Star
July 11, 2023
Managing IP released its 2023 IP Stars rankings, ranking Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds as Recommended for Patent Prosecution, both nationally and in Massachusetts. The firm is also...
Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds Recognized by IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals
June 28, 2023
Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds was recognized by IAM Patent 1000 as a top patent firm in New England for quality patent prosecution services. Principals Lawrence Cogswell, Ph.D., Susan...
United States Patent and Trademark Office: Expansion and Extension of the Climate Change Mitigation Pilot Program
June 13, 2023
By: Christine M. Wise and Alice O. Carroll
As of June 6, 2023, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) expanded the scope of the Climate Change Mitigation Pilot Program, initially implemented on June 3, 2022,...
Supreme Court Clarifies Enablement Standard, Finds Amgen’s Antibody Genus Claims Invalid
May 22, 2023
By: Deirdre E. Sanders and Bin Wang,, Ph.D.
The Supreme Court of the United States has issued its ruling in Amgen v. Sanofi, affirming the Federal Circuit’s conclusion that Amgen failed “to enable any person skilled...
Long-Anticipated Supreme Court Ruling in Warhol Copyright Case Underwhelms
May 19, 2023
Andy Warhol, even posthumously, has a talent for attracting attention. That was true for the copyright litigation by the Andy Warhol Foundation (“AWF”) against the photographer...
Artificial Intelligence: The USPTO Seeks Comments on Inventorship
May 3, 2023
In June 2022, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) formed the Artificial Intelligence/Emerging Technologies (AI/ET) partnership, which seeks to bring together stakeholders...
Mary Lou Wakimura was Interviewed on IP Strategies when Rebranding
April 25, 2023
Mary Lou Wakimura, Principal at Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds, was recently interviewed for an article in Managing IP. The article discusses why strong communication between...
Dos and don’ts for employees handling third-party patents
April 18, 2023
By: Lawrence P. Cogswell III,, Ph.D. and Susan G. L. Glovsky
“When an employee becomes aware of a third-party patent, that knowledge may be imputed to the company, potentially triggering an obligation for the company to take appropriate...
USPTO Delays the Planned Non-DOCX Filing Surcharge Fee Yet Again
March 31, 2023
By: Alexander Adam, , Ph.D. and Mary Lou Wakimura
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a new final rule on March 27, 2023, delaying the effective date of the fee set for filing a Non-DOCX patent application...
USPTO’s First-Time Filer Expedited Examination Pilot Program
March 27, 2023
By: Alice O. Carroll and Christine M. Wise
On March 9, 2023, the USPTO launched a pilot program for first-time filers of U.S. patent applications. The pilot program will provide an expedited first Office Action which includes...