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Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds is Recognized by U.S. News - Best Lawyers® as a "Best Law Firm" for Patent Law and Trademark Law

November 1, 2018 (Boston, MA) - Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds has been ranked in the 2019 U.S. News - Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" list both nationally and regionally...

Susan Glovsky Quoted in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Article “Decision alters strategic calculus in patent cases”

September 6, 2018

On August 27, 2018, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly newspaper quoted Principal Susan G. L. Glovsky in an article about the Federal Circuit’s recent Click-to-Call, LP v. Ingenio,...

Ten Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers in America® 2019

August 15, 2018

(Boston and Concord, MA) - Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds is pleased to announce that ten of our attorneys have received the distinction of Best Lawyers in America® 2019. Dave...

Hugh Herr, of client MIT Media Lab, gives TED talk entitled “How We’ll Become Cyborgs and Extend Human Potential"

August 15, 2018

Dr. Herr, Head of the Biomechatronics group at the MIT Media Lab, is pioneering a new class of biohybrid smart prostheses and orthoses to improve the quality of life for thousands...

Foreign Filing License Requirements in the United States and Abroad

August 10, 2018

By: James M. Smith

Many countries have a first filing requirement under which patent applications must be filed first in that country before filing in any other country. Each country has its own factors...

Supreme Court Includes Lost Foreign Profits In Patentee's Recovery

June 26, 2018

By: Susan G. L. Glovsky and Lawrence P. Cogswell III,, Ph.D.

Damages adequate to compensate for infringement include lost foreign profits when the underlying infringement is for supplying components of a patented invention in or from the United...

Trade Secrets: Gearing Up To Enhance Protection

May 2018

"The need to keep trade secrets secret is vital worldwide, and this requirement needs to be a priority for every business, whether the business engages in rocket science or food...

2018 New England Innovation Awards Winners

May 16, 2018

Concord, MA Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds would like to congratulate clients Heuresis Corporation and Protein Matrix on winning the 2018 New England Innovation Awards. The...

The Passing of Dick Wise, former Of Counsel at Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds

May 2, 2018

Dick was born in New York City, and had lived in Dover for the past 42 years. He graduated from Brown University and Boston University Law School. During WW II he served in the U.S...

Primer on Reasonable Steps In Protecting Trade Secrets

Internationally, contracts and agreements with employees, contractors, consultants, and businesses need to address confidentiality of trade secrets, which can also be referred to as...

Comparison of the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) and the EU Trade Secrets Directive

“Trade secret” means all forms and types of financial, business, scientific, technical, economic, or engineering information, including patterns, plans, compilations...

Rehabilitation Robotics and Prosthetics: Trends and Intellectual Property Considerations

March 1, 2018

By: Alexander Adam, , Ph.D. and

Medical Design Briefs: Click here to view the original article from the publication. As rehabilitation robotics and prosthetics are increasingly able to sense and “think...