Russ August & Kabat Partner, Irene Y. Lee, a leading Intellectual Property lawyer, which took place on September 19, 2022. Irene spoke on the topic, “Industrial Designs/Trademarks: Design Rights and Trade Dress: Maximizing Your IP Strategy.”  She and the other panelists discussed the: basics of design patents and the advantages over trade dress; basics of trade dress and the advantages over design patents; and functionality at the intersection of design patents & trade dress – comparing tests for trade dress functionality and design patent functionality.  All attendees received CLE credit. Read the brochure.

Russ August & Kabat is proud of Larry C. Russ, Marc A. Fenster, and Stanton ‘Larry’ Stein, who have been named to The Best Lawyers in America (2023 Edition), as well as Jacob M. Agi, Justin Maio, Diana A. Sanders, and Ashley R. Yeargan, who have been named to Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (2023 Edition). Read more.

On June 3, 2022, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a $16.7M judgment in favor of client Pavo Solutions, LLC against defendant Kingston Technology, Co. The Court’s decision secured a jury verdict that RAK obtained previously in the Central District of California, which included a jury finding of willful infringement and a 50% enhancement of the awarded damages by the District Court. In a precedential decision, the Court affirmed a difficult and rare issue of judicial correction of an issued patent claim, confirmed that an infringer may not escape a finding of willful infringement merely based on an error in a patent claim, clarified what may be considered in determining reasonable royalty damages, and provided guidance on when certain issues are forfeited and not preserved for appeal. Pavo is represented by Russ August & Kabat attorneys Benjamin T. Wang, Marc Fenster, Andrew D. Weiss, Adam S. Hoffman, Jacob R. Buczko, and Minna Y. Chan. Read the Opinion.

Russ August & Kabat is proud of Philip X. Wang, Minna Y. Chan, Kristopher R. Davis, Lauren H. Geisser, Amy E. Hayden, Jonathan Ma, Justin E. Maio, Diana A. Sanders, Christine S. Shin, David Taran, James S. Tsuei, and Ashley R. Yeargan, who have been recognized as 2022 Southern California Rising Stars by the publishers of Los Angeles Magazine, and of Drew B. Hollander, who has been recognized as a 2022 New York Metro Rising Star. In addition, Philip X. Wang has been recognized among Southern California Top 100 Rising Stars. Read More.

Russ August & Kabat congratulates its founding partner, Larry C. Russ, on being appointed to the Hi-Def Advisory Board. Read more.

Russ August & Kabat is proud to be recognized among Patexia’s Best Firms for 2022. Patexia’s survey ranked ITC firms in the top 100 by performance or activity for representing respondents, complainants or overall. Being in the top 100 out of 367 firms, places the firm in the top 25 percentile. Read more.