Eight Knobbe Martens Partners Named Among World’s Leading IP Strategists in IAM Strategy 300 Guide
IRVINE, Calif., August 20, 2024 – Knobbe Martens is pleased to share that eight of the firm’s partners have been recognized in the 2024 edition of the IAM Strategy 300:...
Bloomberg Law Quotes Curtiss Dosier on Patent Enforcement in Formula 1 Racing
In the Bloomberg Law article “GM Touts Racing Innovation, IP Boon as It Bids to Join Formula 1,” partner Curtiss Dosier, who co-chairs the firm’s mechanical engineering group, commented on...
Marko Zoretic and Nicholas Zovko Author Article on the Benefits of Forum Non Conveniens in World Intellectual Property Review
In the article “Exploring a Powerful Legal Tool in Trade Secret Clashes,” Knobbe Martens partners Marko Zoretic and Nicholas Zovko discuss how practitioners can use the doctrine of forum non...
Weighty Considerations: Objective Indicia of Non-obviousness
VOLVO PENTA OF THE AMERICAS, LLC, v. BRUNSWICK CORP.
Before Moore, Lourie, and Cunningham. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: The Board must consider the combined weight of multiple objective indicia of non-obviousness and must provide an explanation for the weight attributed to each objective indicia proven by the patent owner.
Knobbe Martens Names New Mechanical Engineering Practice Group Leaders
Partners Tom Cowan and Curtiss Dosier Named Co-Chairs of Group IRVINE, CALIF., May 17, 2023 – Knobbe Martens, one of the world’s leading intellectual property law firms, announced today that...
“Filtering” Appropriate Claim Construction Reasoning
SSI TECHS., LLC v. DONGGUAN ZHENGYANG ELECTRONIC MECHANICAL LTD.
Before Reyna, Bryson, and Cunningham. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.
Summary: The district court correctly construed the claim of one patent in view of the prosecution history but erred in construing a second patent by limiting the claimed “filter” to specification examples.
