Trade Secret Protection for AI: A Comprehensive Guide

Live Date: Monday, December 14, 2020 from 12:00pm to 1:30pm (ET) Dority & Manning principal Joseph Probst will be a featured speaker for the upcoming webinar, “Trade Secret Protection for AI: A Comprehensive Guide”, facilitated by The Knowledge Group. The live webinar will explore the balance between patent and trade secret protection for AI-based inventions, …

Dority & Manning Recognized as a Top Firm by Juristat

Dority & Manning is excited to be recognized as a top growing firm in Juristat’s Top 25 Growing Firms ranking. With a growth rate of over 270% between 2009 and 2018, Dority & Manning was ranked as the #3 top growing firm. Juristat also includes data relating to quality of patent applications in different tech …

Dority & Manning Associate Presents at U.S. Bar/JPO Liaison Council Meeting

Dority & Manning Associate Presents at U.S. Bar/JPO Liaison Council Meeting  On November 12, 2020, the U.S. Bar/JPO Liaison Council delegates conducted the 29th annual meeting with a delegation from the Japan Patent Office (JPO) lead by Deputy Commissioner Susumu Iwasaki. Due to COVID-19, the 2020 meeting was conducted virtually. Dority & Manning associate Ko …

USPTO Reports on Public Views of Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property Policy

Artificial intelligence (“AI”) is an emerging technology field that presents unique challenges in Intellectual Property (“IP”) protection and enforcement. Recognizing these challenges, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) issued a Request for Comments on Patenting Artificial Intelligence Inventions on August 27, 2019 and another Request for Comments on Intellectual Property Protection for Artificial …

Dority & Manning Welcomes Four New Attorneys to the Firm

Dority & Manning is excited to welcome four newly admitted attorneys to the firm! Anita Liu, James Dority, Michael Walters and Liam Christ joined Dority & Manning as associate attorneys in the fall of 2020. Anita Liu joins the Firm as an Associate Attorney focusing on patent drafting and prosecution with a particular emphasis on …

Dority & Manning Expands to Seattle

Dority & Manning, the Southeast’s largest boutique Intellectual Property firm, expands its West Coast footprint. SEATTLE, WASHINGTON (SEPTEMBER 14, 2020) – Dority & Manning celebrates the opening of its Seattle office, located at 600 1st Avenue, Suite 624.  The new office will be led by Principal, Joseph Probst. The Firm’s expansion to Seattle reflects the …

Dority & Manning Hosts Virtual AIPLA Women in IP Global Networking Event

Dority & Manning is proud to be a part of the 13th Annual Women in IP Global Networking Event.  The virtual event will be held on September 29, 2020. The AIPLA provides an opportunity for women in IP to connect internationally by attending a sub-event hosted by a sponsor firm. With many of us working …

Dority & Manning Ranked as Top U.S. Firm for Mechanical Technologies by Patent Bots Quality Scores

Dority & Manning has been identified as a top-ranking firm by Patent Bots’ recent Patent Law Firm Quality Scores publication.  The report ranks 802 U.S. patent law firms with at least 50 issued patents for the year ending in March 31, 2020. Dority & Manning was included in the top ten for technology center 3700 …

Multi-Color Product Packaging may be Inherently Distinctive and Registrable as a Trademark

Summary: A recent Federal Circuit decision held that a multi-color mark applied to product packaging can be inherently distinctive as trade dress and, therefore, registrable under the Lanham Act without proof of secondary meaning.  Whether a particular trade dress is inherently distinctive requires an analysis of the Seabrook factors to determine whether, considering the overall …

States are Immune from Copyright Infringement Suits Because Congress did not Validly Abrogate State Sovereign Immunity

SUMMARY:  A recent Supreme Court decision affirmed the Fourth Circuit’s holding that states are immune from copyright infringement lawsuits under sovereign immunity, invalidating an earlier statute that purported to abrogate state sovereign immunity from copyright infringement.  However, the Court left open the possibility that a more tailored statute could be promulgated to address copyright infringement …