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Ms. Shebar’s practice is concentrated on trademark matters. She has extensive experience advising clients regarding the clearance, use and strategic development of their trademarks, managing their domestic and international trademark portfolios, and prosecuting their trademark applications and maintaining their registrations worldwide, including in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

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 …

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. …

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 …

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. …