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IP Law 360 Quotes Partner Chester Rothstein as expert on recent case law: “Design Patent Law Still Murky Post-Egyptian Goddess”” “
Click Chester Rothstein, a partner at Amster Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP, was less convinced of the significance of the Crocs ruling, however. While it’s helpful to have another example to add to the 100-plus years of case law related to design patents, Rothstein said, “I don’t think Crocs dramatically changed the law or analysis. We […]
In The Press:IP Law 360 turns to Partner Charles R. Macedo For Insight on TiVo v. Echostar Oral Arguments Before the Federal Circuit
Click here to download the article. Charles R. Macedo, a partner at Amster Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP, said that the two key questions attorneys wanted answered by the Federal Circuit were how much a redesigned product must be changed in order to warrant a new trial and whether a good faith effort to design around a patent […]
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Apple sues HTC over 20 US patents
Apple has sued Taiwanese company High Tech Computer Corp (HTC), the maker of Google’s Nexus One phone, in both the International Trade Commission (ITC) and the US District Court of Delaware, claiming infringement of a total of 20 patents. Apple said in its complaints, filed on Tuesday, that HTC has infringed the patents in question […]
ARE Patent Law Alert: USPTO Issues Proposed Rules For Implementing A First-Inventor-To-File System
(July 30, 2012) On July 26, 2012, the USPTO issued proposed rules and examination guidelines for the first-inventor-to-file patent system set to take effect on March 16, 2013, providing guidance on how the USPTO plans to handle patents affected by the AIA. Generally, the proposed rules seek to follow the tenets of the new law […]
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Macy’s, Others Win Claims In Katz Phone Patent MDL
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In The Press:BD Wins Ruling Over Two Abbott Glucose Strip Patents
Click here to download the article. Bayer is represented by Amster Rothstein & Ebenstein. – Ron Zapata, IP Law360, Monday, April 07, 2008
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Supreme Court hears business method battle
Attendees lined up outside the High Court early on the morning of November 9 to gain access to the 1:00 pm hearing in Bilski and Warsaw v Kappos. The Court was packed to capacity – about 400 people gathered to hear the controversial patent case, and many more were turned away. Bradley Wright of Banner […]
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The Heshel School Builds its Portfolio of Intellectual Property
Click Charles R. Macedo, a partner at the patent law firm of Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein, LLP, and his associate, Mark Berkowitz.
In The Press:Technology Transfer Tactics turns to Partner Charles R. Macedo for insight on Bilski decision.
Click here to read the article. Charles R. Macedo Esq., a partner at New York’s Amster Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP, tells TTT that the decision “keeps in play a wider range of potentially patent-eligible subject matter than if Justice Stevens’ concurrence had been adopted as a majority decision. The flexibility of the majority decision will […]