Highlights
UT Unveils Upgraded “T” Bus Fleet
The University of Tennessee, a client of LuedekaNeely, recently unveiled a fleet of 20 new, energy-efficient buses that will serve the Knoxville campus. The buses run on high-efficiency biodiesel fuel and are loaded with the latest technology, including GPS...
Luedeka Neely Named Top 100 Trademark Firm (Again)
Luedeka Neely has again ranked among the top 100 U.S. trademark firms, according to a survey conducted by Intellectual Property Today, a monthly publication that addresses legal issues in patent, trademark and copyright law. Firms are ranked according to the number...
Farmers’ Use of Second Generation Seeds May Infringe Seed Patents
The Supreme Court has held that farmers who plant and harvest second generation seeds of a patented variety without the patent owner's permission may be liable for patent infringement. Monsanto Co. holds patents on a variety of genetically-altered soybean seeds...
LuedekaNeely Clients To Compete in ‘Big Idea’ Entrepreneurship Competition
LuedekaNeely is proud to represent Steven Pierson and Kimberly Gillespie, who have been selected to compete in this year's What's the Big Idea?! Business Plan Competition. Mr. Pierson's "PipeFighter's Square" is an innovative pipe-fitting tool, and Ms. Gillespie's...
Supreme Court Rules Against Publisher In Textbook Copyright Case
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court reversed lower court decisions and found that, under the first sale doctrine, textbooks and other goods made and sold internationally may be imported and re-sold in the United States without violating U.S. copyright laws....
Knoxnews.com’s Carly Harrington discusses new patent law with LNG associate Stephen Adams
The America Invents Act, which was fully implemented on March 16, 2013, represents the largest overhaul of the U.S. patent system in more than 50 years. Under the new law, the U.S. joins the rest of the world in awarding patents to the first inventor to file...
Patent Bar Exam Update: New Information Tested and More Changes to Come
The "patent bar exam" is an exam generated by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) which prospective patent practitioners must successfully pass before becoming a registered patent agent or patent attorney. The exam is being...
Manufacturers access next-generation technologies at Oak Ridge laboratory
Remotec and DeRoyal Industries, two East Tennessee companies, have been approved to use Department of Energy-funded Manufacturing Demonstration Facility to help build robots used by first responders and medical devices to help set difficult...
Supreme Court Hands Down Bilski Decision
Although it affirmed the ultimate conclusion of non-patentability, today the U.S. Supreme Court has once again rejected the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's attempt to limit the scope of patent law through use of bright-line tests. The appellate court's...
Apple, Google, and Samsung Teaming Up in Effort to Acquire Kodak Patents
Following last month's report that Apple and Google were heading up separate consortiums bidding to obtain Kodak's portfolio of digital imaging patents, The Wall Street Journal now reports that the two camps may surprisingly be joining the...