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Big Patent News: Single European Patent

One of the most frustrating economic truths for innovators is the high cost of patenting the same invention over and over again in multiple countries. Even the Patent Cooperation Treaty which allows for filing an prosecuting a single worldwide patent application ultimately requires that this application be nationalized for issuance in every country in which you want […]

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Mitchell IP LAW client allert – Hatch Waxman Development

You may recall that our monograph on Hatch Waxman Law discusses Pay to Delay settlements under the heading “USING THE FIRST ANDA FILER’S EXCLUSIVITY TO BLOCK GENERIC COMPETITION.” The Federal Trade Commission has often and usually unsuccessfully challenged such settlements as being anti-competitive.  The 11th and the 2d Circuit in particular have upheld such settlements as reasonable […]

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New Detroit Patent Office Dedicated

Over a thousand patent attorneys, inventors and community leaders gathered recently in the historic Henry Ford Museum in Greenfield Village, to celebrate the opening of the Elijah McCoy United States Patent Office satellite in Detroit, Michigan. The 31,000 square foot office will be located at Stroh River Place. Elijah McCoy, for whom the Office is named, […]

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ChNanoMag, LLC has selected Mitchell Intellectual Property Law to represent its continuing IP law needs

NanoMag, LLC, a breakthrough company in lightweight magnesium products, has selected Mitchell Intellectual Property Law to represent its continuing IP law needs. NanoMag is a spin off of Thixomat, the pioneer in injection molded magnesium products.  NanoMag is developing and commercializing next generation, high strength, lightweight nanomagnesium materials with applications in biomedicine, orthopedic devices and […]

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M.I.P. Client Alex Van Holstyn Featured In Machine Design Magazine

We are proud to announce that our client, Alex Van Holstyn, and his spiral chambered turbine engine are being featured in Machine Design Magazine, a magazine by engineers for engineers.  Please use the link to the Machinedesign.com web site to read the article. [Inventor’s corner: Spiral-chambered turbine engine packs a one-two punch] by Jared Rader […]

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James Mitchell To Judge Project Management Institute Collegiate Competition

James Mitchell, Chairman of Mitchell Intellectual Property Law, PLLC, will join former Lieutenant Governor Dick Posthumus, Cascade Engineering founder Fred Keller, Spectrum Health Executive VP Matthew VanVranken, Grand Rapids Business Journal Editor Carol Valade, and Crosswind Project Management President Tony Johnson, as a judge of the West Michigan Project Management Institute’s 2012 Collegiate Competition. Teams from […]

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