Cantor Colburn is proud to be a silver sponsor for the ninth annual Sikorsky Homerun for Heroes. The event honors Connecticut military veterans and their families and funds raised benefit military veterans’ organizations in Connecticut.

Co-Managing Partners Michael Cantor and Philmore Colburn and partners Pamela Curbelo, David Fox, and Leah Reimer, Ph.D., Paul Marshall were selected as IP Stars in the 2019 World IP Survey by Managing Intellectual Property.

Cantor Colburn has been recommended as a Leading Firm by the Legal 500 United States 2019 in Intellectual Property for Patents: Prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings). This is the 10th consecutive year that Cantor Colburn has been recognized for this highly selective honor.

Cantor Colburn partner Grant M. Ehrlich, Ph.D., Esq. is the co-author of a chapter in the 5th edition of Linden’s Handbook of Batteries, published on May 10, 2019. This is the third edition of the Handbook that Dr. Ehrlich has contributed to, having compiled the works of thousands of scientific studies to write an up-to-date chapter on lithium-ion batteries.

IP Law360 published Harrity Patent Analytics' list of the Top 300 patent owners in 2018. From the article, "IBM, Samsung, Canon Led 2018 Patent Gains, Report Says," by Dani Kass, May 8, 2019.

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the Atlanta Community Food Bank's 2019 Legal Food Frenzy.  

Cantor Colburn is the fourth largest design patent law firm in the U.S. according to the blog Ant-Like Persistence (“2018 Design Patent Toteboard,” March 29, 2019).

Once again, Cantor Colburn LLP earns top rankings among hundreds of U.S. intellectual property (IP) law firms in the key areas of IP practice. The firm is ranked #3 for utility patents, #4 patent for design patents, and #8 for trademarks among U.S. law firms in 2018, as ranked by leading IP legal blog Ant-like Persistence. Cantor Colburn has been a staple in the top ten rankings and has maintained its role as the highest ranked firm in all three categories, representing its full-service IP practice that has been essential to marked growth.

Three months from now Canada’s new trademark law will take effect. In this Client Alert, we summarize the key changes and their impact for our clients who own trademarks in Canada. We also offer some suggestions on how clients can welcome the new law proactively.

Michael Cantor is quoted in the Hartford Courant article, “Connecticut Innovations planning move from Rocky Hill to New Haven and Hartford,” published on March 20, 2019. 

On March 17, 2019 CT’s Fox61 aired a story about Newington, CT husband and wife inventors who successfully pitched a product on Shark Tank only to find the appearance of many copycat products on Amazon after the show aired. The couple has a patent for the invention and Michael Cantor commented on the situation.

Cantor Colburn is #2 for Alice Allowance Rate and #10 for Alice Overcome Rate among High-Volume Firms as ranked by Juristat data analytics company in its blog post, "Which Firms Are Best at Overcoming Alice?" by Tristan Gray-Le Coz.

The recent U.S. Supreme Court case Helsinn Healthcare SA v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. highlights the criticality of maintaining invention secrecy before filing a patent application. Leah M. Reimer, Ph.D., Esq., Partner and Co-Chair of the Chemical, Materials, and Life Sciences Department and Kimberly Vines, Ph.D., Esq. wrote, "The On-Sale Bar After High Court Helsinn Ruling" for IP Law360 (January 31, 2019).

"Connecticut Movers: Promoting Lawyers Who've Clearly Got the Goods" highlighted the promotions of Partner James Wimpe, Alicia Hayter, Jared Howenstine, and Wanli Wu to Counsel, and Senior Patent Agent Jessica Zimberlin Eastman, Ph.D., to Senior Patent Agent in the January 25, 2019 article in the Connecticut Law Tribune. 

