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Tools for Combating Cybersquatting

Kate A. Sherlock, partner in Archer's Voorhees office, was recently published in the January edition of Commerce Magazine. The article, "Tools for Combating Cybersquatting," addresses what method trademark owners can utilize to obtain relief from cybersquatting in a quick, cost-effective way. ...read more

CLOSING ENTRY: On your mark - An intellectual property attorney’s tips for launching a brand

CLOSING ENTRY: On your mark- An intellectual property attorney’s tips for launching a brand By: Kate Sherlock ...read more

Fed. Circ. Patent Agent Privilege Rule To Lower Legal Costs

Archer’s Greg Winsky shares insight on Fed. Circ. Patent agent privilege rule to lower legal costs.   ...read more

Two Recent Decisions May Limit the Effectiveness of “Submarine Patents”

In December 1994, Congress passed a law enacting the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (“GATT”), extending the timespan of the protection offered by patents from 17 years after it was issued to 20 years, but it keyed the start time to the filing of the patent application rather than the issuance of the patent. Although the new law was passed in late 1994, it did not go into effect until June 8, 1995, and it only applied to patent applications filed on or after that date. ...read more

Litigants Beware: The Failure to Follow New Jersey’s Local Patent Rules Can Kill Your Claim Before its Day in Court

More than a decade ago, we wrote about how the District of New Jersey’s recently adopted Local Patent Rules would help cement the district’s place as one of the top federal courts for patent litigation in the nation. ...read more

Third Circuit Clarifies When a Case "Arises Under" Federal Patent Law

In most circumstances, if you want to appeal a decision after the end of a case in federal district court in New Jersey, your appeal would be heard in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. However, Congress has the power to give other courts exclusive jurisdiction for certain types of cases, and one such instance is appeals in patent cases. ...read more

Archer Welcomes Three New Attorneys

Archer is pleased to welcome the addition of three new attorneys to the firm’s Philadelphia and Princeton offices. Lauren Peterson, William Rogers and Nicole O’Hara join the firm’s Health Care, Real Estate Tax Appeal and Intellectual Property practices, respectively. ...read more

Archer Intellectual Property Group Named Group of the Year

Haddonfield, N.J. (Feb. 19, 2018) — Archer Law’s Intellectual Property Group has been named “IP Group of the Year” by Law360 for the firm’s role in a groundbreaking U.S. Supreme Court trademark case decided last year. ...read more

Kerri Chewning Serves as Co-Editor for New Jersey Law Journal Publication

Kerri E. Chewning, a Partner in Archer & Greiner’s Haddonfield office, served as co-editor for the recently published, New Jersey Federal Civil Procedure, an annual publication of the New Jersey Law Journal. The book, newly revised for 2017, is part of every Chambers in the District and in the Third Circuit. This edition of the publication introduces practitioners to the significant changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that became effective on December 1, 2015, including changes impacting the proportionality analysis, discovery requests, and sanctions applicable to e-discovery. ...read more

Richard Gilly to Speak at the American Petroleum Institute General Meeting

Richard P. Gilly, a member of Archer’s Intellectual Property Group and chairs the firm’s Patent Department, will speak alongside various experts at the American Petroleum Institute Houston Chapter General Meeting this April. ...read more

Kate Sherlock to Speak at Rutgers Law School Gender Diversity in IP Law Seminar

Archer partner Kate Sherlock will be a panel speaker at the Rutgers Law School seminar, Gender Diversity in IP Law. Kate and the other panel speakers will discuss their careers, challenges and triumphs. The seminar is being presented by Rutgers Intellectual Property Law Association, Rutgers Women's Law Caucus, and Rutgers Institute for Information Policy and Law. ...read more

Kate Sherlock to Present on Women and Minorities in IP Law Panel at Rutgers University

Kate A. Sherlock will be a panelist on "Women and Minorities in IP Law: Careers, Challenges and Triumphs" at Rutgers University. ...read more