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Boyle Fredrickson Gives Back
Attorneys and staff from Boyle Fredrickson volunteered at an event celebrating Special Olympics Young Athletes™ and recognizing the accomplishments of Milwaukee Public Schools Young Athletes with exhibitions of sports skills, sportsmanship and fun. The program took place on May 8 at the Helfaer Recreation Center...
Copyright Office to Rule on Home Mechanics Exemption
Since automobiles were invented, home mechanics and hobbyists have been tinkering with their cars. While many home mechanics simply want to be able to fix their own cars, hobbyists like to have a hand in modifying them, inside and out — it’s fun, challenging and...
Multinational Design Protection Just Got Simpler
The process for seeking patent protection for ornamental designs internationally just got much simpler for domestic companies, thanks to the U.S.’s implementation of the Hague Agreement concerning industrial designs. As of May 13, 2015, U.S. companies can file a single standardized industrial design application having...
Lalor Named Voting Shareholder
Boyle Fredrickson, Wisconsin’s largest, full service intellectual property law firm, has added Eric J. Lalor as a voting shareholder. An intellectual property attorney, Lalor, 38, is an experienced counselor and prosecutor. He joined Boyle Fredrickson in 2007. Lalor’s practice focuses on the mechanical arts, and...
Boyle Fredrickson Attorney Adam Brookman Presents at ACCA-Wisconsin Conference
Boyle Fredrickson shareholder Adam Brookman collaborated with Brant Maurer of S.C. Johnson & Son to present “Who Owns What and How Do You Protect It?” at the Association of Corporate Counsel, Wisconsin Chapter (WISACCA) annual conference held April 30 – May 1, 2015 at the...
Copyright Law and Madison’s Mifflin Street Block Party
On September 15, 2014, the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin handed down a decision in a copyright infringement case involving t-shirts created by supporters of Madison’s Mifflin Street Block Party. The annual Mifflin Street Block Party has been a tradition...
Apple vs. Samsung – the battle rages on…
Apple and Samsung have been engaging in an international legal war over a variety of intellectual property issues since 2011. In February, 2013, Scott Kanalakis wrote an article that discussed the state of the battle at the time and explained how the intellectual property issues...
Opportunities and Procedures for Challenging New Top Level Domain Names
In fall 2013, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the organization responsible for “running” the Internet, began introducing new generic top level domains (gTLDs) to the Internet’s authoritative database, known as the Root Zone. (For a full list of new gTLDs, click...
Boyle Fredrickson Names New Firm President and Board of Directors
Boyle Fredrickson, Wisconsin’s largest, full service intellectual property law firm, has elected a new member to its Board of Directors, elected new officers, and elected a new Firm President. Kirk Deheck was elected to the Board of Directors, replacing Keith Baxter, who had served on...
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...
