David Moreland Named Principal

Promotions

Meunier Carlin & Curfman is pleased to announce the addition of David Moreland to its partnership effective July 1, 2014. The announcement follows the addition of several new Intellectual Property attorneys to the firm’s practice, bolstering its capacity to serve clients. The firm has more than tripled its size in its four year history.

Electrical Patent Specialist Joins Firm

New Hires

David Cornett has joined Meunier Carlin & Curfman as Of Counsel. David has an extensive background in electrical engineering with particular interest in software, automation, controls and energy related technologies. He is a registered patent attorney.

Supreme Court Opinions

IP News, Litigation

The Supreme Court today issued opinions in Octane Fitness v. Icon Health and Highmark v. AllCare.  Together, these two decisions provide sweeping reform to the award of attorney’s fees in patent cases.

Patent Office Awards Patent Term Adjustment Based on Delay Related to a Vacated Office Action

Firm News, Patent

Meunier Carlin & Curfman client Oncolytics Biotech Inc. of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, the assignee of US Patent No. 7,803,385 directed to a modified reovirus for the treatment of cancer, finally received a Certificate of Correction from the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) showing 122 days of patent term adjustment, a patent term adjustment originally and repeatedly denied by the USPTO.

Brian Giles Joins as Associate

New Hires

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.

Rosetta Stone v Google: AdWords Still Not Out of the Woods

Firm News, Trademark

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.

Firm Expands Office, Adds Associates

Firm News, New Hires

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.