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FAMILY BUSINESS WORKSHOP NOVEMBER 17, 2017
There is a family business workshop on 17 November 2017 at Tulane University (see below). We were told that attendees should RSVP to Rosalind Butler, Rosalind.Butler@tulane.edu. Seating is limited and confirmations should be made by 2:00 p.m. on 16 November 2017, so that name tags and catering can be finalized.
Seth M. Nehrbass, Patent Attorney, presented CLE on 29 December 2016
Seth M. Nehrbass, Patent Attorney, made a one-hour CLE presentation, “Intellectual Property Inventory – Its Importance and Consequences of Not Having One ”, at 3:40 pm on Thursday, 29 December 2016, as part of the New Orleans Bar Association Procrastinators’ Programs. For more information, please go to: http://www.neworleansbar.org/procrastinators-on-december-29-2016.html .
Mackenzie D. Rodriguez, Patent Attorney, presented CLE 28 December 2016
Mackenzie D. Rodriguez, Patent Attorney, made a one-hour CLE presentation, “Intellectual Property Law for the Non-IP Attorney”, at 3:40 pm on Wednesday, 28 December 2016, as part of the New Orleans Bar Association Procrastinators’ Programs. For more information, please go to: http://www.neworleansbar.org/procrastinators-on-december-28-2016.html
GSNN Patent Attorneys meet with USPTO
On 15 November 2016, Julia FitzPatrick, Mark Melasky, Vanessa D’Souza, Brett North, and Seth Nehrbass, all patent attorneys with GSNN, met in our Metairie office with Andrea Wellington, Senior Advisor, Office of the Deputy Commissioner for Patent Quality, USPTO, and Greg Vidovich , Associate Commissioner for Patent Quality, USPTO to discuss concerns of patent practitioners […]
GARVEY, SMITH, NEHRBASS & NORTH, L.L.C. No. 1 in the United States in 2015 in allowance percentage in one of the nine patent technology centers in the United States Patent Office
Juristat has reported that GARVEY, SMITH, NEHRBASS & NORTH, L.L.C., PATENT ATTORNEYS, is No. 1 in the United States in 2015 in allowance percentage of patent applications in Technology Center 3600 ( https://juristat.com/the-top-firms-in-the-3600s/ ). TC3600 is one of the nine patent technology centers in the United States Patent Office and includes among other technologies oilfield […]
Preventing Business Contract Disputes
On March 17, 2016, Seth Nehrbass talked about intellectual property issues during an all-day CLE program in New Orleans entitled “Preventing Business Contract Disputes”. For more information click here: CLE-17March2016 .
Seth Nehrbass Presents To Barpreneurs
For several months many of our patent attorneys have attended weekly Friday Barpreneur lunches at SoBou at 310 Chartres Street in New Orleans: http://www.sobounola.com/barpreneurs-power-lunch.html . On February 26, 2016, Seth Nehrbass talked about patent, trademark, and copyright law with the entrepreneurs, start-up businesses, and advisors who attend these lunches. Contact Sam Cusimano, sam@commanderspalace.com , to get […]
Julia FitzPatrick Chairs Intellectual Property Law Section of the Louisiana State Bar Association
Julia FitzPatrick is the 2015-2016 Chair of the Intellectual Property Law Section of the Louisiana State Bar Association. See also http://www.laiplawyers.com .
Etiquette 101: Proper Procedures and Behavior for Attorneys
Vanessa D’Souza recently spoke at a New Orleans Bar Association CLE presentation entitled “ Etiquette 101: Proper Procedures and Behavior for Attorneys ”.
Recent Legislative Changes to U.S. Patent Law
Vanessa D’Souza and Seth Nehrbass , Past Chairs of the Intellectual Property Law Section of the Louisiana State Bar Association , published an article entitled “Recent Legislative Changes to U.S. Patent Law” in the Louisiana Bar Journal/April/May 2015 , pages 470-471.