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Privacy in The Digital Age: Is The Public Concerned Or Unknowingly Getting Burned?

June, 27th, 2018

By Robert D. Keeler and  Andrew E. Kerrick Innovation often occurs much faster than the laws required to address the new social concerns they bring about. Often, this leads to a disconnect between law and society. For example, laws [Read More…]

WHIPgroup’s InventLab Featured In The News

June, 25th, 2018

WHIPgroup was recently featured in a Stamford Advocate business article about it’s newly launched InventLab to assist local startups. Read the article here.

Outcome-Secured Litigation Financing: Offsetting Your Costs

June, 19th, 2018

By Christopher J. Stankus & Michael J. Harris Is a competitor infringing your patent, but you can’t afford the legal fees to pursue your claim? Or would you rather invest capital to grow your business instead of paying [Read More…]

USPTO Issues Training on Well-Understood, Routine, Conventional Activity

June, 18th, 2018

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued training regarding the recent holding of the Federal Circuit in Berkheimer v. HP, Inc. The USPTO Training clarifies the inquiry into whether a claim limitation or combination of elements represents [Read More…]

As Familiar As Your Mother’s Face: Hasbro’s Non-Visual PLAY-DOH Scent Mark Registers

June, 5th, 2018

By Christina L. Winsor On March 21, 2017 I reported that Hasbro, Inc. filed a trademark application for the smell of its famous PLAY-DOH.  Now, a little over a year from the application filing date, and [Read More…]

Pre-Appeal Brief Results in Allowance

June, 5th, 2018

WHIPgroup successfully used the Pre-Appeal procedure to obtain allowance without the need for filing an RCE or Appeal Brief. The invention relates to a covering for a dilation tool that can be used in endoscopic [Read More…]

WHIPgroup Welcomes Hao Zhang To The Firm As A Summer Law Clerk

June, 5th, 2018

Hao Zhang is pursuing her J.D. at University of Connecticut School of Law.  She previously worked two years in a private law firm on patent prosecution with an emphasis on the electronic and electrical arts, [Read More…]

WHIPgroup Welcomes Sean Paquette To The Firm As A Summer Law Clerk

June, 5th, 2018

Sean Paquette is an evening student at the University of Connecticut School of Law.  As an evening student, Sean participates in University of Connecticut’s Intellectual Property Law Clinic representing entrepreneurs prosecuting computer software and medical [Read More…]

WHIPgroup Welcomes Andrew Kerrick To The Firm As A Summer Law Clerk

May, 24th, 2018

Andrew Kerrick is a rising 3L at the University of New Hampshire School of Law.  He previously interned in the Office of Legal Counsel at the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services under [Read More…]

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