Andrew Riddles was featured in Law360's Q&A series on March 16. In the article, Andrew says his most challenging case was representing Priceline.com against Microsoft, a case that eventually settled: "At that time, the Internet was new and exciting and seemingly without limit. Dramatic new Web technologies were being implemented on a daily basis and were excitedly covered in the news media. At the same time, business method patents were just gaining attention. There was little legal precedent to look to and it was unclear sure how the courts would interpret such patents. Would a court find that the subject invention was patentable subject matter? If so, would different rules apply to interpretation of e-commerce patent claims? There were many novel legal issues to contend with in the case."
The full article is available here.
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Day Pitney Partners George Chaclas and Renée Evangelista, and Senior Associate Leigh Furtado were each honored with a Rhode Island Monthly Professional Excellence in Law Award for 2023.
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Day Pitney Intellectual Property Partner Alex P. Garens was featured in Law.com's Q&A "How I Made Practice Group Chair: 'Leaders Are Made, Not Born' So 'Put in the Time to Develop Yourself,' says Alex P. Garens of Day Pitney."
Day Pitney Intellectual Property Partner Alex P. Garens was featured in Managing IP article, "Exclusive: US Copyright Office Refuses AI-Assisted 'Derivative' Work," discussing the rejection of copyright protection for a work created by Ankit Sahni using the assistance of artificial intelligence-powered software tool.
Day Pitney Intellectual Property and Technology attorneys George Chaclas and Emily Ferriter Russo recently authored the Law360 article, "An Overlooked Tool to fight USPTO 'Restriction.'"
Day Pitney Intellectual Property Partner Carrie Webb Olson is featured in Bloomberg Law's article, "Surge in Trademark Fraud Scams Overwhelms Regulators, Applicants."
Day Pitney Intellectual Property and Technology Partner Alex P. Garens new role as the head of the firm's Trademark, Copyright and Advertising practice group was featured in the Law360 Pulse article, "Day Pitney Names New Head of Trademark, Copyright Group."
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Day Pitney LLP has named Boston Partner Alex P. Garens the head of its Trademark, Copyright and Advertising practice group.