We are pleased to announce that Corinne Marie Pouliquen was appointed to the Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA) Editorial Advisory Board (EAB) Committee for fiscal year 2018-19. Ms.
In what appears to be the first decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland interpreting the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA), Judge Catherine C.
In a decision involving an employer’s assertion of the Defense of Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”) against former employees, the plaintiff Center for Advancing Innovation ("the Center") sought an order for civil seizure of the defendant Bahreini’s electronic devices under the DTSA and injunctive relief. In
Berenato & White, LLC will participate in the Technology Center 2800 Circuits Customer Partnership Meeting at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
In response to a cease-and-desist (C&D) letter from Coach, Inc. threatening to bring a trademark infringement action on a specific date in the Central District of California, Citi Trends, Inc. attempted to preempt Coach by filing a declaratory judgment action in the U.S.
The Maryland State Bar Association’s May 15, 2018 Bar Bulletin published an article authored by David S. Taylor of Berenato & White entitled “The Name of the Game is the Claim.” The article centers on a recent Maryland District Court decision weighing in on patent-eligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C.
In a patent infringement action brought against baseball camps and clinics of retired Oriole legend Cal Ripkin (“CRJ”), CRJ moved for summary judgment of non-infringement of plaintiff’s two patents directed to a system for dispensing items (e.g., baseballs) to a user. The claimed system included (1) a readable user-identifier con
As part of the America Invents Act, Congress established inter partes review (“IPR”), which went into effect in 2012. IPR allows a challenge to the validity of one or more claims of a patent on the grounds that the claims do not meet the novelty or nonobviousness standards for patentability in view of prior art patents or printe
