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WHIPgroup Welcomes Henry Purtill To The Firm As A Law Clerk

May, 18th, 2021

Henry Purtill is pursuing his J.D. at UConn Law School. Henry has been a participant in the Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship Law Clinic where he has drafted and prosecuted patents, including successfully amending claim sets and [Read More…]

WHIPgroup Welcomes Ryan Newell To The Firm As A Law Clerk

May, 17th, 2021

Ryan is a patent agent and a rising 2L at Boston University School of Law. At BU, he is president of the Intellectual Property Law Society for 2021-22. Ryan received his undergraduate degree from the [Read More…]

Avoid Tunnel Vision: Look Beyond Your Own Product For Patent Protection

May, 17th, 2021

By Stephen Ball Development of a commercial product is often the catalyst for seeking patent protection. This is understandable as owners want to protect their R&D investment. However, focusing on one’s own product can be [Read More…]

Are Environmentalists the New Conservatives?

May, 4th, 2021

By Wesley W. Whitmyer, Jr.    Their ranks swelled as they gained momentum to fulfill their mission of Earth protection, but now that a majority of people agree that protecting the environment is a priority, [Read More…]

WHIPgroup Initiates Trademark Infringement Action on Behalf of William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty

March, 30th, 2021

Whitmyer IP Group filed a Complaint in District Court for the District of Connecticut on behalf of its client William Pitt Sotheby’s International. William Pitt is a premier real estate brokerage firm that has provided [Read More…]

WHIPgroup Gets 103 Rejections Overturned on Appeal

March, 29th, 2021

WHIPgroup was successful in having obviousness rejections overturned by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The claimed invention relates to a modular video imaging system where the image acquisition, processing, control and display chain [Read More…]

WHIPgroup Files Complaint for Trademark Infringement on Behalf of IEP Technologies, LLC

March, 11th, 2021

Whitmyer IP Group filed a Complaint in District Court for the District of Massachusetts on behalf of its client IEP Technologies, LLC. IEP is a leading provider of explosion protection systems and services around the world. Based in Marlborough, MA, IEP is part [Read More…]

WHIPgroup’s Multi-Million Dollar Willful Infringement Jury Verdict Upheld as the Court Further Awards $800,000 in Punitive Damages Including $734,000 in Attorneys’ Fees

February, 8th, 2021

Nearly one year after WHIPgroup and its clients Bruce Kirby and Bruce Kirby, Inc. succeeded in a jury trial involving the famed Laser Sailboat, the Court issued an order awarding over $5.3 MM in damages. [Read More…]

Patent Allowance In Under 4 Months With Accelerated Examination

February, 8th, 2021

WHIPgroup successfully obtained allowance of another case using the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH). The invention is directed to a system for controlling network access to a terminal using a communication tunnel. The PPH request was [Read More…]

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