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Boyle Fredrickson Hosts Professional Engineers for Patent Seminar
Professional engineers who attended Boyle Fredrickson’s patent fundamentals session earlier this month earned two professional development hours each at the event, which was designed especially for them by firm attorney Eric Schlevensky. This was the first time the firm coordinated a professional development seminar for...
Wisconsin Assembly Approves Patent Troll Bill
On March 20, 2014, the Wisconsin Assembly passed Senate Bill 498, a bill similar to legislature introduced in the U.S. Senate aimed at curbing the effects of non-practicing entities, otherwise known as patent trolls. The bill was signed into law by Governor Walker on April...
A Mind for Innovation
When you’ve got it, you’ve got it. A mind for innovation, that is. Just ask the attorneys at Boyle Fredrickson who know Peggy Brown, a Milwaukee woman who has created hundreds of products — mostly toys and games — that have been mass-produced and marketed...
Attorneys on magazine’s list of world’s leading patent practitioners
Intellectual Asset Management magazine has selected attorneys Jim Boyle, Michael Gratz, Andrew McConnell and Tim Newholm as members of the world’s Leading Patent Practitioners list, which the publication made available this month. The firm will also be listed. The magazine, which is solely dedicated to...
Register now for professional engineers learning session
Boyle Fredrickson Offers PDH Opportunity to Professional Engineers MILWAUKEE – Eric Schlevensky, an attorney at Boyle Fredrickson Intellectual Property Law, will present Patent Fundamentals for Engineers from 6 to 8 p.m. June 19 at the firm’s office, 840 N. Plankinton Ave. An hour-long networking reception...
Boyle Fredrickson Attorney Keith Baxter Launches Kickstarter Campaign
Boyle Fredrickson shareholder Keith Baxter recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to support the unveiling of The Kyub: A Three-dimensional feather touch MIDI Keyboard. The Maker-Friendly musical interface (MIDI) kit uses Open Source Software and is easily assembled at home by just about anyone. Baxter, a...
Griggs Named Voting Shareholder
Boyle Fredrickson, Wisconsin’s largest, full service intellectual property law firm, has added Michael T. Griggs as a voting shareholder. A registered patent attorney, Griggs, 35, is an experienced litigator who handles all phases of litigation from the initial pleadings stage through trial. He also focuses...
Legislation to Rein in Patent Trolls Passes the House of Representatives
By Brad Meyer On December 5, 2013, the U.S. House passed the Innovation Act by a vote of 325 to 91. The bill is aimed at reining in the most egregious practices of so-called patent trolls (also known as Non-Practicing Entities (NPEs) and Patent Assertion...
Patent Trolls and Other Fairy Tales
By Michael Griggs No, despite how it sounds, a patent troll is not a character in the latest kids’ movie. Patent trolls – or, as they are less derogatively referred to, Non-Practicing Entities (NPEs) or Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs) – are a very real concern. ...
Boyle Fredrickson Recognized As 2014 Best Law Firm By U.S. News and World Report
Boyle Fredrickson, Wisconsin’s largest intellectual property law firm, has been recognized with a Metropolitan Tier 1 ranking for Patent Law and Trademark Law by U.S. News and World Report Best Law Firms. In addition, the firm was recognized with a Metropolitan Tier 2 ranking for...