Cantor Colburn LLP, the fourth largest patent law firm in the U.S., welcomes the new year with the elevation of James Wimpe to its partnership. Also effective January 1, 2019, Associates Tina Dorr, Ph.D., Patrick Griffin, Alicia Hayter, Jared Howenstine, David Kincaid, Matteo Pedini, and Wanli Wu will be promoted to Counsel. Jessica Zimberlin Eastman, Ph.D., will be promoted to Senior Patent Agent.

Team Cantor Colburn and more than a thousand participants joined 150 communities nationwide on October 18, 2018 at Bushnell Park, in Hartford, Connecticut, in attending a Light The Night Walk in support of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS)’s mission to fund critical and groundbreaking research to discover treatments and cures for blood Team Cantor Colburn raised more than $5,000. Cantor Colburn patent attorney Nicholas Herrel, Ph.D., Esq. was the 2018 Walk Chair, leading the business community in participation and fundraising. Dr. Herrel is a Ph.D. microbiologist, and before entering private practice, he was a research scientist studying microbial infections and cancer.

Cantor Colburn LLP announces the addition of five attorneys to its patent practice, the 4th largest in the country. Susan M. Zerull, Christopher J. Cillié, Ishir Mehta and Alexander Viderman will assist clients across a wide range of sophisticated technologies, as reflected by their diverse backgrounds in biology,  chemical engineering, computer science, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering.

Cantor Colburn LLP is been the fastest growing patent law firm in the country, according to patent analytics and research firm Juristat in its blog post, “The 10 Fastest Growing Patent Law Firms” (November 8, 2018). 

U.S. News - Best Lawyers® has ranked Cantor Colburn among the country’s "Best Law Firms" for 2019. Cantor Colburn’s copyright and litigation practices were cited, and litigation was cited for both intellectual property and patent litigation.

McEIVR, Inc./MakerspaceCT is proud to announce the appointment of Dave S. Christensen, Partner and Additive Manufacturing Practice Group Chair at Cantor Colburn LLP, the fourth largest patent law firm in the country, to its Board of Directors and Legacy.

Cantor Colburn is proud to be a Silver Sponsor of the New England Parkinson’s Ride on September 8, 2018, in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, at which cyclists ride up to 100 miles to raise awareness and funds for Parkinson's research. This is Cantor Colburn's third consecutive year sending a team of cyclists and sponsoring the event.

Four of Cantor Colburn’s key partner were selected by their peers for recognition in The Best Lawyers in America (2019 Edition). Co-Managing Partners Michael A. Cantor and Philmore H. Colburn II, Litigation Department Chair Michael J. Rye, and Partner and Trademark & Copyright Department Chair Curtis Krechevsky were recognized for the third consecutive year.

Cantor Colburn has expanded its Atlanta office with the addition of patent attorneys Kimberly Vines, Ph.D. and Andrew Doherty.

Cantor Colburn LLP has expanded its Life Sciences Practice Group with the addition of Nicholas Herrel, Ph.D. as an associate in the firm’s Hartford headquarters office. Dr. Herrel joins the firm from Locke Lord LLP, where he worked with Bryan Zerhusen, Ph.D., who recently joined Cantor Colburn as Chair of the Life Sciences Practice Group.

Tina Dorr, Ph.D., Esq. participated in the Georgia Tech Women’s Alumni Network (GT WAN) fall community service event. The group collected and organized items for Georgia Tech’s Klemis Kitchen, Georgia Tech’s campus food pantry that provides free meals to college students in need, and  Campus Closet, Georgia Tech’s campus clothing service that provides free business attire to students for job interviews or formal business events.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit rejected drug maker Allergan PLC’s attempt to shield its highly profitable Restasis patents from inter partes review (IPR) challenges by transferring them to a Native American tribe, as discussed in Cantor Colburn's Client Alert.

Cantor Colburn has expanded its Life Sciences Practice Group with the addition of Bryan D. Zerhusen, Ph.D. as a partner in the firm’s Hartford headquarters office. Dr. Zerhusen will be the Chair of the firm’s exceptionally talented life sciences practice.