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Firm News 3 results

Firm News | 8 min read | 08.15.24

The Best Lawyers in America 2025 Recognizes 42 Crowell & Moring Attorneys, Three Selected as Lawyer of the Year

Washington – August 15, 2024: The 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® has recognized 42 Crowell & Moring lawyers as "Best Lawyers" and 29 lawyers as “Ones to Watch.”
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Firm News | 8 min read | 08.17.23

The Best Lawyers in America 2024 Recognizes 47 Crowell & Moring Attorneys, Two Selected as Lawyer of the Year

Washington – August 17, 2023: The 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® has recognized 47 firm lawyers as "Best Lawyers" and 41 lawyers as “Ones to Watch.”
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Firm News | 5 min read | 08.19.21

The Best Lawyers in America 2022 Recognizes 53 Crowell & Moring Attorneys, One Selected as Lawyer of the Year

Washington – August 19, 2021: The 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® has recognized 53 firm lawyers as "Best Lawyers" and 13 lawyers as “Ones to Watch.” The publication also named partner William H. Frankel the Best Lawyers 2022 Copyright Law "Lawyer of the Year" in Chicago.
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Client Alerts 6 results

Client Alert | 3 min read | 06.04.24

Federal Circuit Abandons Decades-Old Obviousness Test For Design Patents

In its first en banc decision in six years, the Federal Circuit in LKQ Corp. v. GM Global Technology Operations LLC, No. 2021-2348 (Fed. Cir. May 21, 2024) overruled the prevailing obviousness test for design patents; abandoning the decades-old standard known as the Rosen-Durling test, and embracing a less rigid approach to assessing obviousness for design patents.  As explained below, the decision creates uncertainty as to how the obviousness of design patents should be assessed in the future.  
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Client Alert | 3 min read | 04.04.23

USPTO Introduces New Initiative to Expedite Patent Applications of First-Time Filers

In March 2023, the USPTO and its Council for Inclusive Innovation announced the First-Time Filer Expedited Examination Pilot Program.  This new program benefits those individuals or small businesses that are first-time filers for patent rights and qualify as “micro entities.”  Through the program, these micro entities receive an expedited first Office action, which the USPTO hopes will lower time-based barriers for inventors that acted as barriers to commercialization or may have otherwise precluded inventors’ use of the patent system. 
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Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 09.11.20

Twitter, Inc. v. Vidstream LLC, No. 19-1708 (Fed. Cir. 2020)

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Webinar | 11.10.22, 3:00 AM PST - 4:00 AM PST

Orange County Bar Association Health Care Law Section Webinar: 3D Printing at the Point of Care: Compliance and Liability Concerns

Attorneys John Fuson, Hilary Johnson, Robbie Jost, and Andrew McElligott will present a webinar for the Orange County Bar Association Health Care Law Section titled, "3D Printing at the Point of Care: Compliance and Liability Concerns" on Thursday, November 10, 2022. This session will provide (1) a primer on how the FDA regulates medical devices, (2) an outline of how FDA plans to regulate 3D printing of devices at the point of care and legal issues raised by this new model as compared to traditional manufacturing, (3) an examination of the state of product liability litigation when it comes to 3D printed devices and the potential product liability risks when healthcare facilities take on the role of traditional manufacturers, and (4) an analysis of different intellectual property scenarios healthcare facilities must be aware of when 3D printing POC devices.
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