B&I Defeats Preliminary Injunction Motion in Maine Patent Case

On August 6, Chief Judge Jon Levy of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine sided with Brann & Isaacson client, Armaid, and denied a motion for preliminary injunction filed by the plaintiff, Range of Motion Products. After briefing and oral argument from partner Peter Brann, Judge Levy issued a comprehensive, 31-page ruling...

Peter Brann Quoted in Leading Patent Blog

IPWatchdog, which bills itself as one of the most-read patent blogs, reached out to counsel who submitted friend-of-the-court briefs and other leading practitioners to comment on the oral argument in the closely-watched U.S. Supreme Court case, United States v. Arthrex, concerning the constitutionality of the Patent and Trademark Appeal Board. Partner Peter Brann’s statement—”Based on...

Google Adds Prior Art To Patent Page

The Google Patents page has been for some time now a one–stop shop for copies of published U.S. patents and patent applications. This week, the search engine giant added a new wrinkle—prior art. In an announcement published on July 16, 2015, Google Deputy General Counsel for Patents, Allen Lo, and Software Engineer for Google Patents,...