Headquartered within steps of the USPTO with an affiliate office in Tokyo, Oblon is one of the largest law firms in the United States focused exclusively on intellectual property law.
1968
Norman Oblon with Stanley Fisher and Marvin Spivak launched what was to become Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, LLP, one of the nation's leading full-service intellectual property law firms.
Outside the US, we service companies based in Japan, France, Germany, Italy, Saudi Arabia, and farther corners of the world. Our culturally aware attorneys speak many languages, including Japanese, French, German, Mandarin, Korean, Russian, Arabic, Farsi, Chinese.
Oblon's professionals provide industry-leading IP legal services to many of the world's most admired innovators and brands.
From the minute you walk through our doors, you'll become a valuable part of a team that fosters a culture of innovation, client service and collegiality.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued final rules implementing the inventor's oath or declaration provisions of the America Invents Act (AIA) on August 14, 2012.
by Sana Tahir, Law Clerk and Andrew Ollis, Partner
by Andrew Ollis, Partner and Sana Tahir, Law Clerk
Philippe's article "As the Climate for U.S. Patents Turns Brighter, Time to Invest," from IPWatchdog is republished in Attorney at Law magazine.
Attorney at Law
Robert Tarcu has an article featured in IPWatchdog entitled "How the EPO and USPTO Guidance Will Shape the Examination of Artificial Intelligence Inventions."
IP Watchdog
Brian Darville was featured in the Westlaw Journal IP in an expert interview on the Google v. Oracle case.
Westlaw Journal IP
On March 18, 2019, the court in Finnavations LLC v. Payoneer, Inc., No. 1-18-cv-00444, Dkt. No. 35 (D. Del. Mar. 18, 2019) granted defendants' motion for exceptional case and awarded defendants attorneys' fees.