Posted on May 25, 2016 in News

We already know our attorneys are great, but it’s always nice to hear it from others! Super Lawyers 2016 named twelve Caesar Rivise attorneys to their competitive ranking of Pennsylvania pros. The annual list of top attorneys is carefully selected through peer nominations and evaluations, combined with third-party independent research.

Posted on May 24, 2016 in News

Caesar Rivise was a proud sponsor of the 37th Annual Philadelphia Bar Association 5K Charity Run, which took place on May 15th, 2016. Over 1300 participants ran and walked the scenic 5K course through Fairmount Park. Proceeds from the annual race benefit the Support Center for Child Advocates.

Posted on May 6, 2016 in News

Congratulations to Caesar Rivise Partner R Touhey Myer, who was elected Secretary of the Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association (PIPLA).

Posted on May 5, 2016 in News

Congratulations are in order for Caesar Rivise Partner James J. Kozuch.

Posted on May 2, 2016 in Blog

When the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int’l, 134 S.CT. 2347 (2014)  that rejected patentability for algorithms, many considered this a death knell for software patents even though the ruling never once used the term “software”. Since Alice it has become nearly standard practice for courts to entertain early motions to dismiss software patent-based complaints for invalidity under 35 U.S.C. 101.

Posted on Apr 27, 2016 in Articles

As the relationship between the United States and Cuba continues to improve, significant business opportunities will arise. For any organization seeking to engage in the Cuban economy, the importance of having intellectual property protection is paramount.

Posted on Apr 8, 2016 in News

In American Diabetes Association v. The Friskney Family Trust et al., Judge Goldberg of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on April 6, 2016 granted an order granting the summary judgment motion filed by Caesar Rivise on behalf of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) to dismiss the counterclaims of the Defendants.

Posted on Apr 8, 2016 in Blog

What do you do when someone is infringing your patent? They say imitation is the highest form of flattery, but flattery will get you nowhere when you are attempting to protect your hard-earned intellectual property rights.

Posted on Mar 28, 2016 in Blog

In an interesting case decided in the US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, the court found that a producer, who had begun a screenplay adaptation for a movie based upon the character “Buck Rogers”, and who had been threatened with a copyright infringement suit, did not have a sufficient basis to sustain a declaratory judgment action.

Posted on Mar 23, 2016 in Articles

Any person associated with the filing and prosecution of a patent application has a “duty of candor and good faith” toward the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Failure to satisfy this duty can have dire consequences—a court may determine that “inequitable conduct” has occurred and a patent may therefore be found to be unenforceable. Proving that a party has engaged in inequitable conduct, however, has become very difficult over the past few years. So when recently, in Ohio Willow Wood v. Alps South LLC, 2015-1132 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 19, 2016), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reached an opinion that inequitable conduct had ­occurred, many IP attorneys took notice.