Dority & Manning Recognized as a Top Firm by Juristat

Dority & Manning, P.A. is honored to be recognized as a Top Patent Firm by Juristat for the third consecutive year. The Juristat publication methodology considers both volume and quality for each specific technology center. The rankings are then based on how well each firm performed in three key metrics over a 12-month period. These …

Greenville, SC Named the #1 Friendliest City in the U.S. by Condé Nast Traveler

Greenville, South Carolina, home to Dority & Manning, ranks #1 among the friendliest cities in the U.S. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3swjiAs About D&M Dority & Manning is a full-service intellectual property law firm committed to delivering the highest-level of client service and custom IP solutions. Our team of professionals represent startups, universities, and major corporations across …

Dority & Manning Sponsors 2021 IPBC Global in Seattle, WA

Dority & Manning, P.A. is a proud sponsor of the IPBC Global intellectual property event. This year’s event is held in Seattle, WA, one of the fastest growing tech hubs in the U.S. and home to Dority & Manning’s newest office. Join the Dority & Manning Seattle team and other IP leaders for engaging sessions …

Federal Circuit Provides Guidance On Prior Art Authentication And Publication Challenges

Summary:  In Valve Corp. v. Ironburg Inventions Ltd., a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”) held that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) improperly rejected the prior art status of a copy of an online article submitted as an exhibit, because the Board failed to compare the …

Dority & Manning Pursues Midsize Mansfield Rule Certification to Expand Firm Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Dority & Manning is pleased to join the 2021-2023 Midsize Mansfield Rule cohort, partnering with Diversity Lab and more than 50 midsize law firms to build a stronger and better legal community through diversity and inclusion. The goal of the Midsize Mansfield Rule is to increase the representation of historically underrepresented lawyers in law firm …

Dority & Manning Principals to Speak at the Society of Women Engineer’s Women in Industry Day

Join Dority & Manning Principals Allison Ko and Maegen Stokes on Friday, June 18th at the virtual Women in Industry Day, a half-day conference that connects professionals across engineering industries to aspire, advance, and achieve in their personal and professional lives. Allison and Maegen will be speaking on the basics of intellectual property law and …

Maegen W. Stokes and David E. Cromer Elected Principals

Dority & Manning is proud to announce the election of Maegen W. Stokes and David E. Cromer as Principals of the firm. Maegen W. Stokes specializes in strategic patent portfolio management. She has extensive experience in drafting and prosecuting U.S. and international patent applications and partners with large, multi-national clients to offer expert counsel and …

Patent Drafting for Machine Learning Webinar: Claim Strategy, Patent Eligibility, and Disclosure Requirements for the U.S. and Europe

Live Date: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 from 1:00pm to 2:30pm (ET) Dority & Manning Principal Joseph Probst will be a featured speaker for the upcoming webinar, “Patent Drafting for Machine Learning: Claim Strategy, Patent Eligibility, and Disclosure Requirements for the U.S. and Europe”, facilitated by Strafford. The live panel will discuss different claim styles and …

Federal Circuit Addresses Requirements for Printed Publication in M & K Holdings, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., No. 2020-1160 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 1, 2021).

Federal Circuit Addresses Requirements for Printed Publication in M & K Holdings, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., No. 2020-1160 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 1, 2021). In a case that involved both a presentation and publication, the Federal Circuit in M & K Holdings reiterated that the key inquiry for whether a reference is a “printed publication” …

USPTO Report Traces the Rapid Diffusion of Artificial Intelligence Technologies across U.S. Patent Filings

In recent years, artificial intelligence (“AI”) has had a transformative effect on a broad variety of industries, including natural language processing, drug discovery, finance, computer vision, and even transportation logistics. To protect these advancements, many companies have substantially increased their AI-related patent filings, or in some cases, have begun to consider AI-related filings for the …