On January 22, 2019, SCOTUS held In Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc, that a prior public sale of a patented product could destroy the novelty of a patent for that product even though there was no disclosure of the inventive...

The U.S. Supreme Court decided today to hear the case of Iancu v. Brunetti regarding the possibility that the Lanham Act violates a fashion designer’s freedom of speech in preventing him from registering the trademark for the term...

Ladas & Parry is pleased to announce that Janet Cord has once again been appointed to serve as Vice Chair of the International Patent Law & Trade Committee of the Intellectual Property Owners Organization (IPO) for...

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has released an announcement (https://www.uspto.gov/uspto-operating-status) regarding its operational status if parts of the government have a lapse in funding. Should this happen, the USPTO has...

Today we announce the retirement of our longtime colleague Daniel Zendel. Mr. Zendel has served as a Partner of the firm and more recently as Of Counsel while practicing in the field of international trademark law and protection. He has practiced at...

Ladas & Parry LLP is proud to sponsor INTA’s 2019 Ladas Memorial Award Competition in honor of the outstanding contributions to international IP law made by distinguished practitioner and 2013 IP Hall of Fame inductee, Stephen P. Ladas. The...