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Apple vs. Samsung: Court Overturns $120 Million Apple Patent Victory
If you think it seems like Apple and Samsung have been battling over intellectual property for a long time, you’d be right. Now in its fifth year, the competitive issues involving the patents in question have largely been rectified and the market has moved on...
Macy’s Loses Six Trademarks, Retains Rights to Marshall Field’s Trademark
Much like the proverbial tree falling in the forest, if a business is acquired and its name is no longer in use, are its trademark rights still valid? That was the crux of a 5-year legal battle between Macy’s and Strategic Marks over the ownership...
Happy Birthday to You: Megahit Song May Enter Public Domain
Celebrating a birthday and singing “Happy Birthday to You” go together like, well, cake and ice cream – or, perhaps more accurately, copyright and money. This quintessential song of celebration receives somewhere around $2 million per year in usage fees, making it one of the...
Trademark Standoff in Yosemite National Park
Just mentioning Yosemite National Park will conjure up many a spectacular mental image. Towering granite cliffs emerging from a verdant valley. Trees that make you wonder how something living can possibly be that big and that old. Waterfalls that spring forth from the rock like...
Leeck, Heidmann Join Boyle Fredrickson
Boyle Fredrickson, Wisconsin’s largest, full service intellectual property law firm, is pleased to announce the addition of attorneys Dr. Charles L. Leeck and Keith H. Heidmann to its team. Leeck is an experienced intellectual property counselor and patent prosecutor. Before entering law, he did graduate...
Andrew McConnell Named Leader in the Law
Attorney Andrew McConnell has been selected by the Wisconsin Law Journal as one of twenty Leaders in the Law for 2016. The Wisconsin Law Journal selects the Leaders in the Law awardees from peer nominations based on criteria including leadership, vision and career achievements, legal...
Boyle Fredrickson Elects 2016 Board Officers
Boyle Fredrickson, Wisconsin’s largest full-service intellectual property law firm, has named a new slate of officers to its board of directors. Current president, Peter Stomma, will serve for another year while last year’s treasurer Adam Brookman takes over as vice president. Both Stomma and Brookman...
Six Boyle Fredrickson Attorneys Named Super Lawyers
Six attorneys from the law firm Boyle Fredrickson have been named Wisconsin Super Lawyers. Attorneys Keith Baxter, James Boyle, Mathew Corr, John Fredrickson, Andrew McConnell, and Timothy Newholm were named Super Lawyers for the Intellectual Property primary practice area. James Boyle, John Fredrickson, and Timothy...
U.S. News & World Report Adds Boyle Fredrickson to 2016 Best Law Firms List
Boyle Fredrickson has been recognized with a Metropolitan Tier 1 ranking for Patent Law and Trademark Law by U.S. News and World Report and Best Lawyers. In addition, the firm was again recognized with a Metropolitan Tier 2 ranking for Intellectual Property Litigation and Patent...
Attorneys Recognized as 2016 Best Lawyers by U.S. News & World Report
Six attorneys from Boyle Fredrickson, Wisconsin’s largest intellectual property law firm, have been recognized as Best Lawyers by U.S. News & World Report. Jim Boyle received the distinction due to his work in patent litigation, patent law and IP litigation; John Fredrickson was recognized for...
