Intellectual Property

Rod Berman was quoted in Law360 commenting on the America Invents Act, a Senate bill that will potentially change major aspects of patent law.

Rod Berman is quoted in Law360 in the article "High Court Eyes Invalidity in $290M Microsoft Case," commenting on the possible change of standard for proving invalidity of patents.

Rod Berman was quoted in a recent issue of Lawcast’s Intellectual Property Report in the piece "i4i v. Microsoft Case Could Cast Evidentiary Standard for Patent Cases."

Rod Berman was quoted in the Law360 article titled "Attorneys Hope New IP Panels are More Than Just Hype," discussing President Obama’s new advisory committees created to oversee enforcement of intellectual property laws.

In the October 1, 2010 issue of the Nutrition Business Journal, Rod Berman was quoted regarding the issues involved in filing for a patent in the article "As Nutrition Industry Matures, Patents More Worth the Time and Effort."

Rod Berman’s comments on U.S. Supreme Court Justice nominee Elena Kagan were published in the Law360 article entitled "Kagan A Wildcard In Future Bilski."

Rod Berman was quoted in Law360’s summary of leading IP attorneys’ thoughts on the recent Bilski U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

Rod Berman was quoted in Speech Technology Magazine in the article "Shame on You, Authors Guild," in reference to text-to-speech (TTS) on Amazon’s Kindle, and the issue of copyright infringement.

Rod Berman was quoted in Cigar Insider in the article titled "Montecristo v. Tatuaje – Altadis Sues Pete Johnson and Pepin Garcia," regarding a trade dress lawsuit involving cigar companies.

Rod Berman was quoted in BNA’s Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal in the article entitled, "Declaratory Judgment Dismissed in ‘Wham-O’ Case, No Controversy Under MedImmune", regarding the ruling in the Manley Toys case.