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The Tarolli Firm and Liza J.M. Heinig Receive Recognition from The United States Patent and Trademark Office for their Pro Bono Achievements
We are pleased to announce that The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) presented Patent Pro Bono Achievement Certificates to the Tarolli firm and Liza J.M. Heinig in special recognition of their pro bono contributions to financially under-resourced inventors and small businesses. Individual attorneys with 50 or more hours …
Read MoreAttorneys Yirga, Pinchak, and Smart Prevail in First Ever Derivation Proceeding Instituted by the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Subsequent to a trial on the merits, the United States Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) ruled in favor of patentee GED Integrated Solutions, Inc. (GED) in the first ever derivation proceeding to be instituted since the 2011 America Invents Act (AIA). Andersen Corporation v. GED Integrated Solutions, Inc., DER2017-00007. …
Read MoreEuropean Patent Office Upholds Revocation of CRISPR Patent Due to Applicant Listing on Parent Applications
On January 16, 2020 the Board of Appeal at the European Patent Office made an important decision that relates to CRISPR gene editing technology (EP 2771468). The Broad Institute lost this patent due to an issue with a “same applicant or successor in title” (SAOSIT), under European law. This is …
Read MoreTarolli Firm Successfully Enforces Client’s Trademark Rights in Addition to Obtaining Trademark Registrations in the U.S. and Abroad
Partners Samantha Smart and John Yirga recently secured a victory on summary judgment for a long-time client in an opposition proceeding before the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (T.T.A.B.). A third party attempted to register a U.S. Federal Trademark that would have been harmful to our client’s well-established mark. …
Read MoreTarolli Patent Attorney, Robert Knecht Schmidt, gives back to the community through The Ohio Patent Pro Bono Program.
The program is the result of an active collaboration among the USPTO, The Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association (CIPLA) and the IP Venture Clinic at The Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Tarolli Patent Attorneys Rich Wesorick and Liza Heinig are faculty members serving the IP Venture Clinic. Learn …
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