Firm News

Patent Office Awards Patent Term Adjustment Based on Delay Related to a Vacated Office Action

Firm News, Patent

Meunier Carlin & Curfman client Oncolytics Biotech Inc. of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, the assignee of US Patent No. 7,803,385 directed to a modified reovirus for the treatment of cancer, finally received a Certificate of Correction from the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) showing 122 days of patent term adjustment, a patent term adjustment originally and repeatedly denied by the USPTO.

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Rosetta Stone v Google: AdWords Still Not Out of the Woods

Firm News, Trademark

In his recent article for World Trademark Review, Steve Schaetzel reports on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and its reversal of a Virginia district court’s summary judgement ruling that Google’s use of trademarks in its AdWords program was not likely to cause confusion as a matter of law.

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Firm Expands Office, Adds Associates

Firm News, New Hires

Atlanta intellectual property law firm McKeon, Meunier, Carlin and Curfman, LLC has extended its lease at the historic Atlanta Biltmore and has relocated to 15,000 square feet of renovated space on the building’s fifth floor.

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Greg Carlin and Kim Davis Publish

Firm News

The article discusses a recent case heard by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC), Cancer Research Technology, Ltd. v. Barr Laboratories (CRT v. Barr). Carlin and Davis summarize the current state of the law on prosecution laches in view of CRT v. Barr and provide guidelines for practitioners needing to balance client needs with equitable obligations of timely prosecution.

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Tina McKeon Named to 2011 Georgia Super Lawyers List

Firm News

ATLANTA – McKeon, Meunier, Carlin & Curfman, LLC is pleased to announce that Founding Principal Tina Williams McKeon, Ph.D. has been included in the 2011 Georgia Super Lawyers List. She has been named a “Super Lawyer” every year since 2008.

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