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Client Spotlight: Trek
This past summer Trek Bicycle, a Boyle Fredrickson client since 1999, donated $2 million to establish a citywide B-cycle bike sharing network in their hometown of Madison, Wis. As one of the founding members of B-cycle, the United States' largest and fastest growing bicycle sharing...
New Micro-Entity Status
Certain inventors will experience reduced U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) fees under a new micro-entity classification included in the new patent reform law. Fees charged to micro-entities will be 75 percent less than fees charged by the USPTO to large entities. The new legislation...
America Invents Act: Patent Overhaul Becomes Law
The United States Senate voted 89-9 in September to pass legislation to make sweeping changes to the U.S. patent system, culminating a six-year effort on patent reform. President Obama quickly signed the bill into law on September 16th. The legislation fundamentally alters how inventors and...
USPTO Fees Increase Sept. 26
Beginning September 26, 2011, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will increase the fees it charges for most of its services. In most cases, the fees will increase by about 15 percent. In some cases the change will add hundreds of dollars in...
Local Case Highlights Internet Keyword Complexity
A Wisconsin case pitting two personal injury law firms against one another is leading many corporate leaders to take a closer look at how internet search strategy could relate to their intellectual property rights on the internet. In 2009, Robert Habush of Habush Habush &...
Gratz Addresses Association of Corporate Counsel
Boyle Fredrickson shareholder Michael Gratz addressed the Wisconsin Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel during the group's annual conference in May. According to Gratz, who was joined by U-Line corporate attorney Kristen Chapman, companies involved in mergers and acquisitions are wise to take stock...
Boyle Fredrickson News and Notes
Boyle Fredrickson, Wisconsin's largest intellectual property law firm, was profiled in the April 15, 2011 edition of the Business Journal of Milwaukee. The story detailed the firm’s continued growth through the recession. Boyle Fredrickson was recently rated the highest intellectual property law firm in Wisconsin...
Major Changes to US Patent Laws Coming
The U.S. House of Representatives on June 23 approved significant changes to the U.S. patent system. The Senate passed a similar bill in March, and the House and Senate will now reconcile differences between the two bills, when if passed will be sent to the...
Internet Domain Expansion Could Present Infringement Issues
In the internet domain system's biggest shake-up in 26 years, internet minders voted in June to allow virtually unlimited new domain names based on themes as varied as company brands and political causes. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the body that...
Deheck Named to 2011 List of “Up & Coming Lawyers”
Boyle Fredrickson shareholder Kirk Deheck has been named an “Up and Coming Lawyer” in the 2011 review published by the Wisconsin Law Journal. The annual list spotlights the “rising stars of Wisconsin’s legal community” who have “demonstrated leadership, contributed to their community and successfully achieved...
