P. Brian Giles, Ph.D., J.D., has joined McKeon Meunier Carlin & Curfman, LLC as an associate attorney focused on patent prosecution, due diligence and patent strategy in the areas of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and medical devices. Giles graduated magna cum laude from Georgia State University College of Law in 2011.
In his recent article for World Trademark Review, Steve Schaetzel reports on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and its reversal of a Virginia district court’s summary judgement ruling that Google’s use of trademarks in its AdWords program was not likely to cause confusion as a matter of law.
Steve Schaetzel has published “TTAB Decision Shows That It Pays To Have Prior US Federal Registration” in the World Trademark Review
Atlanta intellectual property law firm McKeon, Meunier, Carlin and Curfman, LLC has extended its lease at the historic Atlanta Biltmore and has relocated to 15,000 square feet of renovated space on the building’s fifth floor.
Alexis N. Simpson has joined McKeon Meunier Carlin & Curfman, LLC as an associate attorney focused on domestic and foreign patent prosecution in the chemical, pharmaceutical and semiconductor fields. She will assist in intellectual property litigation and opinion work.
Walter Hill “Trey” Levie III has joined McKeon Meunier Carlin & Curfman, LLC as an associate attorney focused on litigation, patent prosecution and trademark prosecution matters.
Steve Schaetzel has published an article titled “University Waived Sovereign Immunity by Appealing to District Court” in a recent issue of World Trademark Review
Bjorn G. Anderson has joined McKeon Meunier Carlin & Curfman, LLC as an associate attorney practicing patent prosecution in the electrical arts. His technology focus areas include electronic display technologies (OLED, LED, LCD), display drivers, semiconductor devices and processing methods, projectors, hybrid vehicle control systems and fuel cells.
Tina Williams McKeon, PhD, a founding principal of McKeon, Meunier, Carlin and Curfman, LLC, has been named as the “Atlanta Best Lawyers Patent Law Lawyer of the Year” for 2012 by Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession.
ATLANTA (September 29, 2011). McKeon, Meunier, Carlin & Curfman, LLC, an eight-attorney Intellectual Property law firm, is pleased to announce that three firm Principals have been named to the latest edition of Best Lawyers in America® (2012).