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May 10, 2019 On behalf of its well-known handbag designer client, ANUSCHKA Leather (www.anuschkaleather.com), and after a full jury trial in federal court in New York City, Michael Gilman and Jeffrey Kaplan of KBS recently obtained a jury verdict of copyright infringement. The jury found that Sevent...

December 15, 2016 In connection with defending a large manufacturer and distributor of swim spas and hot tubs that was sued for patent infringement, KBS recently moved for summary judgment. Using a little known theory of “estoppel by acquiescence”, KBS argued that the patent was not entitled to ...

December 12, 2016 KBS is pleased to announce that Michael Gilman has joined the firm as counsel. Mike brings to KBS his more than two decades of experience in the procurement, enforcement and defense of patent, trademark and copyright rights, as well as in licensing and counseling in intellectual pr...

June 30, 2016 KBS is pleased to announce that Jim Walker has been named to the Board of Directors for the Transducer Research Foundation (TRF). The TRF is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to stimulate research within the Americas in science and engineering, with emphasis on technologies rel...

May 13, 2016 KBS is pleased to announce a successful outcome in the appeal of an examiner’s final rejection in Ex Parte Hobbs and Appling (Appeal No. 2013-006660).  In the appeal, the Patent Trial And Appeal Board (“Board”) had initially sided with the examiner in rejecting all of the pendi...

March 31, 2016 KBS congratulates our partner Jeff Kaplan on being named a New Jersey SuperLawyer in Intellectual Property Litigation for the third consecutive year. Separately, KBS patent attorneys recently achieved allowances for firm clients of several critical patents in areas ranging from antenn...

January 4, 2016 KBS is pleased to announce a successful outcome in the Markman proceedings in CenTrak, Inc. v. Sonitor Technologies, Inc., a patent litigation pending in the District Court for the District of Delaware. On January 4, 2016, the Court entered its decision, rejecting every single one...

December 15, 2015 The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) affirmed Polaris Wireless, Inc.’s (“Polaris”) wins against TruePosition, Inc. (“TruePosition”) in the Patent and Trademark Office (Case: 15-1330). TruePosition had asserted that certain Polaris pro...

October 26, 2015 Kaplan Breyer Schwarz, LLP is pleased to announce that Janine D. Geraigery has joined the firm. Ms. Geraigery, joining as a Partner, has over 12 years of experience as a trusted adviser to clients in a wide range of businesses and technologies.  She counsels clients in all areas...

Sunday, June 21, 2015 – Thursday, June 25, 2015 James Walker of the firm will be teaching a short course on patent law at Transducers 2015, in Anchorage, Alaska.  The course title is “Patents — Clearing the Haze”, and Jim will be teaching the course on June 21, 2015. Contac...